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Heat Wave: Local Cooling Centers And Spaces

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SACRAMENTO (CBS13) — As we prepare for a potentially record-setting heat wave in both the Sacramento and northern San Joaquin valleys, cooling centers are opening to help the most vulnerable.

Forecasters are warning that the Central Valley is in for an extended heatwave that could push Sacramento close to its hottest temperature ever. Temperatures are expected to reach into the mid to high 100s through the weekend. An Excessive Heat Watch is set to go into effect on Friday.

We checked in with several counties, including Stanislaus, where cooling centers in Ceres, Modesto and several other areas are open.

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School year kicks off today with more distance learning

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Summer vacation ended for Ceres Unified School District K-12 students on Aug. 11 and the 2020-21 school year kicks off today with remote learning due to state imposed coronavirus restrictions.

CUSD’s Distance Learning plan will rely heavily on the use of online educational tools such as Google Classroom, Zoom Video Conferencing and Clever. The district has provided all of its students with Google Chromebooks.

“We really miss our kids,” said Central Valley Principal Carol Lubinsky. “We really want them back on campus but it’s just not the right time for that.”

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It’s Back-To-School Season For Students In Riverbank

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Although you couldn’t tell it so much from looking around school campuses in Riverbank during the past week or so, classes began for the new school year as scheduled last week, on Thursday, Aug. 6.

Monday through Wednesday last week, Aug. 3 through 5, teachers were in their classrooms and in meetings, organizing themselves for what is expected to be the ‘new normal,’ at least for the fall semester. Distance learning is the platform for all Riverbank Unified School District students and, in fact, is in place throughout Stanislaus County.

The halls of the Riverbank High School campus were devoid of the normal hustle and bustle of school attendance, since students were at home, glued to their Chromebook computers. In the meantime, teachers were broadcasting from their classrooms, via the internet, trying to keep things as much like the past as possible. Class period schedules were the order of the day, including a break for lunch, as usual.

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Turlock family transforms event center into new drive-in movie theater amid coronavirus

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TURLOCK, Calif. — A Turlock family is refusing to let the coronavirus and business restrictions dampen their ambitions.

The Yonan family announced that they'll be transforming their new event venue into a drive-in movie theater amid state coronavirus restrictions.

Dubbed the GO Drive-In, the theater is expected to start up in late August and play older movies like the Sandlot, Grease, Breakfast at Tiffany's and other classic movies, the Yonans told ABC10.

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Turlock youth group donating produce to community

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The Stanislaus County Fair has been canceled due to the pandemic, but the produce that was set to be featured is going to good use.

Olivia visited Turlock to learn how one youth group is helping out the community during these uncertain times.

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Homelessness In Stanislaus County Increased By Almost 10 Percent In 2019

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MODESTO (CBS13) – Stanislaus County officials report that in 2019 homelessness in the county increased by 9.6 percent or 184 people.

There are a total of 2,107 people, including 207 children, who experienced homelessness in Stanislaus County from January 2018 to January 2019, according to a statement issued Monday by Stanislaus County officials.

The majority of homeless people in the most recent count was found in the cities of Modesto and Turlock, the county reports The count was gathered through a questionnaire of people who were both sheltered and unsheltered.

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Candidate filing remains open for many local races in Stanislaus County

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Candidate filing has closed for most local races in the Nov. 3 election in Stanislaus County, but some remain open because incumbents are not running.

The unsettled contests include city councils in Modesto, Turlock and a few other cities, plus some of the boards governing schools and other functions.

Under state law, the filing period ended Friday, Aug. 7, for posts where incumbents are seeking re-election. Filing remains open until 5 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 12, for other races.

Candidates can file for most races through the county election office. The exceptions are mayor and city council races, handled by each city clerk.

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Outside haircut? Modesto-area salons take scissors to streets amid COVID-19 closures

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As hair salons and barbershops remain closed for indoor cuts, a few intrepid Central Valley stylists are taking their clippers into the great outdoors instead.

After being shut down again last month because of the continued spike in COVID-19 infections in Stanislaus County, salon owners were given the green light to cut hair outside — with safety and other restrictions. But the realities of cutting hair on city sidewalks and asphalt lots in the midst of a sweltering Central Valley summer are something else entirely.

Still, for Revive Salon owner Jackie Wilson, who opened her new downtown Oakdale salon at the start of June, it’s the only way she can stay in business. So she is making the most of the much less-than-ideal situation by cutting hair on the walkway in front of her salon.

“We’re trying to make the best of it and make the best out of a difficult situation. But it’s a difficult situation for everybody. This is a way for me to give stylists a way to work,” Wilson said. “If you can envision going camping and getting a haircut, that’s what this is like.”

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Hundreds line McHenry in Modesto to show support for law enforcement

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A second rally organized by Back the Badge California, a group founded by a Stanislaus County native, was held in Modesto on Sunday morning. Its first was held in late June in Turlock.

The rally was scheduled to last until noon. By 10 a.m., the end of its first hour, easily a couple of hundred people lined the sidewalks of McHenry Avenue from Briggsmore Avenue to just north of Tokay Avenue.

Signs and flags carried by participants bore messages including “Defend the police,” “Police lives matter,” “We got your six” and “Law & order.”

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Missing Modesto kid found safe

MODESTO, Calif. — Law enforcement officials in Stanislaus County have ended their search for a missing kid last seen in Modesto after

California county OKs legal enforcement of health orders

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VENTURA, Calif. (AP) - Ventura County leaders have approved the use of restraining orders and other enforcement actions against individuals and businesses who refuse to comply with local and state health orders to control the spread of the coronavirus.

The decision at a special meeting Tuesday of the Board of Supervisors gave County Counsel Leroy Smith discretion to seek court enforcement of health mandates, the Ventura County Star reported.

Smith told the newspaper that the nature of any orders and the identities of the parties involved would only be released after litigation is filed.

Meanwhile in neighboring Los Angeles, Mayor Eric Garcetti announced a crackdown Wednesday on house parties that have brought hundreds of people together despite health orders banning large gatherings.

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