After two years away, the gates to the California State Fair & Food Festival will re-open Friday at Cal Expo and run through the end of the month. While food and carnival rides are sure to be the main attractions, every day will end with a music concert headlined by a mix of contemporary, legendary… Keep Reading
Sunday is National Ice Cream Day and, like all food holidays, it’s a great time to discuss some preferences. We have the favorite flavors for California (and the nation) thanks to the Ice Cream Index, a study on U.S. consumption preferences and trends conducted by market research Top Data. Consumption is up — not surprising… Keep Reading
If you listen closely in mid-August, when the 2022-2023 school year starts in California, you might just hear it: the sound of teenagers across the state hitting snooze in unison. That’s because on July 1, a new law went into effect that pushes middle and high school start times throughout the state. Legislators hope this… Keep Reading
The New Belgium Brewing Company is promising on its website a beer-themed amusement park – complete with illustrated concept designs – is supposedly “coming soon to Napa,” KTLA sister station KRON reports. The Voodoo Ranger IPA Action Park’s webpage heralds the imminent coming of “136 acres of beer-powered fun,” which it states will include: Xtreme… Keep Reading
Turlock Community Theatre brings in a Spanish-language comedy show and Ironstone Vineyards presents a concert by the band Slightly Stoopid. It’s also your last chance to visit this year’s Stanislaus County Fair, as well as catch the latest Sierra Repertory Theatre production. Here’s a look at some of the Modesto and Mother Lode region entertainment… Keep Reading
Do you love macaroni and cheese? Stupid question, let me rephrase that. How much do you love mac and cheese? So much that you’d eat it in a sandwich? Or maybe in a taco? Because both those versions, plus a variety of regular mac and cheese bowls and other cheesy comfort food offerings, will be… Keep Reading
To accommodate the storage needed to ensure grid reliability as renewable energy grows, the operator of California’s electricity system is working to improve how it models energy storage to facilitate market participation and increase payments to storage providers. The California Independent System Operator also is revising its model to ensure that large battery projects that… Keep Reading
The state has kicked in another $57 million to help the Altamont Corridor Express reach Turlock. Train service would start there by 2027 under the latest timeline for expanding the line, which now runs on weekdays between Stockton and San Jose. Turlock is part of a southern branch that will start with stations by 2024… Keep Reading
Energy storage systems with a large amount of capacity are being developed to cover five sites in California and Hawaii, including one of the largest solar-plus-storage projects in the world. The energy storage systems, which have a total capacity of 500 megawatts (MW) and 2-gigawatt hours (GWh), are being supplied by Wärtsilä to clean energy… Keep Reading
We’re halfway through the year and Turlock retailers already have had a bustling 2022. Two companies have opened in new locations in the city, three construction projects are underway nearby and, unfortunately, one long-term business is calling it quits. First, a Modesto-born brand has found a new home in Turlock. 5.11 Tactical, the military and… Keep Reading
