Chris Murphy

VeteranView – Celebrating Alfred E Menshew
A Life of Example By Chris Murphy There are people in our community that just bleed community service. There are ...

MAMA Awards 2020
MAMAView Virtual MAMA 2020 By Chris Murphy Everyone is sick of hearing it by now, but this year has upended ...

BigView – Modesto in the 2000s
The BigView The 2000s By Chris Murphy Modesto USA really lit up during the 2000s. As the new millennium began, ...

Modesto 2000s Timeline
Timeline 2000s It was an amazing and exciting decade in Modesto USA. Downtown came to life and the local music ...

GoModesto – Keep Modesto Healthy
Keep our Community Healthy Currently local restaurants are in the Red Zone but Stanislaus County is right on the edge ...

MAMAView – 2020 Covid Version
MAMAView Virtual MAMA 2020 By Chris Murphy Everyone is sick of hearing it by now, but this year has upended ...

FoodView – Harvest Moon is Back!
FoodView Harvest Moon By Chris Murphy I learned to love Harvest Moon soon after moving back to Modesto in 1996. ...

GoModesto – Shop Local
Go Modesto This year, it is more important than ever to shop local. Our local businesses have been hit so ...

GreetingsView – Fall into November
Greetings friends, What an amazing time, in both the positive and negative ways. Here we are weathering a pandemic and ...

NonProfit View – Local Charities Need You!
NonProfit View Friends, our non-profits need us all now. The pandemic has affected every single fundraiser that I know about. ...

2021 Fair Dates Announced!
2021 STAN CO FAIR DATES ANNOUNCED! The 38th District Agriculture Association Board of Directors announced that the 2021 Fair dates ...

BigView – Rebuilding and Rejuvenation
By Chris Murphy The 1990s delivered a lot of change to Modesto. Most of it for the good but some ...

The Passing of a Local Legend
By Chris Murphy So very sad to learn that my good friend and mentor Al Menshew passed away. Al was ...

VirtualPerformingView
Virtual PerformingView By Chris Murphy We are in uncharted waters now for the performing arts. Some of our local companies ...

FoodView – Tresetti’s, A Downtown Original
FoodView By Chris Murphy Tresetti’s – a 90s Start Up and Great Today Some people just have to be first, ...