Modesto Standoff: Gunman James Ferrario Believed Dead in Fire

Deputy Robert Paris Killed in Standoff with James Ferrario in Modesto, California When Stanislaus County Sheriff's Dept. tried to serve an eviction notice to James Ferrario in Modesto, California, the situation...

Bob & Sue Levy

The last time that we saw Chandra Levy she was in a baby swing at the Levy’s where we were having dinner. Our daughter was born a year earlier. We knew the Levy’s through the Ohio State University and Harding Hospital. We became close friends with Susan as she was an...

Laci Remembered

Remember the brown eyed girl with the dimpled smile that captured the hearts of millions.

Laci Remembered

Seven years ago there were a lot of preparations surrounding December 24.  Preparing for Christmas, the baking, shopping, wrapping, and decorating as well as preparing for birth.  Christmas, the birth of Jesus, a celebration, and the birth of another, a first son...

Police to Issue Warrant in Chandra Levy Case

A lack of conclusive physical evidence has always been a problem in this case according to the police. They are not saying what their evidence is now to prove this crime was committed by Ingmar Guandique. So what...

Carnival ride collapses in California; 24 injured

A spinning carnival ride collapsed and injured 24 people earlier today, and state investigators are now trying to determine what caused the accident."The carnival ride, called the Yo-Yo, collapsed shortly after...

John W. Scherer-Alive at 25

John W. Scherer is the CEO of video professor and also a philanthropist.  He is involved in Alive at 25, which is a safe driving program.

Blogging Into The Mainstream

"It means we're going to have more journalists, not less,'' Jarvis says. "Just because newspapers are shrinking doesn't mean journalism will shrink."And my fellow journalism faculty used to tell me blogs had nothing to do with journalism. So it goes.

Heat Foils Firefighters' Attempts To Rescue Girl

" May 9, 2007 California - A 6-year-old girl died Tuesday afternoon after being trapped in a mobile home that caught fire and burned too intensely for firefighters to rescue her, a Stanislaus County sheriff's official said. Multiple 911 calls reporting the fire at the Modesto...

Vacant Buildings Are A Fire Risk To Firefighters

" February 26, 2007 California - Fire breaks out in a vacant building, perhaps a rundown house that has been empty for months, maybe years. No big loss, right. Think again, firefighters say. Such blazes endanger neighboring property and people, who often try to put out the...

Firefighters Warn Public Of Dubious Charities

" December 30, 2006 California - Firefighters in Modesto and Escalon are warning the public against possible donation scams. In Modesto, a firefighter recently got a phone call at home from a man who said he represented the Disabled Firefighters Fund, Battalion Chief Hugo...

239 Biggest Cities in the USA

Measured by population. New York City comes out top. Does this explain the popularity of news stories about New York City?

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