Ceres News

He is the new executive director of the Portuguese American Citizenship Project.

Stanislaus County supervisors will discuss a number of court cases in closed session Tuesday, as well as potential litigation with cities trying to recoup excessive property tax administration fees paid to the county.

Katie Migliazzo ended her reign by turning over the title before approximately 300 dairy industry members and their families and friends at Our Lady of the Assumption Hall in Turlock on June 1. Along with the Dairy Princess, Caitlin will represent District 6 by speaking on behalf of the California dairy industry at schools, service clubs, with the ... (more)

But county leaders are bracing for a possible health services financial hit that could occur before the final budget is approved in September.

In the city's proposed budget for the coming year, employees would continue salary concessions and a sales tax designed to expand public safety would instead maintain the status quo.

OAKDALE TO MEET: The Oakdale Unified School District board will meet at 6:30 p.m. today in the Oakdale City Council Chamber, 277 N. Second Ave. Trustees will be asked to approve the 2013-14 budget, contracts for assistant superintendents and chief business officer, and a change of job title raising the director of pupil services to assistant ... (more)

Flames seriously damaged a vacant house in south Modesto early Thursday, destroying the home's kitchen and one of its bedrooms, fire officials said.

At a special meeting tonight, Denair Unified trustees will vote on extensive layoffs of support staff and hiring a management team to fill key posts through December.

Editor's note: This series follows a yearlong, global project to document disappearing snow in the Northern Hemisphere.

A busy roadway used to get between east Modesto and Ceres will be closed for a few hours this morning after a power pole was knocked down, authorities said.

According to Ceres police, the accident occurred at 7:57 a.m. on Whitmore Avenue at the Highway 99 offramp.

Smoke billowing near Highway 99 at the Keyes Road interchange Saturday came from a multicounty training exercise in fighting grass fires, which are causing problems statewide this year.

A package of seven bills to tighten gun regulations, including one to require registration for the purchase of ammunition, was approved by the state Senate on Wednesday after emotional debate about the limits of the Second Amendment's guarantee of the right to keep and bear arms.

Ceres High School's Manufacturing Production and Green Technology Academy brought home four trophies and more from the second annual SMUD Solar Regatta May 17 at Rancho Seco Recreation Area in Herald.

With two sobriety checkpoints, six special DUI saturation patrols and routine patrols over the Memorial Day weekend, officers with the Avoid the 12 campaign in Stanislaus County made 40 arrests between midnight Thursday and midnight Monday.

Amid hundreds of American flags snapping in the breeze, community members joined veterans and politicians Monday to pay tribute to those who have died defending our country.

FROM ACROSS THE POND — Last week, we received an email from Mike Riley of England.

In a meeting room, teens, teachers and parents huddle in small clusters around a long U-shaped table.

Six young women will compete June 1 for District 6 Dairy Princess at Our Lady of Assumption Hall in Turlock.