''The Modesto Bee'' is a California newspaper, founded in 1884 as the ''Daily Evening News'' and published continuously as a daily under a variety of names. Before its purchase by
Charles K. McClatchy and McClatchy Newspapers in 1924, it merged in the same year with the ''Modesto News-Herald'', adopting that name as part of a consolidation. In 1933 it changed its name to the ''Modesto Bee and News-Herald'', and in 1975 abbreviated the name on its masthead to ''The Modesto Bee''. Its current owner is the descendant firm,
McClatchy Company
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''The Modesto Bee'' has about 70 employees and is delivered throughout central California, reaching places such as
Modesto
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Turlock
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History
Founded on December 22, 1871, by prominent grain farmer Jo ...
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. It currently serves 29,729 morning subscribers and 37,616 on Sundays.
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1884 establishments in California
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