Turlock News

The plan was this: Eighth-grader Tyler Gilbert and his best friend since kindergarten would cross the Somerset Middle School graduation stage together today.

Merced County elected officials on Thursday got a more detailed explanation of an outside consultant's recommendations to reduce the amount of equipment at the county's landfills.

Brock Blakeley struggles with schoolwork, but making friends comes easy — especially when kids such as fifth-grader Andres Guerrero take the first step.

A new era in the history of California State University, Stanislaus, has begun. Some would argue it began with the departure of the previous president; we think it began when Joseph Sheley first stepped onto the campus as interim president.

According to Lt. Nino Amirfar, officers responded to a report of an armed robbery in progress at Cost Less Market, 244 W. Main St.

The San Joaquin Valley's economy continues to improve, but Stanislaus and Merced counties are lagging behind in job growth, a newly released business forecast shows.

Six young women will compete June 1 for District 6 Dairy Princess at Our Lady of Assumption Hall in Turlock.

A judge Tuesday reluctantly suspended a criminal case against a man accused of kidnapping a woman on Highway 99 in Turlock because the defendant says he needs a Somali interpreter.

"I could hear people say, 'What's a dog doing here?' " said Annika Jasek-Rysdahl in recounting the reaction to her bringing a guide dog in training to Pitman High School.

The Modesto City Schools board will consider a raft of end-of-year changes and standard contracts at its meeting tonight.

A gathering in Turlock on Wednesday will explore how to draw tourists to farms, rivers and other San Joaquin Valley attractions.

The Turlock Unified School District board will meet at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday at the Turlock High School Performing Arts Building, 1600 E. Canal Drive.

The sign outside St. Francis Anglican Church reads “think FORGIVE act.” Action and forgiveness were the themes of the day, as the parishioners gathered Sunday for one last time at their church on Main Street before walking several blocks away to begin a new church in rented facilities.

Fewer California teachers found pink slips in their mailboxes this week, but that was scant solace for Denair Unified teachers.

Prosecutors Thursday filed new charges against a 53-year-old Turlock man found not guilty of murder in the death of another man in a suspected road rage case from 2010.

Jose Hinojosa, 48, was arrested after a police officer, posing as the teen, arranged a meeting at a Turlock park, Sgt.

I'm looking at a recipe right now that calls for a stick and a half of butter and a quarter cup of heavy cream, and I haven't even gotten around to the crust yet.

A died in a hit-and-run accident early Wednesday morning on Highway 99 in Turlock, the California Highway Patrol reported.

Info: Bird artist and naturalist Keith Hansen will speak at the monthly meeting of the Stanislaus Audubon Society and Sierra Club-Yokuts Group.

UC San Diego will send a combined men's and women's contingent of six student-athletes to the 2013 NCAA Division II Outdoor Track & Field Championships, with the full field of participants announced Tuesday.