Southbound Highway 99 back open near Ripon after crash involving coach bus
All lanes of southbound Highway 99 were blocked in the Ripon area of San Joaquin County Thursday morning.
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All lanes of southbound Highway 99 were blocked in the Ripon area of San Joaquin County Thursday morning.
After three failed attempts, Ripon property owners have approved a funding measure that will provide the Ripon Consolidated Fire District with millions of dollars in additional revenue and allow the district to add firefighters.
The City of Ripon is moving forward with an ordinance aimed at protecting an endangered species by prohibiting people from feeding feral cats and stray animals on public property.
Two calls and only one engine. That's the situation the Ripon Consolidated Fire District faced Saturday afternoon, highlighting what fire officials say is an ongoing staffing problem they hope voters will help solve.
The Ripon City Council unanimously voted Tuesday to support the Ripon Fire District's proposed benefit assessment, a measure fire officials say would allow the district to staff a fire station that has sat vacant for years.
Currently, Ripon Fire District has one engine, one ambulance and one battalion chief on staff at all times.
Ripon sometimes has to call in for backup from neighboring fire departments like Manteca Fire. In some of these cases, they say this can increase response times from five minutes to 15 minutes.
Another town hall took place for the Ripon Consolidated Fire District on Thursday to inform the community about the challenges the district is facing.
For the Ripon Consolidated Fire District, it's quite simple: Their district is understaffed, and one of their buildings is empty daily because they need money. The district also needs a new fire truck.
A recent incident in Ripon is shedding light on the growing strain on the city's fire department.
A school bus full of children on board was rear-ended by an apparently inattentive driver near Ripon Tuesday morning, authorities say.
The City of Ripon is proclaiming a war on weeds by increasing fines for those who don't take care of their overgrown lawns.
A Central California police officer suffered second-degree burns while rescuing a person from a burning vehicle Monday night.
The fight for funding is a tale of two California fire districts: one with a parcel tax that passed and the other with property owners who voted "no."
Ripon only has three paramedics year-round, and none of them were able to make it to staff the department's sole ambulance.
Modesto police have doubled fines for those found with illegal fireworks this Fourth of July.
The Ripon Consolidated Fire District has introduced a new tax measure landowners can vote on this summer that would help staff an empty fire station.
A fire continues to burn at a bulk nut storage facility in Ripon as of Tuesday.
The Ripon Little League is entering the high-stakes bidding war for Major League Baseball superstar Shohei Otani, taking a swing for the free agent.
On Wednesday, a Ripon resident looked up at around 8:30 p.m. to see a mysterious streak sear across the sky. Video captured on Tammy Pimentel's doorbell camera shows a fireball-like object trailing for nearly 20 seconds overhead.
A big rig caught fire and was impacting traffic on Highway 99 in Ripon on Monday.
Heavy rainstorms are helping California's drought, but some towns are still cracking down on water use, asking residents to conserve their water supply.
The driver reportedly rammed a police unit with a stolen car during the chase
The artist claims she was asked to promote education; however, some say the artwork carried a political undertone.
A San Joaquin County illegal fireworks task force seized more than 9,900 pounds of illegal fireworks and arrested more than a dozen people between the months of May and June.
