Taqueria expands, plans for bioindustry hub, pesticide concerns: Today’s top stories

Stanislaus County news ranged from rapid restaurant growth to a major bioindustry investment, parental concerns over pesticide spraying and dramatic high school baseball semifinals. Here’s a quick look at the day’s top headlines.

Here are today’s must-reads:

• Tequileros Taqueria is opening a second Stanislaus County location at 3216 W. Monte Vista Ave. in Turlock, growing from a single Lodi taco truck in 2021 to 18 trucks and restaurants between Roseville and Fullerton, according to the Modesto Bee.
• BEAM Circular and its partners have secured $17 million in state and county funding for the first phase of a large-scale bioindustry testing hub in the Beard Industrial District near southeast Modesto, per the Modesto Bee.
• California prohibits agricultural pesticide applications within a quarter mile of schools on weekdays from 6 a.m. to 6 p.m., but cities are largely exempt from those restrictions and notification requirements when spraying adjacent public property.
• Central Catholic and Ripon Christian each rallied from Game 1 losses to win their Sac-Joaquin Section baseball semifinal series, with Central Catholic invoking the 10-run rule in both Games 2 and 3 against Del Campo, as reported by the Modesto Bee.