Modesto News

Police say 57-year-old Gabriel Ortega of Hollywood was struck in the face in June when he stepped between the man and the boy at a Hollywood McDonald's.

A longtime Modesto meat processor and distributor that employs more than 100 workers is considering expanding its business and creating scores of new jobs – but the growth may not happen here.

Volunteers 18 and older for several opportunities ranging from set up, parking, tickets, hospitality, etc.

CBS' "Face the Nation" - Rep. Mike Rogers, R-Mich., chairman of the House Intelligence Committee; former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright.

Luring us out of our comfortable living rooms and into darkened movie theaters takes a lot more than just the smell of hot, buttered popcorn these days.

Don's Mobile Glass is planning a multimillion-dollar expansion and move onto the former Scenic Nursery site.

The boy was in the living room of a home around 3 p.m. Thursday when the shooting began.

According to the Stanislaus County Sheriff's Department, detectives from Riverbank Police Services were walking along the river, talking to people in the hopes of locating Juan Alipio Hernandez, 47, when they spotted a body at about 9:30 a.m. The body, located near the river, was not positively identified.

Modesto paid $51,963.40 in the second quarter to resolve 20 lawsuits and claims filed against it.

The Contra Costa Times reports a public defender asked the judge to release Nget because she has other children to look after, but the judge ordered her held on $100,000 bail.

Stanislaus County schools will welcome back students starting Aug. 6. Shiloh School students will get to sleep in a while longer, with their classes starting Aug. 25. Truckloads of black asphalt poured stripe after stripe over the aging blacktop of Tuolumne Elementary School.

A Ceres man convicted of murder two years ago will wait at least another two months before he can be sentenced for his role in a north Modesto gang-related shooting.

Freddy Perez-Rodas was arrested Wednesday in Murrieta on suspicion of murder, arson and child endangerment.

A woman suffered major injuries Wednesday night when a pickup stuck her as she was crossing a street in west Modesto.

The increase follows a few days of below-normal temperatures; Wednesday's high in Modesto was 85 degrees, according to the Modesto Irrigation District.

Sheriff's Harbor Patrol officials say the men called for help Wednesday afternoon after their 24-foot powerboat caught fire and sent up a huge plume of smoke.

In fact, waitress Nancy Sansevieri is still laughing after police released surveillance video Wednesday showing the college-aged men - two naked and one clad in underwear - stealing 60 hamburgers from Doc's Beach House in Bonita Beach.

U.S. Forest Service Chief Tom Tidwell said Wednesday that largely has been a matter of luck, with the hot, windy weather known as "red flag" days not lining up with the lighting strikes that start fires, particularly in California.

The victim reported the crimes Tuesday after the suspect threatened him with a knife and took his money for the second time in as many days near the area where he slept at Main and Center streets, according to police officer Mayra Lewis.

Burlington Northern Santa Fe operators stopped a freight train in Modesto after the big rig got stuck at the tracks at Daubenberger and Paulson roads in Turlock.