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4 hrs ago | The Modesto Bee

Modesto City Council to meet Wednesday

The Modesto City Council will meet Wednesday this week, instead of this afternoon, because today is Election Day.

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Fri Nov 06, 2009

The Modesto Bee

'I-5 Strangler' gets 6 consecutive life terms

A convicted murderer has been sentenced to six consecutive life terms for killing six women, including one from Modesto, throughout Central California during the 1970s and '80s. Seventy-year-old Roger Reece Kibbe was serving a life sentence for the 1987 strangling of a teen prostitute when he pleaded guilty in September to the six other slayings.

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The Modesto Bee

Man, 22, arrested in Modesto shooting

Police on Thursday arrested a 22-year-old man suspected of shooting another man Wednesday morning near Elliott Alternative Education Center in central Modesto after they argued over a girlfriend, a department spokesman said.

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Atwater Signal

Pursuit ends with arrest of man

A suspect wanted on five warrants in Merced County was arrested after a pursuit that started near Keyes ended after he crashed a pickup into a utility pole Wednesday afternoon in Modesto, authorities said.

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Thu Nov 05, 2009

Modesto Bee

Olsen, Geer and Muratore prevailing in Modesto council

Modesto's first-ever district elections were supposed to open the door to new voices fueled by low-cost campaigns, but voters' choices on Tuesday showed that money still talks.

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Wed Nov 04, 2009

The Modesto Bee

Modesto Parks Crisis: Undrinkable groundwater eyed to quench thirsty acres

With city budgets running dry, parks officials say they've hit on a plan to help keep parks money flowing.

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Tue Nov 03, 2009

Modesto Bee

Modesto-area holiday hiring looking sparse

Now that the cobwebs of Halloween have cleared, retailers are focusing on the holiday season.

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Mon Nov 02, 2009

The Modesto Bee

Modesto police arrest homeless man in Enslen Park stabbing

Modesto police today arrested a homeless man in the stabbing of another homeless man in Enslen Park.

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Sun Nov 01, 2009

The Modesto Bee

Two grants for Modesto police before City Council

Modesto police officers are offered a hand from two grants that the City Council is expected to accept tonight.

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Sat Oct 31, 2009

Modesto Bee

Swine flu vaccine shots trickle into Stanislaus

Some health care providers in Stanislaus County have received the injectable form of H1N1 flu vaccine, although medical groups said they received small amounts and a large group didn't get any.

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The Modesto Bee

Tips result in Modesto marijuana bust

Several drug hot line tips led police Thursday to a west Modesto home, where they arrested a man suspected of selling his medicinal marijuana to his friends.

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Atwater Signal

Modesto native Renner starts award season with big win

Modesto native Jeremy Renner edged closer to a possible Oscar nomination as he took home one of the first honors of the award season.

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The Modesto Bee

No sign of man who may have drowned in Modesto

There were no signs Friday afternoon of a missing man who presumably drowned in the Tuolumne River near the Ninth Street Bridge on Thursday in Modesto, according to the Stanislaus County Sheriff's Department.

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Fri Oct 30, 2009

FireFightingNews.com

Fire Destroys Stanislaus Arts Council Building

Fire investigators are shoveling through the charred remains of 1100 Kansas Avenue, trying to determine where the fire that destroyed the building early this morning started.

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Thu Oct 29, 2009

The Modesto Bee

Body found under Modesto bridge

A man's body was discovered Tuesday in the Tuolumne River under the Seventh Street bridge in Modesto.

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The Modesto Bee

MODESTO: Garage fire leads to pot plant discovery

A Modesto man was arrested this afternoon after 18 pot plants were discovered by firefighters trying to put out a blaze in the detached garage he was renting.

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Wed Oct 28, 2009

My58.com

Teen Accused Of Modesto Killing

A 16-year-old boy has been accused of shooting to death another teen and injuring a man in an unincorporated area of Modesto, the Stanislaus County Sheriff's Department said Wednesday.

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The Modesto Bee

Shot twice and hospitalized, suspect named in Modesto burglary

Authorities have released the name of the residential burglary suspect shot by an off-duty Modesto police officer Sunday afternoon.

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Atwater Signal

Power poles, dust being blown by strong winds in Merced County area

Leaning power poles. Downed trees and branches. Tumbleweeds. Clouds of dust. All are being this morning throughout the Northern San Joaquin Valley as wind reaching 30 mph are blowing through the area.

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Tue Oct 27, 2009

Modesto Bee

MODESTO: Drowning victim discovered in Tuolumne River

The body of the man believed to have drowned in the Tuolumne River last week was recovered Tuesday near where he went missing, authorities said.

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