It’s Friday, October 4th. I’m Lucas Dixon, and here’s your local news from the Modesto Bee. Modesto’s Frito-Lay plant, already one of the largest in the company, will become its first to use an entirely sustainable fleet of vehicles, including some of the first electric Tesla semis to hit the road. The move is part of a new $30.8 million project at the southeast Modesto facility to reduce its carbon footprint.

It’s Thursday, October 3rd. I’m Natalie Gray, and here’s your local news from the Modesto Bee. The massive, 2-story Forever 21 store at Modesto’s Vintage Faire Mall could be closing. The Modesto store is listed as one of the 178 locations the company has targeted to close as part of its ongoing bankruptcy proceedings. The news comes at a tenuous time for retailers across the country, and after Vintage Faire Mall has already weathered a series of closures this year.

It’s Wednesday, October 2nd. I’m Kaitlin Bellamy, and here’s your local news from the Modesto Bee. A jury has convicted 2 people for helping Paulo Virgen Mendoza avoid capture during a 55-hour manhunt after the death of Newman Police Cpl. Ronil Singh. 2 other people were acquitted. Mendoza is accused of shooting Singh during a Dec. 26th traffic stop in Newman. He faces a murder charge in Stanislaus Superior Court.

It’s Tuesday, October 1st. I’m Natalie Gray, and here’s your local news from the Modesto Bee. Officials are on track to close the Modesto Outdoor Emergency Shelter — the temporary tent city that is home for about 400 people — by the end of the year, as projects that provide more shelter and services for homeless people come online. A big one is the 182-bed shelter Stanislaus County is building inside The Salvation Army’s Berberian Center.

It’s Monday, September 30. I’m Lucas Dixon and here’s your local news from the Modesto Bee. As part of an upcoming Stanislaus Homeless Alliance retreat, an official from the first community in the United States to end chronic homelessness will talk about how it accomplished that. The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development certified Bergen County, New Jersey, in 2017 as the first community in the nation to end chronic homelessness.

It’s Friday, September 27th. I’m Lucas Dixon and here’s your local news from the Modesto Bee. Within the past week, a Modesto woman received a call from a Social Security Administration investigator who said her Social Security number had been used to open 25 accounts of some type in Texas. Modesto Police Department Sergeant Manuel Corona shared what the woman was told by the voice on the other end of the line.

It’s Thursday, September 26th. I’m Lucas Dixon and here’s your local news from the Modesto Bee. A Bay Area contractor got approval Tuesday night to reroute part of Highway 132 west from Modesto. It's an idea that dates to the 1950s. Bay Cities Paving & Grading Incorporated of Concord will get $92.05 million to build 3.5 miles of new road between Dakota Road and Needham Avenue. The Modesto City Council voted 7-0 for the contract.

It’s Wednesday, September 25th. I’m Kaitlin Bellamy and here’s your local news from the Modesto Bee. Supervisors approved a permit yesterday for a commercial cannabis growing operation in eastern Stanislaus County that was opposed by some residents and school officials in the nearby community.

It’s Tuesday, September 24th. I’m Natalie Gray and here’s your local news from the Modesto Bee. The cost to set up and operate the Modesto Outdoor Emergency Shelter — the tent city that's housing about 420 homeless people underneath the 9th Street Bridge in the Tuolumne River Regional Park — is expected to be more than $1.6 million. The outdoor shelter is expected to operate for 10 months.

It’s Monday, September 23rd. I’m Lucas Dixon and here’s your local news from the Modesto Bee. Station planning is under way for an extension of the Altamont Corridor Express train to Modesto and Ceres. The old depot is now part of the Modesto Transportation Center in downtown Modesto. It will get a $5 million makeover in advance of service starting as early as 2021. The rehab will include removing some of the interior walls to create a more open feeling in the waiting room.