It’s Thursday, June 6th. I’m Lucas Dixon, and here’s your local news from the Modesto Bee. Our top story: 75 years ago today, Allied forces stormed the beaches of Normandy. The Modesto area sent its share of the 156,000 troops who landed on Normandy’s beaches on June 6th, 1944. Folks on the home front could read that evening about this turning point in World War II.