A Modesto tradition honoring loved ones who have passed away is taking a new shape this year after the longtime organizer of the city’s Day of the Dead festival died.
For more than a decade, Rebecca Ortega Harrington poured her heart into the celebration. Her son, Matthew Harrington, said she built the festival from the ground up, bringing culture downtown.
“It was her love letter to Modesto and Stanislaus County,” Harrington said…