Modesto News

A hearing on Wednesday to schedule a trial was postponed, so attorneys can discuss a possible plea deal for a man charged with murder in the shooting of a west Modesto teenager.

A sentencing hearing on Wednesday was postponed for two Merced men convicted of murder in the shooting of a store clerk killed during an attempted robbery in Modesto.

The Los Angeles Times reports 44-year-old Jose Mosqueda entered pleas Tuesday to three counts of committing lewd acts upon a child and one count of continuous sexual abuse.

A fire that started with oil cooking on a stovetop left three people displaced from a Turlock apartment, authorities said.

Investigators say 30-year-old Freddy Shelby was arrested Sunday after the homeowners called police to report their unwanted, mystery guest.

Nut farmers and other Modesto Irrigation District customers can wait to water crops as late as Oct. 3. That's two weeks later than initially planned, giving trees a better chance of surviving the drought and being healthy enough to produce again next year.

The boy died of heat stroke. Santa Clara County District Attorney Jeff Rosen announced on Monday that his office will not file criminal charges against the dad.

It took more than 50 firefighters about a half-hour to knock down the flames. The cause of the fire is under investigation.

DeKalb County Jail records show that the 36-year-old was taken into custody June 29 and released the same day.

Regional rummage sale hosted by St. Paul's, Christ the King, Potter's House, Girl Scouts, Cub Scouts and TOPS.

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.