Modesto News

Attorney Steven O'Connor told a Stanislaus County judge to hold him in contempt of court and report him to state bar officials as he refused to proceed with the case because he believed he failed his client, the Modesto Bee reported .

The U.S. Office of Special Counsel has directed the Interior Department to investigate whether U.S. Bureau of Reclamation officials in California and parts of Nevada and Oregon have violated the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act.

The Los Angeles County district attorney's office says Bieber will be charged Wednesday with one count of misdemeanor vandalism.

The Santa Cruz Sentinel reported Tuesday that surveillance video from the boat shows 51-year-old Forrest Timothy Hayes losing consciousness.

Fresno County Sheriff's spokesman Chris Curtice says the man vanished while swimming Friday at Hume Lake, about 60 miles east of Fresno in the Sequoia National Forest.

The Louisiana Attorney General's office, in a news release Tuesday, said agents with its Medicaid Fraud Control Unit arrested 49-year-old Barbara Smith and 50-year-old Cleveland Smith, both of Baton Rouge, on Monday.

It's hard to find a reason not to attend the Elks Lodge upcoming Battle of the Bands event: live music, awesome prizes, tasty snacks … and did I mention it's all free? For more than 100 years, the Modesto Elks Lodge has been a proud adherent of charities and community service.

Ruvalcaba is suspected of having lured his estranged wife to a parking lot at 301 Standiford Ave. in north Modesto on April 10, 2005, saying he wanted her to pick up their children.

Santa Cruz County Sheriff's Sgt. Kelly Kent says a 15-year-old boy from Livermore lit a "gold-shaped egg" made of cardboard that had a small fuse at a relative's backyard near Live Oak Saturday night.

An elderly man suffered minor injuries Tuesday when he pulled in front of traffic on Coffee Road across from Downey High School on Tuesday.

Officials say 28-year-old Kevin Matthew Perkins packed himself in the basket Monday to get away from the Metropolitan Detention Center.

The Los Angeles Times reports the shooting was reported around 1 p.m. Monday on West Cherry Street.

KNBC-TV reports three of the five victims were found Monday night inside the N D Vape shop on Baseline Street.

Santa Clara County Fire Battalion Chief Kendal Pearson says Monday's two-alarm blaze damaged the attic, roof and interior of the renowned Manresa restaurant in Los Gatos.

A former Visalia doctor who sold prescriptions for narcotic drugs in Modesto pleaded guilty Monday to distributing and dispensing oxycodone and structuring financial transactions to evade a reporting requirement, according to the U.S. Attorney's Office.

The Modesto City Council on Tuesday night will consider waiving parking fees of as much as $445,000 over five years to entice Valley First Credit Union to relocate its corporate headquarters downtown.

Investigators testified Monday that Mario Albo's body was found badly decomposed and wrapped in blankets inside the detached garage of a west Modesto home last year.

Los Angeles County fire Supervisor Michael Pittman says the Ninja ride at Six Flags Magic Mountain near Los Angeles hit a tree branch shortly before 6 p.m. Monday and stopped.

A Modesto man and his girlfriend are in jail after fighting with a neighbor and shooting the ground near him on Saturday.

Spokesman Doug Wright confirmed Monday that "The Endless River" will be released in October.