Average teacher pay in California rose sharply again last school year, eclipsing six figures for the first time. Districts ...

Musicians from several top rock bands will gather at the State Theatre to pay tribute to legendary guitarist Jeff Beck. It’s ...

Suggestion to the Legislature: Try again, with more generic wording.

“This nefarious project,” said NRDC forest advocate Rita Vaughan Frost, “will threaten the health of south Stockton neighborhoods, pollute the environment and waste precious time and energy that ...

The fires burning across Los Angeles County look alarming even from space. More than a thousand homes, businesses and other buildings have burned and at least two people are dead in the destructive ...

As Tricia Cosentino fled the explosive Pacific Palisades wildfire in Southern California, she came across a young man walking through the smoke and ash. She offered the man a ride into what soon ...

Young people training for railroad careers will benefit from a $2 million federal grant. It was announced Thursday, Jan. 2, by the San Joaquin Regional Rail Commission. It is one of the partners ...

Movies and TV shows casting in Merced. The glitz and glam of Hollywood captures the attention of Americans starting from an ...

While freshman Rep. Adam Gray, D-Merced, signaled he’s ready to tackle immigration, high housing costs and other issues, two ...

Fans of Modesto native Jeremy Renner’s “Mayor of Kingstown” can look forward to another season of the streaming series.

A downtown Modesto nightclub’s alcohol license was suspended by the California Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control for ...

The snail darter is not a thing. It was just a common perch, say scientists. Fraud or bad science? From David Mastio: ...