Modesto News

When they gather Sunday to remember Daniel Corona, friends and colleagues will bring their own favorite stories or memories of time spent with the 48-year-old, who died suddenly on April 13.

A Stockton resident was uninjured in a two-car crash that killed a Riverbank man shortly after 11:15 a.m. Friday in Ripon, authorities said.

Info: Members of the VFW Post 3199, Modesto will conduct their annual Memorial Day "Buddy Poppy" Drive.

Fewer California teachers found pink slips in their mailboxes this week, but that was scant solace for Denair Unified teachers.

Residents should expect more of what they have experienced from the city in the past few years — not enough money to fix streets and sidewalks, maintain parks, trim and keep city trees healthy, and for fast response times from police.

A Modesto man faces federal drug and weapons charges in connection with the distribution of the painkiller Oxycodone, authorities said.

The Modesto Chamber of Commerce has an ambitious economic development plan to stop what it sees as missed opportunities and bring prosperity to the city.

The day after dozens of Stanislaus County gang members were picked up on warrants, jailed for violating their parole or probation, and stripped of illegal weapons and drugs, more than a quarter were back on the streets.

Years ago a California winemaker came to Miami touting his latest creation -- a single, complex, expensive wine made by blending four or five well-known individual red grapes.

The reggae sound of Na'an Stop comes to the State Theatre next week. The band is touring following the April release of its debut EP, "It's All In The Cheese." The concert is a hometown stop for member David Halvorson Jr., and a near-hometown stop for band members and Sacramento natives Tom Huber and Joe Pesa .

The annual summer concert series in the outdoor amphitheater at the Murphys winery will offer three concerts beginning in July — a decidedly scaled-back version of the series it's presented for the past decade-plus. Performing this year will be Joan Jett and the Blackhearts on July 20; Melissa Etheridge on Aug.

A new School of Rock Show hits the Fat Cat Music House & Lounge this weekend, part of the VMIRocks series that showcases local bands with players ages 6 to 60, and beyond.

If you attended Beyer High School in the mid- to late 1980s, you probably knew — or knew of — Brian Scott Pfeifle.

On a sunny Saturday in San Francisco, members of Stop Motion Poetry rallied with fellow Modestans for an up-and-coming cause.

Enochs High School sophomore Cambry Hastings knew she would wear a crown and a big dress to her sweet 16.

Modesto shot 926 as a six-member team to roll past runner-up San Jose City College by seven strokes.

The City Council voted 7-0 on Tuesday to approve an agreement between the city and the Modesto Youth Soccer Association that calls for the MYSA to operate the soccer complex at the new Mary Grogan Community Park, as well as pay much of the maintenance costs in exchange for 4,000 hours each year of free use of the soccer fields.

A senior management consultant for the Stanislaus County Chief Executive Office will take over leadership of Stanislaus County’s smallest city.

The Public Employment Relations Board has ordered Modesto City Schools back to the bargaining table with its support staff, union negotiators said.

Officers’ were dispatched to the bank at about 11:30 a.m. after the suspect, identified as Troy Lee Mitchell, 47, of Modesto, handed the clerk a note that demanded money.