Gustine News

An 18-year-old Morgan Hill teenager was hospitalized early Sunday morning, after he was stabbed at a party near Gustine, the Merced County Sheriff's Department reported.

The theme of Saturday's Fourth of July parade in downtown Modesto was "Celebrate the Past, Present and Future," and it struck a chord with Melanie Brunner's family as they watched the parade from lawn chairs near 11th and I streets.

There's no shortage of patriotic parties in Merced County today. ATWATER: The parade starts 10 a.m. today at Winton Way and ends at Ralston Park where a festival will run from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Fireworks start at 9:30 p.m. at Buhach Colony High School.

Business and civic leaders packed into a Castle Commerce Center meeting room to discuss funding options for the proposed Atwater-Merced Expressway and the jobs it will bring to the area.

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A 6-year-old girl watched as her grandmother stabbed to death inside her own home Wednesday in Gustine in Merced County.

A man stabbed his sister-in-law to death this morning as her 6-year-old granddaughter watched, police said.

The arepas with chili verde is a favorite, as well as the ceviche. We like the sangria, too! - Teri and Mark Nicoll-Johnson, Modesto * Las Margaritas Grill, 1214 W. F St., Suite B-1, Oakdale This restaurant has good food - plenty of it - atmosphere and excellent service.

The flock of flamingos in a Bonny Doon meadow represent the Santa Cruz Woman's Club fundraising efforts and may soon find their way to people's yards.

Leonard Holmquist calls himself the man with the broken heart. It's not the ache of unrequited love.

The Stanislaus County Board of Supervisors is scheduled this morning to: Approve a revised preliminary redevelopment plan for the Crows Landing Air Facility and order environmental studies on the proposed 1,528-acre business park.

An April 1 City Council decision to pay the local council of governments $193,156 to administer two grant programs and contribute annual membership dues has created a mini-controversy in Los Baños.Some people, including some council members, feel the city is being over-charged for the services it is receiving.Last month the council voted 3-2 ...

When Anne and Paul Piccirillo moved to Gustine from the Bay Area, it wasn't for jobs or the country life -- it was for olives.

A grass fire in western Stanislaus County near Newman and Gustine burned 75 acres near Interstate 5 on Friday afternoon and backed up southbound traffic on the interstate for several miles, officials said.

Gustine City Hall was evacuated around noon on Thursday, after a woman walked into the building with two suspicious items, prompting fears they were explosives.

GUSTINE, Calif. - Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger urged on thousands of demonstrators Friday on the final leg of a four-day march across California's agricultural basin designed to draw attention to surging unemployment caused by water shortages in the state's rural middle.

An arson fire caused about $1 million in damage to the Odd Fellows building in downtown early today, police said.

Associated Press A April 17, 2009 A GUSTINE, Calif. -- Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger is joining thousands of demonstrators on the final leg of a four-day march aimed at drawing attention to rural job losses caused by water shortages in California's agricultural basin.

The Merced County Association of Governments said 15 delegates from its One Voice program attended 28 meetings in three days in Washington, D.C., to learn about new federal funding programs this week.

A 37-year-old Gustine man was arrested on suspicion of burglary this week, after Merced County Sheriff's deputies and police learned that he was allegedly selling stolen goods at a garage sale.