Modesto News

In this March 25, 2014 photo, inmates carry their belongings as they enter the new 192-bed facility at the Stanislaus County Jail in Modesto, Calif.

The actor tweeted Friday that his son was born Thursday, adding a photo of the baby's tiny hand gripping his finger.

The annual event includes dozens of young people in a dramatic re-enactment of Jesus’ conviction, carrying of the cross and crucifixion, concluding with him being carried away to his tomb.

Clinton is the executive producer of the short "Of Many," a documentary about the friendship of two religious leaders at New York University.

Just before 4 a.m., the first firefighters responded to a report of a structure fire at the apartments at 160 Hallman Lane.

Prosecutors say Ransom forced the girl into a van at knifepoint on March 20, drove her to another location where she was raped and then drove her to an alley where she managed to run away.

An officer with the Stanislaus County Drug Enforcement Agency helps eradicate pot plants in west Stanislaus County on Tuesday, Sept.

The Orange County Register reports 55-year-old Mitchell Steven Behm has been sentenced to five years' probation and 200 hours' community service.

But the crowd and state legislators at Thursday’s water bond hearing in Modesto could not escape the frustration of a more immediate problem: drought.

This undated file photo shows Nobel laureate Gabriel Garcia Marquez at an undisclosed location.

According to the California Highway Patrol, 45-year-old Jose Amilcar Lara fell asleep while driving north on I-5 near Highway 165 about 5:15  Lara turned his vehicle to the left in an attempt to get back on the roadway, but he overcorrected and the big rig fell onto its right side.

A second suspect has been identified in the kidnapping and robbery of a Ripon man when he showed up to an arranged meeting to purchase high-end sneakers from a person he met on Facebook, according to police.

Prosecutors today filed a criminal complaint against a former Ceres business owner accused of murder after authorities found a dead man in his abandoned auto shop.

According to police, officers were dispatched to Neel Park on Whitehaven Avenue for a call of a man screaming and swinging a golf club.

Kickstarter closed the campaign Tuesday after it raised $6.2 million through 18,000 supporters.

The Contra Costa Times reports Melinda Gaffney turned herself in at San Francisco police headquarters Monday morning.

MERCED, Calif. - Workers at a central California ranch could hardly believe their eyes when they spotted a sea lion pup hopping through an almond In this March 2014 photo provided by the San Joaquin River National Wildlife Refuge, is a sea lion pup named Hoppie who was found at Mape's Ranch near Modesto, Calif.

The lawsuit filed Wednesday says the director of the forthcoming "X-Men: Days of Future Past" forced Michael Egan III into sex during parties in California and Hawaii when he was 17 in the late 1990s.

Late one rainy afternoon a few weeks ago, Sam Moreno finished his day's work as the foreman at Acacia Cemetery.

Modesto Regional Fire Authority Division Chief Sean Slamon has been appointed the agency's interim fire chief.