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Festival of Lights shines in Turlock
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Rabbi Shalom Bochner makes the ancient history of the festival a little more real to those gathered on Tuesday night by passing around a pottery shard from the time of the Maccabees he obtained from a dig site in Israel. - photo by KRISTINA HACKER/The Journal
Downtown Turlock once again played host to a public Chanukah celebration and Menorah lighting on Tuesday. Rabbi Shalom Bochner from Congregation Beth Shalom led the service which included the singing of a number of traditional Chanukah songs, a history of the Jewish festival and, of course, the lighting of a 5-foot tall Menorah. This was the second year the event was held in Central Park in downtown Turlock.
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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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