Modesto News

Former "Jersey Shore" star Michael Sorrentino, better known is scheduled to appear in Middletown Township municipal court Monday afternoon to answer to simple assault charges.

Residents can get a preview of the race today at Vintage Faire Mall from noon to 2 p.m. The event will include a short video and two professional kart drivers with their vehicles.

Testimony on Monday revealed some of the details involved in the shooting death of a 30-year-old man whose body found three years ago along a rural road north of Modesto.

Modesto police arrested a man Sunday evening suspected of robbing a woman of an iPad case she'd just purchased from a T-Mobile store.

Prosecutors said Monday that 49-year-old Ruby Adams is charged with first-degree residential burglary and first-degree residential robbery for acting as a lookout for her son and another female suspect.

According to Modesto Police spokeswoman Heather Graves, the incident started at 1:22 a.m. when an officer tried to stop a 2012 Toyota Camry at Paradise Road and Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd. The car took off, leading police in a short chase down Morgan Road before officers called it off after losing sight of the vehicle.

She says the officers stopped and rendered aid to the injured man. Paramedics were called and he was pronounced dead at the scene.

The Sacramento Bee reports the infant was found in critical condition after fire department officials responded to a call for aid late Thursday.

Police and fire officials say ambulances from five surrounding communities responded to the Saturday night concert at the Xfinity Center in Mansfield, about 30 miles south of Boston.

Sections of some roads in downtown Chicago are already being closed as Lollapalooza organizers set up for the three-day event that starts on Friday.

Black Jack Rockin Blues Band singer Kent Gonzales performs during the drug awareness event, "Just Say No, Battle of the Bands", at the Modesto Elks Lodge in Modesto Calif., on Sunday July 27, 2014.

John F. Gerling's bicycle sat in his garage gathering dust for many years, until about a decade ago when he entered a 60-mile bike ride for charity.

The Modesto City Schools board will hold a lengthy closed-door meeting Monday before tackling a relatively light agenda with several reports and a raft of school year contracts to consider, ranging from after-school programs to software licenses.

State Sen. Mark DeSaulnier says a Senate investigative report to be released this week will show how the California Department of Transportation knowingly accepted substandard work by a Chinese firm that welded most of the new roadway and tower.

Cedar Point spokesman Bryan Edwards says a cable on the Skyhawk ride disconnected at about 10 p.m. Saturday.

In December 2010, a gunman wearing a helmet left with more than $1.5 million in chips - many ranging in denominations from $10,000 to $25,000 each - from the Bellagio.

No matter. The University of Nevada, Las Vegas, instructor suggested cappucchino as a potato chip flavor in Lay's " Do Us a Flavor " contest, in which entrants suggest new, never-before-tried flavors for the product.

Backpacks and free food may have been the draw at the Modesto Gospel Mission Back to School Block Party, but the volunteer spirit was the true star.

Stanislaus Superior Court, for the first time, is moving a murder trial because its courtrooms are not big enough to handle the number of defendants and attorneys involved.

The Redding Record Searchlight reports the accident occurred on Highway 44 near Millville about 9:30 p.m. Friday, when a Toyota Camry crossed into oncoming traffic, crashed into a fence and rolled several times.