Salida News

People with interest in local road planning have an array of meetings to choose from in coming days, covering issues ranging from crosswalks to Salida overpasses to the North County Corridor.

Modesto voters are turning their backs on five advisory measures that would have sanctioned new growth around the city's outskirts.

With finances still deteriorating, Stanislaus County leaders today will consider laying off three more workers and eliminating 22 vacant jobs.

When it comes to real estate prices, some small towns are doing much better than big ones in the Northern San Joaquin Valley.

A Sacramento judge will preside over the trial of accused cop killer Columbus Allen Jr.

Matthew John David Avila , 23, of Salida was sentenced to eight years and eight months in prison after being convicted of crimes that included stealing presents from under his friend's Christmas tree.

The trial of Columbus Allen, Jr., charged in the murder a California Highway Patrol officer three and a half years ago, has been moved to Sacramento County.

While a storm raged outside Tuesday night, the mood inside seemed just as nasty.

A retired educator and three parents are running in a low-key race for the Salida Union School District board of trustees.

AT&T said Thursday it had activated six new cell sites to improve its broadband 3G coverage in southern San Joaquin and northern Stanislaus counties.

The largest growth questions ever to confront Modesto voters are quietly heading toward the November ballot.

The calendar may say it's only October, but in some parents' minds it's time to think Dec.

School bus driver Doug Montgomery doesn't have eyes in the back of his head and can't look in his rearview mirror to catch misbehaving students.

The Stanislaus County Board of Supervisors today is scheduled to: Create a new process for property assessment appeals.

The struggle between roadway efficiency and property rights comes into focus with newly released environmental documents on the future North County Corridor.

Officials are close to taking on a second tenant at the Salida Union School District office to help cover cuts to their budget.

The news media's role continues to loom in the capital murder case against Columbus Allen Jr.

You're sitting in a courtroom as a defendant charged with killing a cop, knowing you could get the death penalty if convicted.

A lead detective in the murder case against Columbus Allen Jr. II testified Tuesday that he considered Allen a possible car theft victim - not a murder suspect - when he went to interview Allen just hours after a California Highway Patrol officer was shot to death.

The Stanislaus County Board of Supervisors today is scheduled to: Hold a public hearing on the county's 2009-10 final budget of $958 million, down 1 percent from the previous fiscal year.