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Alleged victim angered over officer's possible plea bargain

Submitted by Dave Marquis on Friday, May 3rd, 1:00 pm

MODESTO, CA - The woman at the center of an alleged sex assault by a former Modesto police officer worries the charges he faces will be reduced to misdemeanor counts.

The ex-officer, Lee Freddie Gaines, faces charges of oral copulation by force, being armed with a firearm while committing a sexual offense, sexual battery and assault under color of authority.

The alleged victim, 37-year old Sherry Newton, who acknowledges she was working as a prostitute, said Gaines came to a motel for her services, then handcuffed her and sexually assaulted her.

She said she received a call from the Stanislaus District Attorney's Office on Wednesday informing her the charges were going to be reduced to misdemeanor counts, including one for soliciting sex.

Newton said Gaines never bothered to ask her for sex when he put the handcuffs on her and assaulted her.

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Must See, Must Do, Weekend Edition: May 3

Submitted by Find and Go Seek on Friday, May 3rd, 12:00 pm
Must See, Must Do, Weekend Edition: May 3

Warm weather has arrived and with it, TONS of great, locally grown fruits and veggies. The Modesto Certified Farmers Market is open on Saturday, but began it’s first Thursday morning shop on May 2. Enjoy shopping for blueberries, nuts, spring greens, and more every Thursday and Saturday for the rest of the market season!

In season: freshly picked blueberries!... Read More

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The wine & cheese goddesses’ choices at the ZinFest Wine School

Submitted by rss-admin on Friday, May 3rd, 10:00 am
The wine & cheese goddesses’ choices at the ZinFest Wine School

Catherine Fallis MS & Cindy Della Monica share “Secrets of Wine & Cheese Matching” “ZinFest wine lovers,” says Master Sommelier Catherine Fallis, “prepare your taste buds for lift-off!” In her 4-4:40 PM ZinFest Wine School presentation on Saturday, May 18, 2013, Ms. Fallis – a.k.a. the one and only grape goddess® – is teaming up with Cindy Della Monica, the owner of Lodi Wine Country‘s Cheese Central.  Ms. Della Monica, on her part, is a bonafide cheese goddess – or, shall we say, a walking encyclopedia on all things cheese (in the same way that Fallis is a walking, talking.. VIEW MORE »... Read More

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Calif. snowpack just 17 percent of normal

Submitted by News10 Web Staff
Thursday, May 2nd, 2013, 11:56am

ECHO SUMMIT, Calif. (AP) - California's last snow survey of the season is bad news for the millions of state residents who rely on the snowpack for their water.  

The state Department of Water Resources found the water content in the snowpack on Thursday was 17 percent of normal, an ominous situation for a state that depends on a steady stream of snowmelt to replenish reservoirs throughout the summer.  

In some places, there was no snow at all.  

State officials are projecting they will deliver just 35 percent of the water that has been requested from the 29 agencies that rely on the snowmelt, which supplies more than 25 million Californians.  

This year has been one of the driest rainy seasons on record in some parts of California.

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New API score: Education reform

Submitted by Access Sacramento
Thursday, May 2nd, 2013, 10:40am

The Academic Performance Index, more commonly refeared to as the API, is about to under go a serious remolding. According to the California Department of Education, the API has previously been dictated solely off CST standardized testing and the CHASSE high school exit exam. After pushing for changes, reformers got bill SB 1458 signed by Governor Jerry Brown. This bill will redefine our schools API score, demanding that they consist of only 60% of test scores with the other 40% to be determined.

As to be expected, many people are very excited about this change, and everyone is trying to get their peice of that 40%... Read More

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Frappuccino Happy Hour at Starbucks from May 3-12

Submitted by Cowtown Eats on Thursday, May 2nd, 10:19 am
Frappuccino Happy Hour at Starbucks from May 3-12

As the days get warmer (hint: it's supposed to be in the 90s Friday thru Sunday in Sacramento), who doesn't love a Starbucks Frappuccino as a treat now and then? From Friday, May 3 to Sunday, May 12 ALL Frappuccino..... Read More

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Michael David’s annual Zinfandel growers tasting reveals east vs. west side distinctions

Submitted by rss-admin on Wednesday, May 1st, 11:00 am
Michael David’s annual Zinfandel growers tasting reveals east vs. west side distinctions

Michael David Winery hosted their yearly Grower Barrel Flight Tasting for their Zinfandel growers this past April 24 and 25 at the winery’s Bare Ranch facilities This annual rite of Spring, organized Kevin Phillips –Michael David’s Vineyard Manager and VP of Operations – is put on to give the winery’s Zinfandel suppliers the opportunity to taste, and evaluate, over 60 of their own single-vineyard wine lots from the previous vintage, while the wines are still in a raw, unblemished state (without the influence of new or extended oak barrel aging).  The tasting is done “blind” – no one knows whose.. VIEW MORE »... Read More

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