Waterford News

Thousands of Northern San Joaquin Valley residents turned out Monday for ceremonies marking the official reason for Memorial Day: to remember those who have died defending the United States.

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

A year of hitting the books has come down to finals, yearbook signings and graduations at Modesto and most other Stanislaus County high schools this week.

"Everything seems to be going well," City Manager Michael Holland said. City offices are upstairs, with the downstairs rented to local businesses.

Efforts are under way in the San Joaquin Valley and Sierra foothills to raise enough money to keep parks, lakes and other recreational venues open when state funding ends July 1. Railtown 1897 State Historic Park near Jamestown, Turlock Lake east of Waterford, and McConnell and George J. Hatfield recreation areas in Merced County are four of 66 ... (more)

"Everything seems to be going well," City Manager Michael Holland said. City offices are upstairs, with the downstairs rented to local businesses.

Searching for aluminum cans last December, a man at a Waterford gas station made an unexpected discovery inside a trash can: a dead baby.

Detectives have obtained a DNA profile of the potential mother of an infant that was found dead in a trash can in December.

Mark Twain came to Waterford on Thursday, offering a bit of biting wit and an insider's view of his classic, "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn." But Twain would have shuddered at the word "classic," it should be noted.