Downtown Gustine, pictured on May 6, could see changes, including decorative lighting and use of right-of-way by restaurants and cafes within the next two years. - photo by Navtej Hundal Decorative ...

Twenty-eight years ago, when the Iyer family purchased a cherry farm on the outskirts of Gustine, they did so with the vision of cultivating the 20 acres into a successful operation. However, one ...

The Central Valley continues to display slowing economic activity as delayed interest rate cuts, rising oil-driven inflation and global instability weigh on business and consumer confidence, according ...

The days of leaving a mail-in ballot in your mailbox with the flag up just before Election Day are over in Merced County. Mel Levey, Merced County Registrar of Voters, said he’s informing voters to ...

Hurd Barrington Elementary School parents walk with their children to the school site on Wednesday, May 6, 2026 as part of National Bike & Roll to School Day. - photo by Navtej Hundal In celebration ...

MODESTO — A controversial proposal to build a 130‑foot wireless communications tower just outside Newman appears to have quietly died after the applicant failed to show up for its own appeal hearing — ...

Orestimba High senior Mariah Fregoso hit the tennis ball with her racket during a match in the Trans-Valley League girls doubles tournament against Ripon High at Modesto Junior College on May 2. She ...

Own a cabin that qualifies as a second home? If you do, is it modest or even semi-primitive? The day may be coming when the California county it is located in could join the latest trend of trying to ...

Orestimba High senior Marian Quevedo jumps over a hurdle in the girls 300-meter hurdles during the Trans-Valley League Varsity Championships at Ripon High School on Thursday, May 7, 2026. She finished ...

Gustine’s Joao Palomino (#21) rips an RBI double in the bottom of the sixth, capping the Reds’ late surge as they pulled away from Modesto Christian to close the season with a dominant road win. - ...

MODESTO – House Resolution 1, dubbed the Big Beautiful Bill by President Donald Trump, is projected to cost Stanislaus County millions of dollars and interrupt key Health and Human Services programs, ...