In a suit filed on May 14, Modesto Irrigation District (MID) Board Member Janice Keating has accused the district and Board Member Robert Frobose of […]
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Modesto Councilmember Kicks Hornets’ Nest on Homelessness
Modesto City Councilmember Nick Bavaro raised a lot of hackles during the May 7 meeting of the Modesto City Council. The item in question was what appeared to be a routine funding approval for the Salvation Army to continue operating a day center at the Berberian Shelter, which includes a traditional Salvation Army shelter and Stanislaus County’s low barrier shelter for people experiencing homelessness. Bavaro seemed incensed that the item […]
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Homeless in Modesto: A Tale of Two Cities
The last week of April in Modesto featured two of the city’s biggest public events, the State of the County report and, “Love Modesto,” the annual rite where volunteers display their civic pride with a citywide cleanup of trash and grafitti, while planting gardens, handing out hygiene kits and donating food packages, among other charitable deeds. The State of the County report was held in front of the Stanislaus County […]
Super Rare Visitor Wows Valley Birders
It was only fitting that Stanislaus Audubon Society Board member Jodi Smith found one the rarest birds ever to visit the San Joaquin Valley. Smith was enjoying the wetland and riparian habitat at the San Joaquin River National Wildlife Refuge last Saturday when she peered through her binoculars and saw a stunning pink bird in a shallow pond, a little over a hundred yards from the nature trail she stood […]
Hope Amid the Homeless on Modesto’s Mean Streets
As I was waiting for a bus last Sunday at the downtown transit center, an elderly man, using a walker loaded with what looked like his belongings, was denied access to a bus. The man stood there on this grey windy afternoon, shouting furiously at the bus driver at the injustice of denying him service, correctly noting — in my estimation — that some bus drivers allow carts larger than […]
California Fails on Homelessness says Statewide Audit
It came as no surprise to people who’ve watched state and local authorities fail to manage homelessness that those same authorities don’t know where the money goes. Recent reports from a statewide audit of homeless programs and expenses concluded that, “the State must do more to assess the cost-effectiveness of its homelessness programs.” Reviews of spending for homelessness in San Jose and San Diego discovered that neither city had adequate […]