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Live Q&A: Central Valley Latinos and higher education completion, Is there a growing gap?
Latino enrollment at 4-year and community colleges is dropping. Join state and Central Valley education leaders to understand the barriers and opportunities to Latino student success.
New El Bistro by Salt & Pepper opens in Modesto, Calif. Read more at www.modbee.com.
Latinos and California’s midterm election: A conversation about political power
Join La Abeja — our reporting team focused on Latino issues in California — for a live, virtual event examining Latino political power in the state.
13th Congressional District Candidates Debate
Join The Modesto Bee, The Fresno Bee and The Merced Sun-Star as we host a debate Sept. 26, featuring two candidates hoping to represent the counties that make up the 13th Congressional District.
Austin Tice: Missing for 10 years in Syria
Thursday is journalist and former U.S. Marine Austin Tice’s 41st birthday. Tice disappeared in Syria 10 years ago while reporting on the country's descent into war for McClatchy and other news organizations.
After a decade, what's being done to bring him home?
Read more: http://mcclatchydc.com/austintice
See video of adorable baby animals at Atascadero zoo
Charles Paddock Zoo in Atascadero Lake Park in California celebrates Earth Day 2022 with animal feedings and new babies.
Video: Laura Dickinson
#zoo #atascadero #california #animal #slo #slocounty #earthday #babyanimals
Custom clothing designer opens downtown Modesto studio
The Taste Studio has opened a storefront in downtown Modesto California. The Modesto-based clothing designer offers ready to wear & custom made dresses and more.
That's a lot of birds! 🎥👀
A new video captures thousands of snow geese over a Willows, California, rice field during the annual Pacific Flyway migration in the Sacramento Valley. This year, the migratory birds are suffering from drought conditions in California, water and wildlife experts say.
Viral video: Shout all you want, this bear won't leave 7-Eleven store near Lake Tahoe
Viral video: Watch as this bear opens the door to a 7-Eleven near Lake Tahoe.
Read more about the incident here → bit.ly/3wTwi4L 🐻
History of Halloween candy: What we liked in our trick-or-treat bags decade by decade
When was your Halloween trick-or-treating heyday? Which decade were you in your candy element? Take a trip down memory lane in this video and know your candy.
Storms and a bombogenesis are coming to the northwestern United States. It's called a bomb cyclone. Is it dangerous?
School and COVID: What Stanislaus County parents and students need to know
Students and educators are well into the third school year affected by COVID-19. For the first time in a year and a half, most children in Stanislaus County are back to regular in-person learning, five days a week. Join us at 6 p.m. Oct. 6 for a live Q&A on what parents, teachers and educators should know about education as the pandemic continues.
The Sacramento Bee's Recall Election Live Show
Join us for a live show featuring Sacramento Bee political reporters Lara Korte and Sophia Bollag, moderated by Marcos Bretón. We will be discussing California's gubernatorial recall election, how we got here, and some of the potential outcomes of the night.
Here's the scene at Sierra-at-Tahoe ski resort after Caldor Fire burned through
This video shows snow cannons spraying water at the Sierra-at-Tahoe ski resort after the Caldor Fire burned through on Aug. 30, 2021.
The burned structure is a maintenance shed and snow cannons were used to protect their other structures.
Video: Paul Kitagaki Jr.
Here's how recall elections work in California
Watch this refresher on how recall elections work in California 🗳️
And stay updated with the latest coverage of the effort to recall California Gov. Gavin Newsom here → bit.ly/3CIvQc6
Watch dramatic, 2-minute timeline of Dixie Fire
The Dixie Fire is now the second-largest wildfire in California history after hitting 463,477 acres Sunday morning.
Read more on its destruction here → https://bit.ly/3CuETgH
Watch dramatic, 2-minute timeline of Dixie Fire
The Dixie Fire has raged for three weeks and is now the sixth largest wildfire in California history.
Read more on its destruction here → bit.ly/37kjAQN
See how tarantulas could help relieve chronic pain
Researchers at University of California, Davis, are looking into whether venom from tarantula spiders could help create drug to relieve chronic pain in humans.
Video: UC Davis
Here are the 5 biggest earthquakes in modern California history
An earthquake jolted Central California Thursday afternoon, shaking up residents of the Sierra Nevada foothills and the San Joaquin and Sacramento valleys.
Read more here about this developing story here → bit.ly/3xvITdX
And check out the five biggest earthquakes in modern California history below ⬇️