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Stanislaus County declares emergency to save tomato crop
MODESTO, Calif. — Tomatoes are one of Stanislaus County's top ten commodities, valued at over $53 million, and the effort to save that crop has put fields across the county under an emergency declaration. With much of the county's nearly 10,000 acres of tomato fields in the pre-flowering stage,...
Modesto man identified as the person killed after 'verbal argument' Friday
MODESTO, Calif. — The Stanislaus County Sheriff's Office has identified the man killed following a confrontation as 46-year-old Bryan Tenbrink. Law enforcement says Tenbrink was fatally shot in Modesto Friday afternoon. Officials say they were called to the 400 block of Kerr Avenue just after 3 p.m. Friday on...
California could see more unhealthy air days under new metric to measure air quality
SAN JOAQUIN COUNTY – California could be seeing more unhealthy air quality days, not because pollution is getting worse, but because of a new metric to measure air quality by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).The EPA is hoping it can hold everyone to a higher standard. To bring emissions across the board down. It could also allow people who live in cities like Stockton to be more aware of the air quality if it does turn harmful. The EPA has changed the air quality index. The old AQI showed if there were over 12 micrograms of particulate matter or small...
Renovations at Fremont Elementary in Modesto now complete, touting new safety features
MODESTO, Calif. — A Modesto area elementary school has a lot to celebrate. Construction is complete on school site renovations at Fremont Elementary School that are nearly two years in the making. The kindergarten through sixth-grade school is home to 635 students and for years, administrators and staff said...
California’s $12 billion Medicaid makeover banks on nonprofits’ buy-in
California’s Medicaid program is relying heavily on community groups to deliver new social services to vulnerable patients, such as security deposits for homeless people and air purifiers for asthma patients. The post California’s $12 billion Medicaid makeover banks on nonprofits’ buy-in appeared first on Long Beach Post.
New Modesto trash capture device to help keep waterways clean
STANISLAUS COUNTY, Calif. — Caltrans is constructing a device to capture trash and debris from stormwater runoff before the water makes its way to the Tuolumne River. All the stormwater from the 23-acre area along Highway 99 from 7th Street to Zeff Road, including the Crows Landing interchange, gets pumped into a ditch leading to the culvert at Zeff Road. Then, it goes to the Tuolumne River.
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