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What a difference a few months make
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Visit the U.S. Drought Monitor website and peruse a map of California from Oct. 4, 2022 — the start of the current water year — and you’ll see it colored mostly in orange, red and dark red, the three colors that indicate the greatest drought severity.
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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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