Amid conflicting messages over the safety of vaccines, cases of measles have been on the rise both in California and the U.S. this year comp...

Rejected mail-in ballots continue to be an issue in Merced County elections due to recent postal system changes affecting how ballots are po...

The Modesto Irrigation District board president has requested that the state Attorney General’s office open an investigation into Director L...

When Kristy Xiong emigrated as a child from Thailand to the United States in 1992, she learned to hold onto her cultural roots through food....

The number of senior citizens who live alone in the San Joaquin Valley has grown by more than 30% since 2012, adding to a population at incr...

This summer, like most summers in the San Joaquin Valley, is poised to drop a hot hammer on the region, bringing dozens of days in which hig...

A new medical institute in Fresno is bringing advanced neuroscience treatment and research to the San Joaquin Valley, reducing the need for ...

Fourteen hospitals across the San Joaquin Valley received top marks in the spring 2026 hospital safety grades issued Wednesday by The Leapfr...

Local reactions to Eric Swalwell’s political swan dive go beyond dismay. By Garth Stapley The Modesto Focus Some who donated to his campa...

Health care leaders across the central San Joaquin Valley fear that federal cuts to Medicaid and state reductions in Medi-Cal benefits repre...