The curated articles highlight diverse developments in Modesto-area schools, emphasizing both challenges and achievements.

Modesto’s new Pioneer League baseball team is now the Roadsters, with mascot “Cruiser,” colorful logos and a weekly alternate identity as the Glow Riders.

A&W Restaurants — possibly the best thing since before sliced bread. On June 20, 1919 (sliced bread was invented in 1928), founder Roy Allen served the first mug of A&W root beer at his walk-up stand ...

Both the Cruisers and Glow Riders names are nods to Modesto’s long history of car culture, which was immortalized in hometown hero George Lucas’ 1973 movie, “American Graffiti.” While the movie was ...

The new name incorporates the neon and bright colors of the American Graffiti diner culture, as well as the community’s ...

A mural on the Peace/Life Center in Modesto depicts Cesar Chavez and Delores Huerta in homage to the United Farm Workers movement. Kathleen Quinn The Modesto Bee Recent labor negotiations in Modesto ...

The foul lines are painted, the grass is manicured and the Modesto Nuts are back in town. It must be baseball season. The Modesto Nuts kicked off the 2025 season Tuesday, welcoming the media to John ...

In the early 2000s, the Modesto City-County Airport offered daily flights to Los Angeles and San Francisco. A Modesto Bee reader recently asked our journalists with Bee Curious, a community-driven ...