Archive for November 23rd, 2009

A national ranking of cities with the most crime in 2008 put Fresno and Visalia in the middle of the pack -- and Clovis toward the bottom. Read comments »

Nancy Ortiz, the Orosi woman convicted of second-degree murder in the death of her newborn daughter, was sentenced Monday to 22 years to life in prison. Read comments »

Palm Springs police screened more than 750 cars at a drunken driving checkpoint Friday night, Sgt. »

In the decade since the Doctors Academy began at Sunnyside High School, about 9% of its graduates have enrolled in or completed health-related college studies -- including four students now in medical school. Read comments »

Officers from the Modesto Police Department's DUI Enforcement Team will be deploying officers on a saturation patrol this weekend to crack down on drunk driving. »

The Modesto Area Express will provide limited bus service free of charge on Thanksgiving Day to and from The Salvation Army dinner at Modesto Centre Plaza. »

25 YEARS AGO: Thick fog covered the Modesto Airport and caused early morning commuter flights to be delayed until after 8 a.m. »

The public can weigh in on management of New Melones Reservoir and surrounding land at a pair of open houses Dec. 2. »

WASHINGTON -- A judge on Monday reluctantly postponed until October the trial of the man who's accused of killing former Modestan Chandra Levy in May 2001. »

A former Bakersfield real estate agent won't be able to work in real estate for a while after regulators banned him from the business for three years. »

The troubles of the San Francisco Bay area's transit police went viral again as video hit the Internet showing what some claim was another use of excessive force. »

A former police officer dubbed the "Polite Bandit" has been sentenced to 13 1/2 years in prison for robbing two bank branches in Orange County. »

Animal control officers in Riverside have recovered a pair of Chihuahuas that had been bound with electrical tape and tossed in a canal. »

Families of American hikers who crossed the border into Iran are asking Iranian authorities to show compassion. »

A Lodi woman who became sick from eating mushrooms she picked in the wild has died. »