California’s Best Deep Dish Pizza Restaurant Just Opened a New East Bay Branch
LIVERMORE, CALIFORNIA – As an East Coast transplant, I can attest to the fact that it’s hard to find really good New York style pizza in the Bay Area. There’s a different kind of pizza, though, that’s excellent here–Chicago style deep dish. And that’s largely because of one local chain that does an extremely good job...
‘Goodnight Moon’ pairs live music, planetarium projection in ‘unique’ Modesto show
Get the Eat. Sip. Play. newsletter in your inbox Available now: Sign up here for the best food, drink and entertainment coverage in Stanislaus County. A program of live music and projection on screen is planned at the Great Valley Museum Planetarium. Other entertainment events set for the Modesto region from Feb. 7...
2026 Top Producer Next Gen Award Winner: Tim Nuss
Nestled on the very northern edge of California’s Central Valley, Nuss Farms grows a variety of specialty crops every year. But returning to the farm in Lodi, Calif., wasn’t always part of Tim Nuss’ plan. “I was always out here as a kid. Our dad would bring...
Modesto’s pro soccer stadium unlikely to break ground this year. Much to ‘solidify’
Modesto’s plan to have a professional soccer stadium downtown is still in the very early stages — little is set in stone. The city’s most recent potential timeline showed that construction could begin in September of this year. However, recent events make this timeline look unlikely. The site chosen to build the...
Manteca Grabs IOOF Hall In High-Stakes Bid To Jolt Downtown
Manteca is lining up a nearly seven-figure planning push and a marquee property purchase in a bid to turn its sleepy historic core into a place people actually stick around in, not just speed through. The City Council is poised to bring in a consultant to sketch out a new vision anchored at Main Street and Yosemite...
Stockton mother remains missing after dune buggy crashes into canal near Gustine
GUSTINE — A suspected DUI crash along the Delta‑Mendota Canal just outside of Gustine sent two women to the hospital and left a third missing early Wednesday after a dune‑buggy style vehicle plunged into the water, according to the California Highway Patrol. The Merced Communications Center received...
Beloved Modesto band coming to Gallo Center. Tragedy canceled its last shows there
Get the Eat. Sip. Play. newsletter in your inbox Available now: Sign up here for the best food, drink and entertainment coverage in Stanislaus County. Modesto-spawned alt-rock band Grandaddy is coming home. The group will perform 7 p.m. May 31 at the Gallo Center for the Arts. Tickets go on sale to the public Friday,...
Vehicles identified, recovered in connection to Stockton mass shooting
STOCKTON, Calif. — Both vehicles of interest in the deadly Stockton birthday party shooting have been identified and recovered, deputies said. According to the San Joaquin County Sheriff's Office, the cars have been processed for evidence, and they are in the process of collecting DNA for comparison. The shooting...
San Joaquin County Deputies Locate Body in Submerged Vehicle in Water Near Stockton
February 3, 2026 – Holt, CA – San Joaquin County Sheriff's Office officials report that on Monday, the California Highway Patrol (CHP) Stockton requested assistance from the San Joaquin County Sheriff’s Office following a report of a vehicle submerged in the water near Lower Jones Road / Whisky Slough Road in Holt,...
Manteca teen rescued after dirt bike crash pins him under semi-truck
A 17-year-old boy suffered serious injuries after a dirt bike crash on a Manteca city street left him pinned under a semi-truck.
