Hughson News

We could never make this stuff up; we're not that creative. Over the years, I've offered that remark to many people, usually at the end of a particularly "newsy" period or after a sequence of unpredictable stories.

It was a meal fit for a princess - and she ate it. Princess Greta was a Weimaraner owned by the Gwin family of Hughson.

Hard feelings over the Turlock Irrigation District's plan for a power line route, contested by Ceres City Hall and many neighbors to the south, spilled over Tuesday into a Stanislaus County supervisors meeting.

WHEN: Friday WHERE: Patient Services Center, 4368 Spyres Way, Modesto, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.; Alexander Cohen Hospice House, 2201 Euclid Avenue, Hughson, 9 a.m. to noon INFO: Community Hospice will hold an open house in celebration of 30 years of service.

Two former city managers are taking on the cities that let them go. Tim Kerr is suing Turlock for money he says the city owes him.

Whether it's flipping burgers, shaking signs on street corners or mowing lawns, the jobs available to most of today's teens don't have a high "cool factor." Nor do they hold much promise for long-term career dreams.

Reaction Strike Sales Manager Michael Baggett & partner take 2nd at the Future Pro Tour-Clearlake. Are any of you local amateur delta rats ready to spread your wings? Now's your chance to broaden your horizons and test your skills at some of Northern California's nearby lakes.

If you don't mind a little drive, mark your calendars for November 14-15 when Bass Jam 09 opens in Cotati with admission is free.

As voters trek to the polls today, they'll have to plow through a thicket of conflicting information, rumors and accusations.

Info: The Stanislaus County Library Foundation and the Friends of the Library are offering Halloween parties at local libraries.

Is it part of a city manager's job description to get fired, or resign by "mutual agreement," or does it only seem that way? Hughson's City Council began dismissal proceedings against City Manager Joe Donabed last week and replaced him, for the time being, with planning and building director Thom Clark.

Another city manager in Stanislaus County could be in trouble. Patterson City Council members held a special closed-door session Tuesday to discuss City Manager Cleve Morris, a day after Hughson leaders voted 3-2 to dismiss their city manager.

When it comes to real estate prices, some small towns are doing much better than big ones in the Northern San Joaquin Valley.

Student performances, guest speakers and bingo are on hand today for a Lights on Afterschool Rally in Hughson.

Two very different pictures of city government - neither of them flattering - emerged Tuesday.

They've read the news. They've heard the dangers. But to many parents, the swine flu just doesn't seem all that much worse than regular flu.

The city will pay $72,000 to fix a sewer break that affected a private school and briefly shut down a milk plant.

Cloyd F. Angle had a plan to avoid paying taxes. Unfortunately for the family of the late San Joaquin Valley almond farmer, it didn't work out too well.

About 2,500 students from Fairview, El Vista, Franklin, Hughson, Shackelford, Alberta Martone, Empire, Bret Harte and Orville Wright elementary schools will be walking to school this month along with parents, teachers and community leaders.

Duarte Nursery of Hughson will have an open house Wednesday for growers interested in planting olive orchards.