Things To Do This Week: Willie Nelson in Stockton, “Charlotte’s Web” by Modesto Performing Arts, Stray Cats bassist Lee Rocker at Black Oak Casino and more.
Modesto’s Scott Peterson killed his pregnant wife, Laci, and their unborn son, Conner, in a selfish bid for freedom, California state prosecutors say in a long awaited Supreme Court briefing.
“A Prairie Home Companion” host Garrison Keillor brings his tales about his life and the fictitious Lake Wobegon to the Gallo Center for the Arts. The radio star and humorist spoke with The Bee about why the program has endured, and the universal desire to be talked to.
The Downtown Modesto Partnership held a news conference Wednesday to publicize a city program that offers incentives to keep and attract businesses downtown.
I recently read a quote from ultramarathoner Dean Karnazes on Twitter: “Sitting is the new smoking.” The quote came up during a recent conversation with some colleagues at a work conference.
When a man at a gas station said he’d smoked his last cigarette because of the price, his tone seemed to infer that he thought he was punishing the store clerk and the tobacco industry. But he isn’t punishing the clerk, the station’s owner or Big Tobacco. He’s only helping himself.
School districts are busy gathering community input for a second year of budgeting tied to local priorities. Last week, the state Legislative Analyst’s Office released a report with some well-deserved criticisms of the way the state form lays out the information.
School districts are busy gathering community input for a second year of budgeting tied to local priorities. Last week, the state Legislative Analyst’s Office released a report with some well-deserved criticisms of the way the state form lays out the information.
A new all-female cast for the remake of “Ghostbusters” has made big news. Which is great. But wouldn’t it be nice if it was a little less big? We make up 51 percent of the population yet somehow, to Hollywood, we remain a riddle wrapped in an enigma shoved into a chick flick. Women seem to be a constant mystery for Hollywood’s biggest filmmakers.
When a man at a gas station said he’d smoked his last cigarette because of the price, his tone seemed to infer that he thought he was punishing the store clerk and the tobacco industry. But he isn’t punishing the clerk, the station’s owner or Big Tobacco. He’s only helping himself.
