Turlock News

TURLOCK — About 300 people turned out this morning for the grand opening of the Blue Diamond Growers almond processing plant, a welcome boost for the job market.

Title: Education reporter Coverage areas: K-12 education, Yosemite Community College District Bio: Nan Austin has been a copy editor and reporter at The Modesto Bee for 24 years.

June 18--The Turlock Community Theatre has added a new, off-season show. Singer Brandi Carlile will perform at the theater at 7:30 p.m. August 16 as part of her North American summer tour.

A person who was killed Thursday in a Highway 99 crash near Atwater has been identified by the Merced County Coroner's Office as 17-year-old Edson Zavala.

Federal funding has been secured to repave Monte Vista Avenue in front of California State University, Stanislaus, between Crowell and Geer roads.

He is the new executive director of the Portuguese American Citizenship Project.

County officials plan to expand Stanislaus Regional Transit bus service to include the new job centers in Turlock and Patterson.

Stanislaus County supervisors will discuss a number of court cases in closed session Tuesday, as well as potential litigation with cities trying to recoup excessive property tax administration fees paid to the county.

Catholic sisters on a 6,500-mile, 15-state "Nuns on the Bus" tour are urging lawmakers across the country to support legislation that provides a road map to citizenship for 11 million aspiring Americans, promotes family unity and protects the rights of all immigrant workers.

Title: Education reporter Coverage areas: K-12 education, Yosemite Community College District Bio: Nan Austin has been a copy editor and reporter at The Modesto Bee for 24 years.

"I am very excited to be joining the Project," Nascimento said. "I believe their work has elevated the profile of Portuguese-Americans in the electoral process, and provides a great resource for those seeking to encourage citizenship in their communities."

Reps. Jeff Dehnam, R-Turlock, right, and Bill Shuster of Pennsylvania, chairman of the House Transportation Committee, listen to other lawmakers before boarding an Amtrak train in Washington earlier this month.

Located in Turlock, this hotel is a short drive from California State University Stanislaus and Freeway 99. It has an outdoor pool, a gym, free Wi-Fi and free parking.

It will be 20 years next month since Oliver O'Grady last served as a priest in the Stockton Diocese.

One person was killed and four injured when a car apparently trying to pass another vehicle crashed head-on into a big rig near Atwater on Thursday afternoon, the California Highway Patrol reported.

Nothing's wrong, a service man said, with the pump that used to deliver water from their domestic well.

Elena Castro, principal of Cruickshank Middle School, has been named the Merced City School District's new director of curriculum and categorical programs.

Six graduates took their ceremonial walk as the first graduating class of Aspire Vanguard College Preparatory Academy, requiring barely one chorus of "Pomp & Circumstance" to enter the hall and take their single row of seats.

A one-day count designed to provide a snapshot of homelessness in Stanislaus County turned up the lowest number in several years, but these snapshots don't always take in the full picture of those who call the streets, riverbanks and emergency shelters home.

Through the haze of glitter, hair spray, fake eyelashes and drama on TLC's " Toddlers & Tiaras ," Turlock residents may have spotted a familiar face in Wednesday's episode.