The Stanislaus County Alliance Worknet has received a $2.5 million grant to help hundreds of laid off workers in six Central Valley counties.

With temperatures high, CalOSHA is reminding employers to protect their outdoor workers from the heat.

TRACY – Elizabeth Sayre has been named arts education coordinator at the Grand Theatre for the Arts, the city’s Cultural Arts Division announced recently.

STOCKTON – California Department of Transportation crews will maintain one-way traffic controls on state Highway 26 from Wimer Road to Savage Way for road construction.

Readers will get a chance to meet a number of local writers on Saturday, Sept. 15 during Stanislaus County Library’s 3rd Annual Local Author Fair.

The public is invited to meet with Mayor Garrad Marsh at Beyer High School’s Little Theatre, located at 1717 Sylvan Ave on August 4 from 10 a.m. till noon.

MODESTO - The Memorial Hospital Foundation has received a $50,000 grant for Memorial Medical Center’s involvement in the Grace M. Davis High School Health Careers Academy (HCA). The grant will fund a youth internship program at Memorial Medical Center.

MODESTO – About two dozen union members demonstrated outside Congressman Jeff Denham’s Modesto office Monday morning to call on Denham to support the Bring Jobs Home Act.

WASHINGTON, DC – President Barrack Obama today signed legislation to help veterans find jobs using skills they acquired through military training.