Riverbank News

The city's political turmoil is reaching new heights -- or new lows, some say. Many residents are scratching their heads about two puzzling fliers that appeared in mailboxes in late June.

A report this week from the outgoing Stanislaus County civil grand jury further exposes the dysfunctional leadership in Riverbank, where two mayors have resigned and there's an effort to recall two City Council members.

Stanislaus County's civil grand jury, a panel of citizen watchdogs who investigate complaints about local government, released six reports Wednesday afternoon, the most controversial calling for the ouster of Riverbank City Councilman Jesse James White.

When: July 7, 7 p.m. Info: The Stanislaus Civil War Association is holding its regular monthly meeting.

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

Modesto's Community Trust Credit Union, which was founded in 1961 by Tri Valley Growers, has merged with Self-Help Federal Credit Union.

Two men were shot in Riverbank on Tuesday night, and were hospitalized with with nonlife-threatening injuries, according to Stanislaus County Undersheriff Bill Heyne.

Info: The Modesto California Highway Patrol is offering a free driver safety interactive presentation for parents and teens ages 14-19. A certificate will be awarded to each teen upon completion.

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.

With a recall attempt under way and a mayoral election on the horizon, the City Council has seen plenty of turmoil lately.

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.

Stanislaus County supervisors Tuesday unanimously: * Accepted a $157,400 federal stimulus grant that might enable the reopening of senior nutrition centers in Riverbank, Salida, Ceres, Denair, Keyes and Knights Ferry.

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.

A man was stabbed during a street fight a few minutes after 12 a.m., Saturday, in Modesto, police said.

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.

Kirk Lindsey, a state Transportation Commissioner and owner of a Riverbank trucking company, died Wednesday following a long fight with cancer.

The Carole Sund/Carrington Foundation is offering a $5,000 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of those responsible for the June 1 slaying of 18-year-old Gustavo Orosco in Empire.

Just before 10 a.m. Saturday, about 1,100 motorcycle riders revved up their engines and rallied to the cause.

One man died and another was injured late Monday after a group of suspects approached them and asked if they were affiliated with a gang, a Stanislaus County sheriff's spokesman said this afternoon.

A deadlocked Riverbank City Council couldn't choose a new mayor, so the people will.