Patterson News

He's been offered as much as $80,000 for the palm-size stone, but Refugio Jaime won't budge for any amount of money.

Consider it a consolation prize: Plummeting home values have cost Northern San Joaquin Valley homeowners billions in home equity, but at least their property taxes are going down.

Record-high property tax delinquency rates were revealed Tuesday for the Northern San Joaquin Valley.

A suspicious fire that started Tuesday afternoon left about 800 acres of grassland west of the San Joaquin River charred and smoldering, authorities said.

If you're irritated about having to buy a cell phone headset, or don't see why the rules about chatting while driving have changed, here are some sobering statistics: From 2003 to 2007 in Stanislaus and San ...

The Stanislaus County Sheriff's Department arrested two men early Monday on suspicion of stealing copper wire and a portable generator, authorities reported.

Stanislaus County farmer Tom Maring poses in his Patterson tomato field, which sits on a steep slope and must be furrow irrigated.

STUDENTS INVESTIGATE LEVY SLAYING: A student project to investigate the 2001 death of Chandra Levy is receiving attention from CNN.com, which has created a Web site to track the project's progress.

Lightning strikes appear to have ignited two fires that scorched more than 200 acres of grassland Saturday afternoon in Stanislaus County, officials said.

In a display of solidarity, taco truck owners and their family members packed City Hall to convey they are upstanding business owners who comply with laws, but worry that over-regulation could hurt business.

Armed with a vision to help raise the technology bar for Northern California entrepreneurs, the SBDC Technology Boot Camp will be held in Ukiah on June 18 as part of a 10-city run throughout Northern ...

WHITE APPEARANCES: Democrat Taylor White, candidate for Assembly District 25, will be at the farmers market in Modesto today at 9 a.m. and at the farmers market in Riverbank on Wednesday at 6 p.m. Your issues ...

Disbanded the Crows Landing Steering Committee and thanked the members for their contributions.

Most fruit, flower stands are legitimate; others may be dangerous By CAROL REITER creiter@mercedsun-star.com Angelina Lo fills the table with fresh strawberries from her family's strawberry patch on West ...

CHP SEARCHING FOR PICKUP: Officials are looking for the driver of a Ford pickup who cut off a car that was speeding through Mountain View on Wednesday and may have contributed to a hit-and-run crash, ...

Published 12:00 am PDT Thursday, May 29, 2008 Story appeared in SCENE section, Page E3 Sutter Davis Hospital Foundation.

Incumbent District 5 Supervisor Jim DeMartini faces a challenge from Newman Mayor John Fantazia in Tuesday's election.

A worker at a bar in the 21000 block of Brookhurst Street said a drunken patron, who had already been refused service twice during the same night, was making phone calls to the bar.

A 23-year-old Bakersfield man was arrested Tuesday night on drunken driving charges after his pickup truck was found upside down on the bank of the Kern River, Bakersfield police reported.

An indie music festival in Patterson? Heck yeah! Check out the new Hellapop Music Festival, which brings together more than a dozen area bands and touring acts from as far as Colorado and Phoenix for a night of ...