Archive for October 28th, 2009

Modesto City Schools Board of Education candidate Josh Vander Veen plans to meet with voters from 7 to 10 a.m. Saturday at the Modesto Certified Farmers Market. The 24-year-old candidate is calling his campaign "youth for youth." »

Stanislaus County law enforcement officers are looking past Tuesday's local government races and zeroing in on June's sheriff's race. »

SONORA — The ninth annual Natural Resources Summit will take place Friday morning, giving advocates of logging and water development a chance to state their case. »

MERCED — Is it the dog? Or is it the breed? Two vicious pit bull maulings this month in Delhi — one of which killed a toddler — have raised those questions yet again. »

WASHINGTON — Hmong and Laotian war veterans could secure treasured burial spots in U.S. national cemeteries under legislation being drafted by San Joaquin Valley lawmakers. »

Cleve Morris' job as Patterson city manager is safe for now, after Monday's special closed-door meeting of the City Council. »

Kirk Waters has been named the new chief at the Manteca Fire Department, according to a city news release. »

California's Infrastructure and Development Bank this week agreed to issue up to $1.8 million in tax-exempt revenue bonds to help Goodwill Industries of San Joaquin pay for a 14,400-square-foot site in the former Ethan Allen building in the 3900 block of Sisk Road in Modesto. »

The Modesto Police Department is hosting a small-business academy from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Nov. 5. »

Roberta Asahina, professor in the Department of Mass Communication and Journalism at Fresno State, will be the second person inducted into the department's Alumni and Friends Chapter Hall of Fame. Read comments »

The occupants of a minivan made it out safely before their vehicle became engulfed in flames Wednesday afternoon on an exit ramp off the northbound lanes of Highway 99 at Kansas Avenue in Modesto. »

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50 YEARS AGO: A gift of $150 for a sign to identify J.M. Pike Park was given to the Modesto City Council by Percy M. Pike to mark the memorial to his father. The family originally dedicated the park to the community. »

Tuition at Fresno Pacific University will remain at current levels for the 2010-2011 academic year, officials announced Tuesday. It is the first time in 25 years that the small, Mennonite Brethren-affiliated university in southeast Fresno hasn’t raised rates. The Board of Trustees voted to maintain annual tuition at $23,640 for full-time students in the... »

Michael Jackson fan Jason Rangel can remember as a child getting his mom and dad to let him stay up to watch The Gloved One bring home Grammy Awards for the blockbuster album "Thriller." On Tuesday night, the 36-year-old Modestan was at Brenden Theatres to see the movie, "Michael Jackson: This Is It," a... »