Turlock News

California's attorney general filed a lawsuit Tuesday against 22 Midas auto shops, accusing them of a "massive bait-and-switch scam." The lawsuit seeks $222 million in penalties, costs and reimbursements to customers.

It was a homemade firework that brought the Stanislaus County Sheriff's Department bomb squad to Pedretti Park just after noon on Wednesday.

A man was arrested Monday in Turlock for allegedly trying to mail drugs or drug-related materials from a Staples store for the second time in two months, according to police.

A man who left a dog in his locked car in 100-degree temperatures was arrested minutes later on drug and weapon charges, according to police.

When: July 7, 7 p.m. Info: The Stanislaus Civil War Association is holding its regular monthly meeting.

John William Mitchell died in 1893, but he has not been forgotten. Every day up to 50,000 cars travel on the thoroughfare that bears his name: Mitchell Road.

A group of Turlock residents with Iranian roots plans to hold a demonstration Friday against the Iranian government's crackdown on election protests in Tehran.

Late Tuesday, the Turlock City Council agreed to temporarily earmark $2.8 million in redevelopment money to renovate the Turlock High School track and field ... if the school district wants it.

City Council members indicated they would hold a place in the redevelopment budget to rebuild the Carnegie Arts Center but said the project needs a business plan for final approval.

A man who caused three car accidents in Turlock was arrested on suspicion of drunken driving and hit-and-run causing injuries.

The Turlock City Council on Tuesday night is scheduled to vote on: A request to approve a formal investigation by City Attorney Phaedra Norton regarding the unauthorized disclosure of confidential information from closed session -- the identities of three individuals selected to be interviewed for city manager.

The second teenage suspect in the beating and carjacking of a 60-year-old female Turlock foster care facility worker was arrested Friday in Fresno, the Turlock Police Department reported.

The 2006 Dodge Charger involved in Thursday's accident on Highway 152 is shown. Authorities today released identities of the victims, including the man who died.

Roy Wasden trades in his gun for a shirt and tie today as he officially becomes city manager.

A second suspect in a Turlock attack and carjacking was arrested Friday morning in Fresno.

Responders care for one of the three victims in this morning's accident. A big-rig driver attempted a U-turn into the northbound lane, and a car could not avoid it.

Some council members have accused colleague Mary Jackson of leaking closed-session information about candidates for Turlock city manager to the public, according to a memo by Mayor John Lazar.

Turlock police are looking for two teenage boys they say assaulted a caregiver at a group home where the youth live and took her car.

A family here has been dealt about all the bad cards they can take. In March, 10-year-old Dylan Givargiznia had to resume treatments for leukemia that was diagnosed when he was 6 years old.

Jun 16, 2009 11:19 am US/Pacific TURLOCK Turlock police are searching for two teens who beat and bound a woman then stole her car from the residential program where they had been placed.