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Center Street chef reigns supreme at culinary contest
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Chefs Mario Lara (Memo’s Cocina & Tequila Bar), Abraham Leon (Loza Wine & Crepes), Ira Berry (Center Street Grill) and Robert Provencio (Deadwood Social/Ten Pin Fun Center) pose for a photo after Berry was named best cook in town at the inaugural Turlock Top Chef Competition benefitting the Turlock Gospel Mission (ANGELINA MARTIN/The Journal).
ANGELINA MARTIN
Updated: Sep 19, 2019, 9:49 PM
Published: Sep 18, 2019, 5:14 AM
The first-ever Turlock Top Chef was named Saturday night after a cutthroat competition that saw plenty of chopping, baking and sautéing — all for the benefit of the Turlock Gospel Mission.
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Remembering a ‘fierce defender of freedom’
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During a Memorial Day ceremony held on Monday at Turlock Memorial Park, Marsha Gonsalves, with the support of her husband Larry, shares memories of their son, Sgt. 1st Class Chad Gonsalves, who died on Feb. 13, 2006, when an improvised explosive device detonated near his Humvee north of Deh Rawod in central Afghanistan (KRISTINA HACKER/The Journal).
Kristina Hacker
Turlock Journal
Published: May 28, 2025, 6:55 AM
Every Memorial Day, locals put on their red, white and blue attire, maybe don a red poppy in remembrance of the fallen, and make their way to Turlock Memorial Park cemetery.
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