Modesto Bee

A Turlock Fire Department official termed as "suspicious" a vegetation fire in the 400 block of E. Minnesota Avenue on Monday afternoon. Full Story »

The Modesto man accused of killing Dena Raley-McCluskey and burying her body in a shallow grave near Groveland a decade ago will stand trial for her murder, a Stanislaus County judge said Monday. Full Story »

HUGHSON -- The man at the center of the ongoing controversy over the selection of a new city manager Full Story »

Addison DeMoura still wants to do business in Oakdale, even after drug agents raided his medical marijuana dispensary and took him from his house -- handcuffed and in underwear, he said -- as a newspaper reporter snapped photographs. Now, more than two years after his arrest, the case against DeMoura, 35, and the Oakdale Natural Choice Collective has come up empty. Full Story »

Modesto plans to honor veterans Wednesday with a parade through downtown beginning at 9:15 a.m. A c Full Story »

The only Stanislaus County department among 27 that opts out of conventional sexual harassment training has been contending with three lawsuits brought by a total of six female employees. The other 26 county departments, uniformly educated on combating sexual harassment, face one lawsuit brought by one woman claiming gender and disability bias. Full Story »

Last month, Gov. Schwarzenegger implored the U.S. Small Business Administration to declare Stanislaus and eight other counties disaster areas. The move makes some businesses in those counties eligible to receive up to $2 million in what the agency calls economic injury disaster loans. On paper, the gov and the SBA might seem like the cavalry coming to the rescue. In reality ... it looks better ... Full Story »

A 16-year-old girl was injured Monday night when she was hit by a car at the intersection of F Stree Full Story »

The Patterson Garden Club is dedicating a Blue Star Memorial on Wednesday to honor World War II vete Full Story »

MODESTO LEGAL PROFESSIONALS MEETING < Full Story »

When she went to a Walgreens drugstore last week, Wilma O'Neill thought she was given an antiviral drug to treat her daughter's bout with H1N1 influenza. Over the next 24 hours, she gave her daughter two doses. Then the drugstore called Thursday and said "someone got the wrong medication." Full Story »

Stanislaus County Sheriff's deputies late Monday were searching for someone who fired a gun aft Full Story »

25 YEARS AGO: After four years on the market, the 61-year-old Oakdale Ele Full Story »

The Modesto Junior College Nursing Alumni Association awarded $9,000 in scholarships for the fall se Full Story »

Merced on Wednesday is hosting its fifth Veterans Day Parade. It begins at the Courthouse Park Vete Full Story »

SUPERVISORS WATCH The Stanislaus County Board of Supervisors meets today Full Story »

A Turlock preschool was evacuated after a man reportedly called there and told a staff member there was a bomb in a nearby alley, according to the Turlock Police Department. Law enforcement officials found the package, and a bomb squad determined the device was a hoax. Full Story »

If it’s been a year or more since you’ve had your chimney inspected and cleaned, you might want to get that done. That was the message from the Modesto Fire Department this morning after they tended to a chimney fire in the 700 block of Park Hurst Way in south Modesto. Full Story »

Three people were displaced from their house Sunday night after a fire roared through their living room, according to the Modesto Fire Department. Full Story »

Traffic has slowed on northbound Highway 99 as the California Highway Patrol tends to a crash involving three cars, according to the CHP Web site. Full Story »

Jordan Stroud nominated Dave Fry for Class Acts. Stroud said that when he was at Argus High School h Full Story »

RIVERBANK — For decades, workers canned tomatoes at the packing plant in the heart of thi Full Story »

Modesto • COPING WITH HOLIDAY BLUES Full Story »

The traffic signal at Oakdale Road and Wylie Avenue will be in flash operation during repairs sched Full Story »

PRIEST GRADE — A century and a half ago, travelers could find food and rest atop this steep a Full Story »