A 46-year-old man was killed in a rollover crash Friday south of Modesto, according to the California Highway Patrol.
The man was driving a Mercury east on Service Road approaching Ustick Road about 8:13 a.m. when the vehicle veered off the road and onto the south dirt shoulder.
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A suspected serial killer who is linked to six deaths in the Northern California communities of Stockton and Oakland has been arrested, according to Stockton Police Department (SPD).
Wesley Brownlee, 43, was "also armed with a firearm when he was taken into custody" on Saturday morning, SPD Chief Stanley McFadden said via SPD's Facebook page, adding that "he was out hunting" when the police found him.
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On Saturday, October 15th, anarchist and antifascist crews networked across the bay area and the central valley of so-called California to carry out a coordinated day of banner drops, flyering, stickering, and the distribution of literature across cities including Turlock, Modesto, Stockton, Davis, Sacramento, Berkeley, Oakland and Nevada County.
This action was carried out in response to ongoing neo-Nazi and white supremacist activity in the area under the banner of “White Lives Matter,” which has taken place in the middle of every month throughout 2022.
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Turlock police are looking for the suspect in a fatal hit-and-run crash that occurred on Fulkerth Road on Tuesday afternoon.
What authorities believe is a white Acura TL was traveling west on Fulkerth, between Tully Road and Countryside Drive, when it hit a pedestrian in the roadway, according to Sgt. Mike Parmley.
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The Chico High girls tennis team defeated Davis 6-2 in Davis on Monday to improve to 19-2 and 9-0 in Eastern Athletic League play.
Paige Sitanggang, Kylie Vaugh, Sydney Vaughn and Kaylee Morehead won their singles matches for the Panthers.
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There were wins all over the board last week as the area’s Top 10 went 8-1.
Area No. 7 Hilmar returns from a Week 8 bye and immediately plays the biggest Trans-Valley League game of the year Friday against No. 6 Hughson.
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TURLOCK, Calif. —A pedestrian died Tuesday afternoon after a vehicle hit them and drove off, the Turlock Police Department said.
The hit-and-run crash in the 2100 block of Fulkerth Road was reported at 3:31 p.m., police said.
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MODESTO, CA – Judge Carrie Stephens accepted John William Merritt Sharp’s no contest plea here in Stanislaus County Superior Court late last week, and meted out a lighter-than-normal sentence for Sharp’s theft of a 2011 Lexus SUV and alleged evasion of police officers while driving dangerously.
Sharp faced charges of felony grand theft auto and felony reckless evading, and told the judge, “I could be better ma’am.”
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Newly released numbers show the fentanyl crisis is responsible for a sharp increase in drug overdose deaths in Stanislaus County.
County public health has counted 229 deaths involving illegal fentanyl since 2020, when drug addiction counselors noticed that fentanyl-laced counterfeit pills were harming or killing people in Modesto.
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