Patterson News

Modesto Junior College has received $2.7 million in grants to continue its outreach programs to help high school students who are low-income or first-generation. The five-year grants from the U.S. Department of Education will fund the college's TRIO Upward Bound programs.

Info: The event is held by Westside Animals for Adoption, a partner of Best Friends Pet Resort in Patterson.

Prospects seem dim for a unanimous decision by members of the Stanislaus County Local Agency Formation Commission.

A judge on Tuesday sentenced a Patterson woman to four years in prison for hitting a bicyclist with her car and leaving the scene in September 2010.

A midsized pickup struck a utility pole Monday afternoon on Highway 33 near Patterson, causing the road to be closed for several hours.

PATTERSON, Calif. - Amazon.com Inc.for years has fought government efforts to tax e-commerce. Now it's poised to pocket millions of dollars in sales taxes paid by California customers.

The children's opera "Ugh the Duck" will be performed at 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. Saturday in the Merced Multicultural Arts Center, 645 W. Main St.

Stanislaus County sheriff's deputies say a man found shot in Patterson early Monday morning is not cooperating with investigators.

Five companies that worked for West Park developer Gerry Kamilos have resorted to lawsuits to get their money in the past couple of years, court files show on the eve of a key vote.

The Stanislaus County Board of Supervisors will meet at 9 a.m. today in the basement chamber of Tenth Street Place, 1010 10th St., Modesto.

PATTERSON - In the small San Joaquin valley town of Patterson, they're in the midst of an economic boom.

Ethnic and religious loyalties can kick-start a congressional challenge, San Joaquin Valley, Calif., races show, but crossing the finish line takes more.

PATTY GUERRA/pguerra@modbee.com Strawberries are growing at the site where a massive warehouse is planned in Patterson.

Ethnic loyalties can kick-start a congressional challenge, San Joaquin Valley races show, but beware: crossing the finish line takes more.

Stanislaus County Sheriff’s detectives are asking for the public’s help in locating 26-year-old Victor Valdovinos , a person of interest in the shooting death of 19-year-old Jesus Gallardo in Patterson on Wednesday evening.

Officials here hope an agreement with an oil giant will help make the city more environmentally sensitive and reduce costs, making Patterson a more inviting place to do business and improving science and math education.

Differences are stark between two men hoping to represent Ceres and Stanislaus County's West Side on the Board of Supervisors.