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Heat advisory, military-grade police gear, favorite local businesses: Top stories

By Edited by Carlos Virgen based on original reporting by Bee journalists and summarized using AI.
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Oakdale Cheese & Specialties in Oakdale is pictured in 2011. Modesto Bee file

Modesto-area headlines range from a looming heat advisory to updates police equipment and ongoing road construction. And a fatal train collision also made headlines to round out the work week.

Here are Friday’s must-read stories:

  • A heat advisory takes effect from 11 a.m. Monday to 8 p.m. Tuesday, with Monday’s high near 99 degrees as part of a temperature spike of more than 30 degrees, the National Weather Service announced.
  • Modesto police requested $71,384 in new military-grade equipment, including drones, flash-bangs, tear gas and pepper balls, as part of an annual Military Equipment Use Report delivered to the City Council on Tuesday.
  • A Modesto man was struck and killed by a Union Pacific train near Murphy Road and Salida Boulevard just before 5 a.m. Thursday while trespassing on the tracks, authorities said.
  • To cap National Small Business Week, Modesto Bee journalists share their favorite locally-owned businesses, including gift shops, restaurants, auto repair shops and breweries.

This report was produced with the assistance of a proprietary tool powered by artificial intelligence based on our own originally reported, written and published content. Before publishing, Bee journalists reviewed this content in compliance with McClatchy Media’s AI policy.

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