Salida News

MONEY FOR HOMELESS STUDENTS: Several area school districts will get federal stimulus money to help homeless students.

Home builders Thursday persuaded officials to postpone a controversial overhaul of fees on all development throughout Stanislaus County.

A 59-year-old car with only 437 actual miles and Modesto connections. Mark Young of Oregon isn't quite sure why the story of the 1950 Chevy Club Coupe he acquired last year has been such a hit on the Internet.

The smoke and haze blanketing parts of Stanislaus County this afternoon are from a grass fire southwest of Tracy.

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.

More than a dozen Salida Union teachers were blindsided by layoff notices on the last day of school.

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.

Two summers ago, Modesto opera student Franky Heyward decided to get serious about her singing and attend the prestigious Interlochen Summer Arts Camp in Michigan.

Two surveys conducted for the defense suggest that nearly two-thirds of potential jurors in Stanislaus County already think Columbus Allen Jr.

Rundown parks might be the first thing people notice if Stanislaus County leaders follow the advice of their money experts.

Police broke up a fight in a park between eight or nine Sureo and Norteo gang members Friday evening.

Tyler Conner is 16, and he's had to reflect about things most kids his age don't have to consider.

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A majority of Stanislaus County supervisors took a dramatic stand for farming Tuesday in a narrow vote dooming a golf driving range proposed north of Turlock.

There are 2,600 white crosses carrying the names and ranks of military personnel killed in Iraq or Afghanistan along with the dates they died on the Modesto Christian School campus.

When teaching his students about finding the area of a rectangle, Salida Middle School teacher Brian Ferguson decided to make the lesson 3-D. He drew a rectangle on the board, showing the math equation for area: length times width.

California transportation officials Thursday skipped the Northern San Joaquin Valley in the latest round of stimulus grants but found other funding pots to boost some local projects.

More details are available on how Modesto will spend federal Neighborhood Stabilization Program funds.

A youth pastor at First Congregational Church in Salida recently was sentenced to three years, eight months in prison for molesting a 4-year-old boy, a prosecutor said.

Marla Martin, who nominated Marilyn Farrens for Class Acts, said her eighth-grade son still talks about Farrens, his first- and third- grade teacher.