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Below average snowpack boosted by storm
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John King, Water Resource Engineer, of the California Department of Water Resources, Snow Survey Section inserts the long aluminum snow depth survey pole into the snow for the first DWR snow survey of the 2019 season held at Phillips Station in the Sierra Nevada Mountains on Jan. 3 (Photo by Ken James/California Department of Water Resources).
This week’s stormy weather is a welcome sight for the struggling Sierra Nevada snowpack, which continues to run below average for the second consecutive year.
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Drake Milligan rocks, tractor pulling roars and temps rise as 114th Stanislaus County Fair starts
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StanCoFair influencers Jocelyn McKay and Kristina Cornejo and their kids enjoy the opening day of the fair (CANDY PADILLA/The Journal).
A recurring theme at the opening night of the 2025 Stanislaus County Fair in Turlock — the 107th edition of the annual event — was the heat. Sure, it's not 108 degrees like last year, but 102 on Friday afternoon wasn't too far off.
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