Ripon News Archives

Two Modesto restaurants and one in Ripon are participating in an event tonight called Family Day Wednesday, in which children across California will receive a free meal with the purchase of an adult entree.

Increased populations and detection of the West Nile virus have prompted health officials to plan ground spraying, scheduled to begin as early as tonight.

It seems like a little thing to go out there with weed-whackers and hedge-trimmers, but for these people it's a huge thing "It's going to take years," said Teresa Manley predicted two years ago in reference to the recovery efforts for the wildfires that scorched 500,000 acres and destroyed 2,000 Southern California homes in 2007.

Mother Lode area high schools will try and make it two perfect weekends in row starting tonight.

Police arrested a Modesto man on suspicion of vehicle theft early Thursday after surveillance cameras photographed a license plate that matched a car stolen from Turlock, a department spokesman said.

Heavy equipment is changing the lay of the land on 11.21 acres of Tehachapi Valley floor as construction of the new Love's Travel Stop and Country Store starts.

Texas Keo nominated Carol Niblett for Class Acts. Keo said that Niblett, who teaches at Ripon Elementary School, usually the last person to leave the school, was her support as a new teacher and is willing to share her ideas with colleagues.

Police officers and firefighters Friday evening rescued two rafters from the Stanislaus River.

A man robbed a Ripon bank and got away with an undisclosed amount of cash. The robber entered the bank and demanded money.

A police search for what officers thought was a armed bank robber prompted school authorities to lockdown Ripon High School as a precaution Friday morning.

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Watch hot-air balloons launch or take a balloon ride yourself at the Color the Skies Hot Air Balloon Festival.

Police have one of two bank robbery suspects in custody, but a second is still hiding in a Manteca duplex, police said this afternoon.

That's the mission of Color the Skies, a hot air balloon festival in Ripon today and Sunday to benefit Children's Hospital of Central California.

One of the men emerged through the roof and was arrested; the other remained inside and the standoff continues.

Sgt. Brian Findlen advised residents in the east Modesto neighbornhood to stay indoors.

A contemporary/Asian yard with accents in bright red and a home with a seven-tier waterfall and a putting green are among the stops on the Ripon Garden Club's September Stroll home and garden tour on Sept.