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Sunday, October 18, 2026 The 209 Edition DAILY DIGITAL EDITION · IN STORES AROUND THE 209
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Scenes from the 209 Waterford, California Modesto, California Ceres, California Turlock, California Oakdale, California Riverbank, California Patterson, California Newman, California Hughson, California Waterford · 95386 · River Town 1 / 9

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You're here for the games.Scores, schedules and Friday night lights for 209 schools and teams.Show me the games → You're here for lunch.1,500+ places to eat across the 209, filtered by town and cuisine.Find something to eat → You're here for something to do.Every public event in the 209, in one place.See what's on → You're here for a deal.Every deal we can verify, with the math already done.Show me the savings → You're here to buy, sell or hire.Local classifieds for the 209.Browse the classifieds → You're here for the news.Local reporting, not copy-paste headlines.Read the latest → You're here for the talk.Independent, opinionated, and not everyone's cup of tea.Get the hot takes → You're here for a local business.Real hosted pages for real businesses around the 209.Meet local businesses → You're here for the receipts.Public records, gathered in one place.Check the public record → You're here to get outside.Rec programs and parks around the 209.Get outside →
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New here? I’m Edna — ask me anything, or just pick your zip. 95350+ · County Seat Modesto The county seat and the region's largest business hub. 95307 · Fast Growth Ceres Logistics, warehousing, and residential growth just south of Modesto. 95380 · University Town Turlock A university town over a serious dairy and almond processing base. 95361 · Home Base Oakdale Where Epic App Solutions and the Gazette both call home. 95367 · Next Door Riverbank Close enough to Oakdale that a real conversation is never far off. 95363 · Apricot Capital Patterson The Apricot Capital of the World, now building a logistics sector too. 95360 · West Side Newman A tightly-knit farm community on the west side of the county. 95326 · Family Town, USA Hughson Sits between Modesto and Turlock -- small town, same real needs. 95386 · River Town Waterford Along the Tuolumne River, just up the road from Oakdale. Your Zip Here Run the Gazette in your zip We’re working on making every zip its own paper. Leave your info while we sort the legalities.
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