Blue Diamond breaks ground on phase two in Turlock BY ANGELINA MARTIN Less than seven years after Blue Diamond Growers broke ground on its Turlock facility, representatives from the almond marketer and processor once again pulled out the golden shovels on the morning of Jan. 29 as they celebrated the plant’s expansion. Since opening in […]

Connection project awarded $20M STAFF REPORTS The U.S. Department of Transportation has awarded four California projects $72.5 million in grants from its BUILD Transportation Discretionary Grant program, formerly known as TIGER grants. Among the projects in line for funding is the North County Corridor. In November 2016, residents of Stanislaus County voted overwhelmingly to approve […]

Local breweries join efforts to raise funds for fire victims BY KRISTINA HACKER Breweries throughout the 209 have joined dozens of other beer makers across the country in brewing up a special batch of Sierra Nevada Brewing Co.’s Resilience that will be released this month — with all proceeds going to help victims of the […]

Nonprofit founder cycling across country to open up educational opportunities for Central Valley residents BY SABRA STAFFORD Right about now Emmanuel Escamilla is probably thinking he’s never going to get out of Texas. Escamilla is the founder of the Modesto-based CodeX Program is currently biking across the United States to support first-generation students with scholarships […]