Ripon News

Monica Ortega hovered behind her daughter in front of a full-length mirror, fiddling with the straps on a knee-length black and white dress.

A 30-year-old Ripon man suffered serious injuries and was in a coma this weekend at a Reno hospital after a violent encounter at a bar in South Lake Tahoe a week ago, according to news reports.

Jenna Skavdahl nominated Sherri Huff for Class Acts. Skavdahl said Huff brings a personal side to her lessons and that her daughter Jenna has learned so much and thrives because of her relationship with her teacher.

His brother David Orozco preceded him in death. Andy leaves behind his brother Julius Orozco Jr., sisters Cecilia Hirayama, Ann Ensel, Marion Martinez, Margaret Solis, and Elizabeth Orozco, as well as 5 nieces, 6 nephews, 7 great-nieces, and 8 great-nephews. Andy worked at UPS in Oakland and Ceres for over 30 years.

Three people, one of them a 10-year-old boy, suffered non-life-threatening wounds in two separate shootings Sunday night, one in northeast Stockton, the other in midtown, police reported.

Steve Merchant said the Ripon Police Department was informed at approximately 8 Monday morning of the alleged assault.

Ripon police announced the department is stepping up its aerial patrols in response to the number of residential home burglaries in recent months.

Ground spraying for adult mosquito control using Evergreen 60-6 or Pyronyl 525 is scheduled for parts of Stockton, Manteca and Ripon, beginning as early as this morning.

The South San Joaquin Mosquito & Vector Control District plans to spray for mosquitoes Friday from 5 a.m. to 7 a.m. in Ripon and Manteca.

Rudyard Kipling, the late English author and poet who penned "The Jungle Book" and "If," once wrote, "This is Burma.

A Ripon man had child pornography images openly displayed on his computer when detectives went to his apartment to serve a search warrant on Friday, according to police.

Police arrested two Modesto men on suspicion of possessing crack cocaine and methamphetamine after officers searched their Ripon motel room.

He was born April 30, 1923 and was preceded in death by his loving wife of fifty years Betty Ann, parents Pereira.