Archive for February 2nd, 2010

UPDATE - A crop-dusting helicopter crashed in an orchard near Escalon this afternoon. The pilot - identified as Bill Cavanaugh, 68 - was in critical condition at Memorial Medical Center in Modesto. »

Fresno County supervisors told Sheriff Margaret Mims on Tuesday to adopt a new cost-cutting plan that will not require the release of more jail inmates. Read comments »

For months, Kettleman City residents and activists clamored for an investigation into a rash of birth defects and infant deaths. Read comments »

A veto by San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom of a law that would have made it more difficult to evict renters will stand after supervisors failed to come up with enough votes to override the veto. »

40 YEARS AGO: A two-story office building rolled away from the corner of 16th and H streets to make way for the new $2.6 million Modesto-Stanislaus County Library. Bought by Don Thiel for $3,500, the stucco structure headed for its new home three blocks away on 13th Street. »

Modesto will have its fourth annual Chinese new year celebration Saturday at Maddux Youth Center, 211 Bodem St. »

Six defendants sentenced in Stanislaus County to life in prison were found unsuitable for parole, the district attorney's office said Tuesday. They are: »

MERCED -- The "shovel ready" projects that Obama administration officials mention when they talk about stimulus funds have come to Merced for the second time in the form of two new road projects. »

Six people have been ordered to stand trial for murder for the fatal shooting of a couple in their Fresno County home last summer. »

Los Angeles drivers may be seeing more red light cameras in their future. »

A 21-year-old man has been charged with murder in the shooting death of a standout high school football player in Compton. »

The superintendent of Point Reyes National Seashore will be the new superintendent of Yosemite National Park. »

Updated: Modesto’s Jeremy Renner, who played a starring role in the critically acclaimed movie “The Hurt Locker,” was nominated for an Oscar Award for best actor this morning. "No matter what happens, it’s something I’ll take with me to my grave and know that this is something they can never take away from me,”... »

A long-awaited deadline for a ban on open-field burning in the San Joaquin Valley is coming June 1. But many vineyard owners say they can’t afford to follow the rule. Read comments »

Groups representing oil refiners and the trucking industry filed suit Tuesday in Fresno federal court to block new state fuel standards aimed at curbing greenhouse gases. Read comments »