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Health care forum scheduled in Ripon
A workshop on the Affordable Care Act will be held at 5:30 p.m. Tuesday in the council chambers at Ripon City Hall, 259 N. Wilma Avenue.
Crime lab technician gets 16 months for stealing drugs
A former criminalist from a state crime lab in Ripon has pleaded guilty to embezzlement after taking a half-pound of crystal methamphetamine and cocaine from evidence submitted by law enforcement agencies.
911 briefs -- Published May 14, 2013
Firefighters responding to a water leak at a home in Weston Ranch on Sunday afternoon discovered a marijuana-growing operation and called police.
Bomb squad responds after suitcase left in Ripon
A maintenance worker located the suitcase about 1:45 p.m. next to the youth baseball field at the Community Center,334 W. Fourth St., said Sgt.
MID mulls sale of useless equipment
Modesto Irrigation District leaders this morning will discuss making the best of a bad business deal that cost ratepayers more than $2 million.
Lingerie theft leads police right to suspect
It took Ripon police only 60 seconds to nab an alleged 28-year-old female lingerie thief Friday morning, officials reported.
Ripon man suffers minor injuries after car rolls down embankment
A Ripon man suffered only minor injuries after his car was broadsided, rolled several times down an embankment and caught fire Thursday.
Readers Challenge Assignment: Flowers
Wow. I am truly humbled and a bit overwhelmed at the response that we got for the Record's first Readers Photo Challenge .
Ripon police going to schools to teach bicycle safety
Police are making the rounds at Ripon elementary schools to teach children about bicycle safety.
Wealth business gets high marks
A Modesto company, Valley Wealth Inc. , ranked 43rd among the nation's top 50 emerging wealth management companies, according to Forbes.
Ministry serves lunecheon for area seniors
Sister Ann Venita Britto and the Ministry of Caring in Manteca held their annual Easter Luncheon on April 3 in the St.
Trial begins for drug lab tech accused of theft
A former criminalist from the state's Central Valley Crime Lab in Ripon is on trial accused of stealing drugs that had been seized by law enforcement.
911 Briefs -- Published April 23, 2013
The 29-year-old man who died as the result of dozens of gunshots being fired Friday night on Dijon Street in the neighborhood northeast of Hammer and West lanes was identified Monday as Samath Som by the San Joaquin County Coroner's Office.
Man Exposes Himself To Student In Ripon
A student was walking to school at around 7:20 a.m. Monday in the 200 block of S. Acacia Avenue near Second Street when the man, between 30-35 years old, approached the student from an alleyway between First and Second Streets and exposed himself to the student and rode off on a black mountain bike, say police.
Man exposes himself to Ripon pupil, flees
While on the way to school at 7:20 a.m. today, an elementary student walking on South Acacia Avenue near Second Street in Ripon was reportedly accosted by a man who exposed himself to the student before leaving the area, Ripon police reported.
Man exposes himself to elementary school student in Ripon
The student was in the 200 block of Acacia Avenue on the way to school when approached by the suspect who exposed himself to the student and then left the area on a black mountain bike.
The Stanislaus Drug Enforcement Agency was called in to help process evidence Thursday, nearly a week after the Ripon Police Department seized more than $15,000 worth of marijuana from a home in the 800 block of Zumstein Drive, authorities said.