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With dried blood left behind, neighbors said they heard the screaming. Fernandez had apparently intervened after the four dogs broke loose from the next yard over, attacking his aging mother.
Authorities say that one of the two people attacked by pit bulls Tuesday has died from his injuries.
Even though Joe Hall lost the use of his legs and arms in a car accident 28 years ago, his perseverance has allowed him a second chance at his art and at love.
A man and woman are dead after a shooting near the Tuolumne River late Sunday morning.
Authorities seized 145 pounds of meth in a raid that targeted homes in Modesto and Brentwood.
A Nevada inmate serving two life sentences in the 1989 killing of a California real estate agent has died in prison.
Officers received a call from a person who was running on the Dry Creek Trail who said they spotted a mountain lion near the golf course.
A 22-year-old man is dead following a shooting in Modesto late Thursday night, police say.
Casey and Diane Johnson have a small garden on their Garst Road property, but the small patch of land recently cost the couple $1,500 and something they say is even more valuable.
Six Modesto homeowners face $1,500 fines for stealing water from the Empire Canal behind their homes. The Modesto Irrigation District said it discovered illegal siphons at the homes of five neighbors and one woman started pumping more water after her allocated share ran out.
It may be months before Abbey Murphy is back to normal. It took weeks and several trips to the emergency room, as well as a week-long hospital stay for doctors to discover what was really wrong.
The Ferguson, Missouri, officer-involved shooting death of an unarmed black teenager has the courts and law enforcement asking how they can get facts when both sides tell very different stories.
Crews were called to a substation near Briggsmore and Claus around 5:30 a.m. Thursday. Investigators say it appears the fire started when a spark ignited mineral oil, which is used to cool the capacitors at the substation.
Nearly 300 super karts with drivers from across the United States and around the world are set to speed through the streets of Modesto.
A large, two-alarm fire is burning at a used car lot in South Modesto, sending up thick clouds of smoke that can be seen for miles.
One teen is dead and another seriously injured on Tuesday after their bikes collided with a car in Modesto.
Gabrielle Angulo and her 2-year-old German Shepherd Ayla may be the department's new secret weapon. She and Ayla walk the neighborhood a lot.
Modesto police are investigating an armed robbery at a Sprint store on Monday morning.
Authorities are asking residents to be on the lookout after two possible mountain lion sightings in southwest Modesto.
Police are investigating a suspicious death that was reported on Monday night in Modesto
The father would lean down and let his baby go, where she was caught and the couple could leap to safety.
Three teenagers in Modesto were injured during a car crash caused by a couch. Just before 2 a.m. Monday, a car carrying the three was driving on Mitchell Road, when it swerved to miss a couch sitting in the road.
The dilemma started earlier this month. Modesto's fire stations were part of the Modesto Regional Fire Authority, a cooperation of Modesto, Salida, and Stanislaus County Fire companies since 2011.
Modesto Regional Fire Authority and Ceres Fire Department crews doused a fire at a South Modesto home early Wednesday morning.
The accident happened at about 6:30 a.m. when investigators say the car that was traveling on Briggsmore Avenue left the road and flipped into the canal.
