Oakdale News

The Thomases want their younger daughter to attend Modesto's Enochs High School because of its graphic design program.

Three flights at Modesto Airport were canceled Wednesday after a commuter plane blew out its tires after landing on the main runway.

Call it the Case of the Traveling Saint. In 1920, the first known photo of the downtown St.

Family: My wife is Karen. Second marriage combined grandchildren and great-grandchildren total 14.

Starting Wednesday, most adult Medi-Cal patients with tooth decay will have to pay their own dental bills.

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers will waive day use fees at Englebright Lake in Smartsville and Martis Creek Lake in Truckee along with 2,400 recreation sites nationwide August 1 through August 9. The waiver applies to day-use fees collected at boat launches and swimming beach facilities.

WHEN: July 6, 6 p.m. WHERE: Eichel Building, 118 W. Orangeburg Ave. INFO: The monthly meeting of the Republican Party of Stanislaus County will feature a presentation by Brad Dacus, president of the Pacific Justice Institute, a nonprofit legal defense organization.

A seemingly routine traffic stop of a speeding driver Saturday night led to the discovery of 31 grams of methamphetamine in the car and the arrest of a 34-year-old man who had been released from jail earlier in the day for possession of methamphetamine, Oakdale police said.

Experts in organic farming will offer advice at a July 23 seminar near Modesto. The event will feature information for fruit, nut and other growers on managing pests and fertilizing the soil without synthetic chemicals.

Earlier this month, two Oakdale Rural Fire Protection District directors resigned and another left because he moved out of the district.

Police have arrested a man suspected of stealing a 1966 Corvette Stingray from a warehouse in north Modesto last month, a department spokesman said Tuesday.

"The Taming of the Shrew," Shakespeare's comedic battle of the sexes, moves to 1930s Chicago in Rio Arts' sixth annual Shakespeare in the Park production in Riverbank.

As law enforcement agencies across the region brace for painful budget cuts that could mean officer layoffs, many are counting on the $787 billion federal stimulus package for relief.

This much is certain: No matter which route transportation officials choose to build the North County Corridor expressway, somebody's going to have to move.

What kind of government meeting draws more people than the traveling circus next door? The kind that's open to people fearing that their houses might be sacrificed to a freeway.

Sconza Candy Company Voluntarily Recalls Trail Mix, Organic Chocolate Peanuts and Organic Toffee Cashews and Peanuts Because of Possible Health Risk A a a oeSECOND RELEASE.

A convicted rapist faces a possible life sentence after he was convicted of threatening television news crews with a box cutter.

A public defender likened television news crews who let their cameras roll as they confronted a sex offender at his mother's home in Oakdale to people who poke beehives with a stick, then complain if they get stung.

There was some concern within the White Sox organization following Day 1 of the 2009 First-Year Player Draft that perhaps they had let some quality pitching pass them by using their first three selections on position players.

Appraisals are becoming one of the biggest obstacles for Americans trying to sell their homes, refinance their mortgages or tap into home-equity credit lines.