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Is a cannabis dispensary coming to Turlock? Warming center for the homeless? What about the strange Service Road offramp in South Ceres? Also: find out what happened to Table 26 and Latif’s Restaurant.
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Whether you like bucking bulls, or building things, or even just eating bacon, this weekend around Northern California has an event that will interest you.
Sacramento’s Bacon Week wraps up on Sunday and what better way to end things than by crowning the best bacon chef in the city? Mulvaney’s in Midtown hosts the challenge and guests will get the chance to taste all the competing dishes.
Also in Sacramento, beer-lovers should “hop” on over to the Art of Beer Invitational at the McClellan Conference Center. This is a beer festival unlike any you may have ever attended. On top of unlimited tastings, organizers say the invitational offers a unique opportunity for beer drinkers to chat with beer makers to learn more about the craft.
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Two California men face felony drug charges following a south Ashland sting operation Wednesday that allegedly netted four pounds of methamphetamine hidden inside a secret compartment.
Martin Cordova-Garcia, 26, of Turlock, California, and David Gomez-Aguilar, 23, of San Jose, were arrested in the 500 block of Clover Lane on meth possession and delivery charges accusing them of trafficking drugs to Southern Oregon at the request of an informant working with Oregon State Police, according to documents filed Thursday in Jackson County Circuit Court.
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Wednesday’s Central California Athletic League boys soccer game between rivals Pitman and Turlock had it all.
There were spectacular goals, plenty of yellow cards, and both teams carrying momentum with leads.
Who the top team in the league is will have to wait another day as the Bulldogs and Pride tied, 2-2, at Pitman High School.
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TURLOCK, Calif. — The somber tones of bag pipes outside of Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Turlock led a processional of mourners, family, friends and co-workers of Cesar Fuentes, a San Joaquin County correctional sergeant.
Fuentes, 32, was killed Jan. 12 when he was headed home after work and crashed into a pick-up truck in French Camp. Ten days later, Fuentes was buried in the same Turlock community in which he was born.
“He was just a phenomenal person,” said Fuentes’ sister, Marlene Larios. “He was very funny — little tornado. And he’s always wanted to serve since I can remember.”
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Tracy has the Grand Theatre for the Arts. Stockton has the Haggin Museum. Turlock has the Carnegie Arts Center. Modesto has the Mistlin Gallery. And Manteca has its downtown.
When it comes to art displays nobody in the 209 has a bigger venue or larger canvases than Manteca.
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Turlock Unified School District’s Board of Trustees on Tuesday received information regarding recent data from the California Department of Education’s Dashboard website, which shows schools’ achievement ratings achievement ratings in several key categories. While TUSD schools improved their scores in many of these sections, many campuses are still struggling to meet state standards overall.
The Dashboard site displays statewide data based on status (how each school or district performed) and change (how much they have improved since the last year), with performance levels indicated by color ranging from red as the lowest and blue as the highest.
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TEMESCAL VALLEY, CALIF.
A Southern California driver intentionally rammed a Toyota Prius with six teenage boys inside, killing three and injuring three others before fleeing, authorities said Monday.
The Prius went off the road and slammed into a tree at around 10:30 p.m. Sunday in Temescal Valley in Riverside County, southeast of Los Angeles.
Anurag Chandra, 42, of Corona was arrested a short time later in a neighborhood near the crash site, according to the California Highway Patrol.
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A family of three is safe after they plunged through ice and into freezing water in California on Saturday, police say.
Around 2:30 p.m., police arrived at Big Bear Lake to learn a father, mother and their child had fallen through the ice while they were out playing on the frozen lake, KTTV reported.
“The two ladies were yelling but they were kind of thrashing around which is the worst thing to do in ice apparently,” witness Sandy Bussey told KNBC. “We were just trying to yell at them, ‘stay calm don’t move, just hold on.’”
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