Riverbank News

Then just go to this Tweet from J.D. Langley a few minutes ago: "Wow. The traffic around the mall area is insane! almost 15 min to get from Standiford/Sick to Pelandale/Salida Blvd." So, don't say we didn't warn you.

Riverbank's 41st annual Community Christmas Parade on Dec. 5 will feature antique cars, floats, horses, Shriner clowns and Santa Claus.

Springtime didn't put a spring in local shoppers' steps this year. Sales tax receipts across the region took a dive during the second quarter, with Modesto weathering a 22 percent drop compared with the same period last year, according to revenue analysis firm MuniServices LLC.

More than 200 people packed the Community Center as Virginia Madueno was sworn in as mayor Monday night.

The victors in this month's nine-way race for seats on the Modesto City Schools Board of Trustees are set to take an oath of office Tuesday night in Modesto City Hall.

The city could pay more in legal bills for its skate park than what it paid to build it.

George E. Golding, who worked at newspapers in Riverbank, San Bernardino, Gustine, Eureka, San Francisco and San Mateo, died Nov.

WHEN: Friday WHERE: Patient Services Center, 4368 Spyres Way, Modesto, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.; Alexander Cohen Hospice House, 2201 Euclid Avenue, Hughson, 9 a.m. to noon INFO: Community Hospice will hold an open house in celebration of 30 years of service.

The final results from the Nov. 3 election were released Monday, and a cliffhanger in Empire is over.

WHEN: Today, 2:30 p.m. WHERE: Modesto Junior College West Campus, 2201 Blue Gum Ave.

Mid Valley Foods long ago outgrew its 13,000-square-foot facility on Sierra Street and has been looking for a place to expand.

Holiday shoppers will be more careful with what they're buying this year, but if an informal survey Saturday is any indication, they will, indeed, be buying.

The City Council is expected to decide tonight whether to submit an application to the Army to take over the former ammo plant turned industrial park.

For decades, workers canned tomatoes at the packing plant in the heart of this city.

Residents will have to wait a little longer until they know who their mayor is. Stanislaus County Registrar of Voters Lee Lundrigan said Wednesday her office has 13,000 to 15,000 more mail-in votes to count and expects to tally the bulk of them by Friday or Saturday.

The waiting is over in Riverbank. Former Councilwoman Virginia Madueno is the city's mayor.

Modesto voters are turning their backs on five advisory measures that would have sanctioned new growth around the city's outskirts.

The family of one of three victims killed by a 28-year-old man trying to outrun sheriff's deputies in a stolen car called the justice system "a sham" and "a joke" Monday in Stanislaus County Superior Court.

Their borders may be just a couple of miles apart, but Oakdale and Riverbank have very different demographics.

Riverbank officials last week gave state Sen. Dave Cogdill, R-Modesto, a tour of the former Army ammo plant turned industrial park.