The Modesto Bee is a California newspaper. It is delivered throughout central California, reaching places such as Modesto, Turlock, Oakdale, Ceres, Patterson and Sonora.
History
Modesto News
In February 1868, John Dillard Spencer founded the Tuolumne City News, a weekly newspaper in Tuolumne City, California.[2] About two years later the paper relocated to Modesto and was renamed to the Stanislaus County News.[3] In December 1884, Spencer launched a daily edition of his paper titled the Daily Evening News.[4] Spencer went on to be a state assemblyman and state senator who published the paper for nearly three decades.[5]