New court filings and statements from Merced County prosecutors show that a former Modesto City Schools junior high principal ...

Historical gasoline prices in Modesto and the national average going back five years show the lowest Modesto price was $3.20 ...

From July through September, ICE averaged about 1,520 deportations per month — a more than 200% increase compared to the ...

Board member Larry Byrd, right, at the Modesto Irrigation District board meeting in Modesto, Tuesday, Aug. 12, 2025. Andy Alfaro aalfaro@modbee.com Since Modesto Irrigation Director Larry Byrd voted ...

Following false police reports against State Senators amid the mid-census redistricting at the end of last year, a bill has been filed to hold people who commit doxing to face criminal charges. Doxing ...

The snowpack for the central Sierra Nevada stood at just 14% of average on Dec. 22. A series of storms put it at 77% a week later. Those figures came from the California Department of Water Resources.

About 2,200 customers got their power back in northwest Modesto amid the wet and windy storm Wednesday afternoon. The affected streets were generally between Standiford and Pelandale avenues, ...

Bill Rominger of Woodland passed away December 20 2025 at the age of 77. Bill was born in Woodland, April 6, 1948 to Lloyd and Elsie Rominger. Bill grew up in Esparto where he attended Esparto Schools ...

Modesto police are warning people living near the Tuolumne River to evacuate ahead of potential flooding, as a flood warning puts pressure on parts of Stanislaus County. The Modesto Police Department ...

The three-hour-plus event featured Byrd and Frobose frequently interrupting proceedings to go back and forth, sometimes shouting, about details of the scientific probe into Byrd’s water use. Audience ...

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The Modesto Irrigation District Board of Directors has voted not to move forward with any additional investigation following allegations that one of their own members improperly used district water ...