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The Modesto Bee
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The July 27, 2005 front page
of The Modesto Bee.
TypeDaily newspaper
FormatBroadsheet
OwnerTemplate:Pluralize from textMcClatchy
FounderTemplate:Pluralize from textJ.D. Spencer
Founded1868 (as Tuolumne City News)
LanguageEnglish
Headquarters948 11th St., #300,
Modesto, CA 95354.
Circulation29,108 Daily
25,098 Sunday (as of 2020)[1]
Websitemodbee.com

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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] In December 1895, Spencer died.[5] His family continued to publish the paper. In January 1911, Mrs. M.A. Spencer and her son Herbert Spencer sold the News to O.E. Pergio, of Oakland.[6] A year later the paper was sold again by H. F. Spencer, A.L. Cowell and J.W. Guyler to another trio of men: E.L. Sherman and brothers Stanley T. Morgan and O.T. Morgan. The brothers were formerly connected with the Reno Gazette.[7][8]

Modesto Herald

In January 1875, H.E. Luther founded the Modesto Herald.[9] In August 1887, the Herald was bought by S.L. Hanscom, a former school teacher.[10] Under Hanscom, the Herald was a Republican paper, picked political fights and was controversial. It was antagonistic of local city and county administrators and persistently anti-saloon. Hanscom always kept a loaded revolver at his desk and was frequently accompanied in town by a bodyguard.[11] In February 1888, Hanscom was attacked at the post office by an angry reader who had demanded he retract an article. After a few hits, the man drew a pistol but was detained by a bystander and Hanscom fled.[12]

In April 1888, Hanscom was awarded $850 by a jury in a lawsuit against the paper's former owner, Dr. T.W. Drullard. Hanscom had sought to recover $1,400 in damages.[13] In August 1889, another angry reader attempted to shoot Hanscom at his office but Hanscom was able to knock the gun upward before it fired. The bullet grazed Hanscom's face and he pulled out his own pistol. A fight ensued and police eventually arrived to arrest the attacker.[14] That October, Hanscom was sued for libel in regards to a story he published on an election board stuffing a ballot-box. A jury acquitted him and the members of the board left the county.[15]

In September 1892, Hanscom retired from the Herald and was succeeded by T.C. Hocking.[16] In 1920, a group of Modesto businessmen purchased the Herald from Hocking for $100,000. L.A. Ferris was then named Herald editor and manager.[17][18]

Modesto Bee

In March 1921, the Modesto News became solely owned by E.L. Sherman.[11] In November 1924, Sherman purchased the Modesto Morning Herald.[19] The papers were merged together to form the Modesto News-Herald.[20] In June 1925, Charles K. McClatchy launched a Modesto edition of The Fresno Bee called the Modesto Bee.[21] The paper ceased after two weeks due to lack of subscriptions.[22] In August 1927, McClatchy bought the News-Herald from Sherman.[23] The paper's name was changed in July 1933 to the Modesto Bee and News-Herald.[24] The name was shortened to The Modesto Bee in 1975.[25]

In May 2024, the newspaper announced it will reduce its print days to three a week: Wednesdays, Fridays and Sundays.[26]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."McClatchy | Markets". November 29, 2021. Archived from the original on November 29, 2021. Retrieved April 12, 2023.
  2. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."To The Public". Stanislaus County Weekly News. Modesto, California. February 28, 1868. p. 2.
  3. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."To Our Readers". Stanislaus County Weekly News. Modesto, California. December 9, 1870. p. 2.
  4. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Daily Evening News". The Oakdale Graphic. December 3, 1884. p. 4.
  5. ^ a b Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Death of J.D. Spencer". The Expositor. Fresno, California. December 13, 1895. p. 1.
  6. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Under New Management". Oakdale Leader. January 13, 1911. p. 1.
  7. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Modesto News Again Changes Ownership". Modesto Morning Herald. December 25, 1912. p. 10.
  8. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Bouquets From Scribbing Friends". The Modesto Bee. January 17, 1913. p. 8.
  9. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Publications". Daily Evening Herald. Stockton, California. January 29, 1875. p. 3.
  10. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Modesto "Herald" Changes Hands". San Francisco Chronicle. August 4, 1887. p. 8.
  11. ^ a b Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Elias, Solomon Philip (1924). "CHAPTER XXXII | Pioneer Editors and Journals". Stories of Stanislaus – A Collection of Stories on the History & Achievements of Stanislaus County. Modesto, California: Unknown. pp. 275–286. LCCN 24006119. OCLC 5063117. Retrieved September 10, 2025.
  12. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."An Interupted Combat". The Modesto Bee. February 3, 1888. p. 3.
  13. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Notice". The Oakdale Graphic. April 11, 1888. p. 8.
  14. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Duel In A Print Shop. | A Modesto Man Goes Gunning for the Editor". Los Angeles Herald. August 9, 1889. p. 8.
  15. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."On Top. | Editor Hanscom Vindicated and the Ring Demoralized". The Daily Morning Republican. Fresno, California. October 5, 1889. p. 1.
  16. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."The Change". Stanislaus County Weekly News. Modesto, California. September 16, 1892. p. 4.
  17. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Modesto Herald Is Sold To Syndicate". Turlock Tribune. November 22, 1920. p. 3.
  18. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Modesto Herald Sold To Former 'Y' Man". The Register. Santa Ana, California. November 24, 1920. p. 5.
  19. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Modesto News Purchases Herald". Turlock Journal. November 25, 1924. p. 6.
  20. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Sherman, E.L. (November 25, 1924). "An Announcement!". Modesto Morning Herald. p. 1.
  21. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."New Daily Will Open on Monday In City Modesto | McClatchy of Fresno Bee Is Expanding, Says N.C. Baumunk". The Record. Stockton, California. June 9, 1925. p. 17.
  22. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Modesto Bee Is Suspended". Visalia Times-Delta. July 14, 1925. p. 11.
  23. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Modesto News-Herald Bought by McClatchys". The Morning Press. Associated Press. August 23, 1927. p. 1.
  24. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Modesto News-Herald Now Modesto Bee". Vallejo Evening News. July 29, 1933. p. 4.
  25. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Silva, Jim (April 1, 2022). "About Us". The Modesto Bee. Retrieved September 10, 2025.
  26. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Virgen, Carlos (May 3, 2024). "Modesto Bee to change print days, delivery method as digital transition evolves". Modesto Bee. Retrieved July 7, 2024.

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