Ken Carlson

1 week ago | modbee.com | Ken Carlson

A Modesto City Schools board member wants parents to know what’s in a sex education curriculum designed for fifth-grade classrooms. Jolene Daly spoke at two recent gatherings, arguing that fifth-graders aren’t psychologically prepared for the content about gender identity and sexual activity. Daly gave a scathing critique of the curriculum Saturday at Celebration Center, a church in Modesto. She said she spoke as a licensed family therapist, not as a school board member.

1 week ago | yahoo.com | Ken Carlson

In the Spotlight is a Modesto Bee series that digs into the high-profile local issues that readers care most about. Story idea? Email [email protected]. Residents of the troubled Diablo Grande resort in western Stanislaus County are facing an extraordinary water rate increase. Under the Western Hills Water District proposal, the monthly residential flat rate would jump fourfold from $145 to $569, effective July 1.

1 week ago | modbee.com | Ken Carlson

In the Spotlight is a Modesto Bee series that digs into the high-profile local issues that readers care most about. Story idea? Email [email protected]. Residents of the troubled Diablo Grande resort in western Stanislaus County are facing an extraordinary water rate increase. Under the Western Hills Water District proposal, the monthly residential flat rate would jump fourfold from $145 to $569, effective July 1.

2 weeks ago | modbee.com | Ken Carlson

Lily Yap’s 15 years of animal welfare experience in Texas and Louisiana didn’t leave her with stories about ocelots or maybe rattlesnake charmers. But working in the Dallas-Forth Worth metro area, she had some exotic-pet encounters with a tiger cub and a rare cobra, she said. And her experience coordinating successful clear-the-shelter events — one of which arranged 341 pet adoptions in a single day — made her a top candidate for her new position as director of Stanislaus Animal Services Agency.

2 weeks ago | yahoo.com | Ken Carlson

Lily Yap’s 15 years of animal welfare experience in Texas and Louisiana didn’t leave her with stories about ocelots or maybe rattlesnake charmers. But working in the Dallas-Forth Worth metro area, she had some exotic-pet encounters with a tiger cub and a rare cobra, she said. And her experience coordinating successful clear-the-shelter events — one of which arranged 341 pet adoptions in a single day — made her a top candidate for her new position as director of Stanislaus Animal Services Agency.