Stanislaus County News

After two years of negotiating with residential property owners, the Stanislaus County Board of Supervisors approved acquisition of the property by eminent domain.

Portions of the two largest north-south water delivery systems in California run side-by-side near Patterson, Stanislaus County.

The street trees were planted some time ago without safeguards to keep the roots from damaging sidewalks.

Stanislaus County employment growth will continue this year, but at a relatively sluggish pace compared with gains expected in Merced and San Joaquin counties, according to a new University of the Pacific forecast.

The United Way of Stanislaus County is inviting qualified nonprofits to apply for its education initiative contract, which will focus on a seventh-grade student engagement program.

Deputy Dennis Wallace, who is suing Stanislaus County for alleged discrimination, testified in a trial Thursday about a January 2011 meeting in which sheriff's officials said he was no longer physically fit enough to do his job.

Covered California, the state's health exchange, announced this morning that it will offer 13 health insurance plans in the fall in the main thrust of the federal effort to insure all Americans starting in 2014.

Changes to a lawsuit stemming from last year's high-profile murders of a locksmith and a sheriff's deputy place much blame on the deputy for his "cavalier attitude toward safety." The document cites a former "culture of complacency" in the Stanislaus County Sheriff's Department's evictions unit, with "rules and procedures regularly flouted," ... (more)

Garcia was among the students at the second annual Spring Math Camp held April 1-5 at two sites for third- through sixth-graders in Stanislaus and Merced counties.

A judge Wednesday determined there was enough evidence for a woman to stand trial accused of murder in the death of an 18-month-old girl she was baby sitting at her west Modesto home last year.

The San Joaquin Valley's economy continues to improve, but Stanislaus and Merced counties are lagging behind in job growth, a newly released business forecast shows.

SWAT teams from 17 agencies -- including Stanislaus County Sheriffs Department -- trained for hostage situations, active shooting scenes and rescues of fallen officers Wednesday at the Fresno Police Department's new regional training facility.

Modesto City Schools board member Steven Grenbeaux now faces a charge of felony assault with a deadly weapon stemming from a confrontation with a Caltrans worker in downtown Modesto last year.

A judge on Wednesday suspended a case against a man accused of trying to abduct an 8-year-old boy last month in north Modesto; a psychologist has determined the defendant is not mentally fit to be prosecuted.

A judge Tuesday reluctantly suspended a criminal case against a man accused of kidnapping a woman on Highway 99 in Turlock because the defendant says he needs a Somali interpreter.

Stanislaus County supervisors decided Tuesday to use eminent domain to take an "upside-down" residential property needed for a wider Claribel Road.

A recent report from the nonprofit website HealthyCal says California counties are in a for a rude awakening, particularly when it comes to mental health.

A Modesto funeral home -- accused of taking too long to cremate bodies after accepting payments from victims' families -- remains under fire, but for now, an outside company has stepped up to do the 17 cremations for free.

Info: The Genealogical Society of Stanislaus County monthly meeting will feature guest speaker Angela Kraft talking about "What's in a Name?" For more, call Bev at 526-5009. Info: The Oakdale Garden Club will hold its May meeting in the Taylor family's garden beginning with brunch.

The Stanislaus County Board of Supervisors will meet at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday in the basement chamber of Tenth Street Place, 1010 10th St., Modesto.