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BargainView: March Forward
BargainView: March Forwad By Monica Barber March forward into Spring! The weather is warming and Ms M finds herself more and more outside in the garden enjoying the slow process of watching her flowers bloom. March is a great month for starting to get outdoors again safely and enjoy the warmer temperatures. Here are a […]

FitView: Strength Train Yourself Into Happiness
FitView: Strength Train Yourself Into Happiness. By Efren Martinez Like many of you, I too have not been totally immune from this pandemic. Yes, some days are better than others. The biggest challenge I’ve experienced is not being able to DJ and entertain you. At times it can be quite heavy on my mind with […]

Jazz Blues View: Here Comes the Sun
Jazz-Blues View: Here comes the Sun Little DollyEric Benson Well folks this is the new norm with things opening and improving! The promise of spring gives me optimism for brighter days ahead, “the smile’s returning to there faces…here comes the sun, here comes the sun.” This song played in hospitals when someone with a Covid […]

Turlock High Wins Mock Trail
Turlock High School Wins Stanislaus County Mock TrialsStudent teams from local high schools had their day in court. The annual Stanislaus County Mock Trials was virtual this year due to COVID-19. Virtual trials, via Zoom, took place on January 26, February 2, 9, and 11. The top two teams competed in the Championship Round on […]

Stanislaus County Region Transit Agencies Offering Free Transit During Go Green Week
Stanislaus County Region Transit Agencies Offering Free Transit During Go Green Week Modesto, CA — The three transit providers in Stanislaus County, including Modesto Area Express (MAX), Stanislaus County Regional Transit (StaRT), and Turlock Transit announced today that all rides on all fixed-route buses will be free for passengers during Go Green Week (March 14-20, […]

SkateView
All Skate!: It’s the 70s in the new 20s! Get your rainbow suspenders out, get your glitter as COVID has helped bring back roller skating. In all seriousness, there are many people that skating has never left their lives and Modesto’s Roller King lives on in so many Facebook groups, but roller skating is really […]

StageView
Set in New York during WWII, a lone soldier explores the city with only a 48-hour pass before shipping out overseas. A chance encounter with a young lady results in them spending two days together, and along with a friendly milkman, the sites and sounds of the city provide a backdrop for them falling in […]

Zen View Chinese New year of the White Metal Ox
ZenView: Chinese New year of the White Metal Ox By Mary Layton Given that the previous Metal Rat Year hasn’t been easy at all I have been extra curious about finding out the predictions on the web for this Year of the Ox. At any rate, we are done with the Year of the Rat! […]

Interview: Chris Ricci-It’s Is A New Day In Modesto
InterView: Chris Ricci-It is a new day in Modesto By Chris Murphy By the time you read this, we will have a new mayor and we can see how the City of Modesto will move forward. We have had a lot of tough times over the last year so say the very least, but with […]

Arts Champion Tony Mistlin
Arts Champion – Tony Mistlin By David Schroeder It’s been a rough year for all of us coping with COVID-19. At Mistlin Gallery it has meant being open, then closed; making a schedule and then rescheduling; planning and replanning. And still, there’s no clear end in sight. But our mood remains upbeat and we look […]

T-Shirt View
T-ShirtView Wear Your Pride I love wearing my Modesto gear. One of my all time favorite Modesto shirts is my Modesto High School Cross Country shirt. Always makes me feel good. I love to travel and I love wearing my ModestoView t-shirts or my Modesto Graffiti, Porchfest or old X Fest shirts. I only have […]

Food & Wine View: The Patio is the New Star!
Food and Drink View: The Patio is the New Star! By Chris Murphy Well, the bars are not open and what do we do? Yes, I know you want to go bar hopping as much as I do, but we just can’t. So, how do we enjoy our favorite libations during this time? Yes, friends, […]

Jazz Blues View: Soul Vaccination
Jazz/Blues View: Time to Get Your Soul Vaccination!By Eric Benson Alright my peeps time for all of us to get our Soul Vaccination. Tower of Power said it best; “All across the nation people been catch’ honkypox, when you get the notion Towers’s got the potion-you might look in to get yourself in motion…Everybody get […]

FitView: Vaccinated and No Side Effects
FitView: Vaccinated and NO Side Effects By Efren Martinez This month’s FitView has less to do with fitness and more so with what’s on most peoples mind when it comes to getting vaccinated. Just recently, my wife, who fell under those in the first phase category, was vaccinated with the Pfizer’s Covid 19 vaccine. Soon […]