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

Modesto gears up for the 26th Annual American Graffiti Festival & Car Show from June 6–8, 2025, celebrating classic cars and ...

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

Nina Burns reports from Modesto.

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

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.

Graffiti Summer returns to June with a month of events planned for car lovers and fans of Modesto native George Lucas’ film homage to his hometown teen years, 1973’s “American Graffiti.” ...

WORKING. TODAY. CLASSIC CARS TOOK OVER THE STREETS OF MODESTO TONIGHT. HUNDREDS OF CLASSIC CARS TAKING PART IN THE ANNUAL PARADE, KICKING OFF THE START OF THE AMERICAN GRAFFITI FESTIVAL AND CAR SHOW.

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 ...

But the greatest asset from Lucas was his experiences growing up in Modesto during the early ‘60s. The “American Graffiti” script is terrific and Lucas shot the film quickly and dealt with ...

“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 ...