Yesterday afternoon there was a shooting in Venice, followed up by another in Santa Monica last night. Both shootings left one victim dead and countless others terrified. The LA Times Blog has lots of details on the actual shootings but makes no mention that these were both gang related shootings, a fact the LAPD... »
SACRAMENTO Valley farmers scored big wins in the package of water bills state lawmakers passed Wednesday, but most of the benefits are years away if they come at all. Read comments »
RIVERBANK — Former Councilwoman Virginia Madueño was leading Tuesday night in the six-way race for mayor. »
Modesto's first-ever district elections were supposed to open the door to new voices fueled by low-cost campaigns, but voters' choices on Tuesday showed that money still talks. »
Incumbents Cindy Marks and Nancy Cline and challengers Sue Zwahlen and Ruben Villalobos lead the race for seats on the Modesto City Schools Board of Education, according to unofficial results from Tuesday's election. »
Glen Wild ousted Mike Serpa from the Modesto Irrigation District board Tuesday, while incumbents Tom Van Groningen and Paul Warda easily won re-election. »
When the sun goes down in tough neighborhoods, blood pressure goes up in homes. People worry when they can't see what might be coming. That's the principal reason Juanita Jackson had three streetlights erected about three decades ago on her block in an unincorporated pocket of west Modesto. »
CERES -- The incumbents appeared to win re-election in a three-way race for two seats on the Ceres City Council. »
In a fairly quiet election with no major issues, voters nonetheless aimed to knock off incumbents in the Turlock Unified School District election. »
Modesto voters embraced none of five growth measures Tuesday, leaving future development in those areas up in the air. »
A Stockton bus driver has been sentenced to more than 26 years in prison for a crash that killed 11 people in Colusa County last year. »
A Stockton bus driver has been sentenced to more than 26 years in prison for a crash that killed 11 people in Colusa County last year. »
Authorities are now investigatng details after Stockton police are after a person accused of shooting two men. »
Two 16-year-old boys have been arrested for the murder of a 16-year-old girl who was shot following a homecoming football game in Long Beach. »
A former executive for a California-based tomato processor agreed to plead guilty to participating in a conspiracy to drive up food prices nationwide, federal prosecutors said Wednesday. »