DeKok relives being told several times he was dying from cancer

RIPON - A soft-spoken man of faith – retired National Guardsman Bill DeKok – told Rotarians Wednesday noon how he had survived a death sentence from pancreatic cancer.

Fiddle, chili competition set Oct. 7 at Columbia State Park

COLUMBIA - The Columbia Chamber of Commerce is staging the 30th annual Fiddle & Bango contest plus chili cook-off on Saturday Oct. 6.

Stockton Chorale conducting November concerts on “Saints, Queens and Mothers”

STOCKTON - The Stockton Chorale will bring a celebration of music by and about women who are Saints, Queens and Mothers on Nov. 2 and 4.

East Bay Mudd band helps power Pumpkin Fair Main Stage music

East Bay Mudd band helps power Pumpkin Fair Main Stage music The dynamic 10-piece East Bay Mudd band will perform Sunday, Oct, 7, from 12:30 to 2:30 p.m. on the Main Stage of the Manteca Pumpkin Fair in downtown Manteca. The band has been thrilling audiences all over the Bay Area for decades with their upbeat and powerful take on Motown, R&B, swing and contemporary classics. Voted "most ...

Casino night offers Texas Hold ’Em with chance to play at Casino Real

Texas Hold 'Em players that manage to win at the Give Every Child A Chance 12th Annual Kings and Queens Casino Night Fundraiser on Saturday will make out like bandits.

Modesto Film Society screens two cinema classics

MODESTO - Just in time for the 2012 presidential election, the Modesto Film Society's Cinema Club presents the political satire "Being There" on Tuesday, Oct. 2, at 7 p.m., at Modesto's Historic State Theatre.

"Wild Planet Day" Science Fest Oct. 13 at MJC

MODESTO – The Modesto Junior College Great Valley Museum and Science, Mathematics and Engineering Division are hosting a family oriented Science Fest with the theme "Wild Planet Day" on Saturday, October 13 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.

MJC Celebrates 60th Agriculture Open House

MODESTO - Modesto Junior College invites the public to the 60th Annual Agriculture Open House on Thursday, October 11 in the newly-constructed Agriculture Center for Education, 'ACE' Pavilion located off Brink Avenue on MJC's West Campus. MJC Agriculture students will plan, construct and present displays, which feature the many Agriculture majors offered at the college. Additionally there will be tours of the Agriculture instructional livestock production units and the Agriculture ...

2D-3D art exhibit set for Delta gallery

STOCKTON - Delta Center for the Arts LH Horton Jr Gallery presents the 3rd Annual 2D–3D National Exhibition and Awards Competition, Oct. 4 through Nov. 1 at Delta College's Shima Center.

Angels Camp stages centennial bash as incorporated city Saturday

ANGELS CAMP – The main event in the historic Gold Rush town of Angels Camp's year-long celebration of its 100th anniversary as an incorporated city is set for Saturday, Sept. 29, when a Street Fair from 11 a.m.to 4 p.m. will close Main Street (Highway 49) for the first time in over 50 years.

Jon Stewart drops f-bomb; Party starts

LOS ANGELES (AP) - Show Bits brings you the 64th annual Primetime Emmy Awards through the eyes of Associated Press journalists.

Color - & a little leg - get noticed at Emmys

LOS ANGELES (AP) - Sofia Vergara and Heidi Klum ramped up the sizzle Sunday night on the Emmy Awards red carpet that already had TV's biggest stars talking about just how hot they were because of the sweltering temperatures in Los Angeles.

'Homeland' and 'Modern Family' win big at 2012 Emmys Awards

LOS ANGELES (AP) - The terrorism thriller "Homeland" and "Modern Family" were the top winners at Sunday's Emmy Awards in a ceremony that veered between daring and predictability in honors and Jimmy Kimmel's turn as host.

Stockton Civic casts its holiday production of ‘White Christmas’ opening on Nov. 14

STOCKTON - Stockton Civic Theatre's artistic director Jim Coleman has cast the holiday classic "White Christmas," scheduled to open at SCT on Nov. 14.

Topless tempest: Kate photos spark palace fury

LONDON (AP) - Paparazzi, French media and a British royal: The publication of topless photos of Prince William's wife Kate has reunited the same players whose clash ended with the untimely death of his mother, Princess Diana, in a Parisian car crash.

Bill & Lucille Harris gain Hall of Fame nod

Bill and Lucille Harris - champions in the tort reform movement, astute business people, and supporters of education - are being inducted into the Manteca Hall of Fame. Other members of the Class of 2013 are Jack Miller, athletics; Mike Henry, education; George Abdullah, Government; Greg Leland, education; Karl Konrad Wolf, health care; Randy Ernest Albertsen, athletics; and David Bricker, community service. Bill (who has passed away) and Lucille Harris were nominated for induction in ...

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