American Graffiti Festival in Modesto has kicked off. Thousands gathered downtown on Friday to watch classic cars cruise and ...

The June 6 parade is followed by the Graffiti Festival and Car Show on Saturday and Sunday at Modesto Junior College's West ...

Despite the fact that the 1973 classic “American Graffiti” — written and directed by Modesto native George Lucas — is more ...

Nina Burns reports from Modesto.

Motown legend Smokey Robinson is next up in this season’s concert series at the Fruit Yard Amphitheater. Also set for Modesto ...

THE MOVIE AMERICAN GRAFFITI WAS BASED ON ALL THE CHARACTERS THAT LIVED HERE. PEOPLE LIKE SAMMY AUTRY. THIS IS ME. WHEN I WAS A JUNIOR IN DOWNEY HIGH SCHOOL, AUTRY KNOWS MODESTO, AND HE KNOWS CARS.

The American Graffiti Festival car parade is nearly a quarter-century old, and celebrates a pastime that in Modesto dates back to the mid-1940s. And still the destination event draws — and ...

WEBVTT HOWEVER ALL OF THE NUCLEAR FUEL REMAINS ON SITE. CITY OF MODESTO CELEBRATING ITS CULTURE BASICE FOR THE CLASSIC MOVIE AMERICAN GRAPH ITI ONE OF THE BIGGEST EVENTS OF THE YEAR. LIVE IN ...

MODESTO — The city of Modesto may be best known as the home of the movie "American Graffiti." In fact, there's a museum there dedicated to preserving that history. "American Graffiti" is the ...

“Tight Heads” is the title of actress Candy Clark’s new book. It’s a nod to the term used by fashion photographers during her modeling days and the act of putting heads together to watch a Polaroid ...

Although “American Graffiti” is set in Modesto, in California’s Central Valley, the film was shot in Petaluma, north of San Francisco, more than 100 miles from its place of origin.