Archive for October 15th, 2009

The 15-year-old homicide victim found dead in a south Modesto alley was identified Thursday as Quirino Toledo, according to the Stanislaus County coroner's office. »

An early morning fire in east Modesto on Thursday damaged the garage and attic of a single-story house, according to the Modesto Fire Department. »

WASHINGTON — The House on Thursday approved a bill to boost Bay Area water recycling, but only after valley lawmakers vented once more their unhappiness about San Joaquin Valley irrigation shortages. »

Yosemite Community College District officials facing $12 million in looming budget cuts learned this week that charges for employee health insurance coverage are set to climb by $3.5 million in 2010. »

Teams of federal agents and local authorities this week arrested 28 people, including 12 men in Stanislaus County, during a two-day sweep of convicted sex offenders aimed at reducing the exploitation and abuse of children on the Internet. »

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The Sylvan Union School District Education Foundation is wrapping up its spare-change drive today by swarming street corners asking drivers for donations. »

The Fresno Regional Foundation has awarded 26 grants totaling $601,043. Read comments »

A Clovis woman was sentenced Thursday to three years of probation on drunken driving charges stemming from an accident in which she hit another vehicle and killed the driver. Read comments »

A judge Thursday ordered a Southern California man convicted of running over an 11-year-old boy with his boat in Shaver Lake to pay more than $1.1 million in restitution. Read comments »

A Central Coast dust-up between prominent Valley beef businessmen and a public university is raising concerns over academic freedom and donor influence. Read comments »

The Border Patrol says more than $500,000 worth of marijuana was found stuffed in a sport utility vehicle in Mission Viejo. »

Stockton Police are investigating the reported rape of a 16-year-old girl. Police say the girl reports being grabbed by two men around 1:45 Tuesday afternoon while walking near Monte Diablo Avenue. »

Federal investigators on the trail of a mail bomb that hurt a Visalia man arrested a suspect in Oklahoma on Thursday -- the victim's uncle. Read comments »

A handful of experts are trying to prove what Rick Norsigian has suspected for years: that his garage-sale find of 60 glass photo negatives are the early works of famed California photographer Ansel Adams. Read comments »