Love this show!! Every year it brings lots of joy and smiles to every face. I love the charity…read moreevents they do to help the community. I see the show every year. Never a disappointment!!!

We were impressed! It started slow, but then the boats just kept comming. (Well over 50) We saw…read moresome huge yachts but our favorite was a lil dingy with a huge rubber ducky on it. Some had dancing santas, dragons & some fun light effects. Multi generational fun for everyone!

Delta Reflections Lighted Boat Parade -Saturday, December 7, 2013, 6-8 p.m…read more Location: McCloud Lake at the Downtown Waterfront, mwyc.org 2013 was the 31st year for the Stockton Delta Reflections Boat parade and it did not disappoint! Lots of folks braved the low 20's frosty night air to wait expectantly for the San Joaquin County Sheriff's Department Boat to lead the pack of festively decorated boats. They shot their water hoses high up into the air, careful not to douse all the chilled onlookers or other boats in the lineup. They shone their green and red lights up towards the spray to create a beautiful icy rainbow. Many other entrants cruised by many dressed in Santa attire and called out gleefully to the crowd, "Merry Christmas"! The onlookers respond in kind and added a nice round of applause. The Boat Parade is one Christmas tradition I hope will always be around.

I truly Love this small town , it has wonderful people,food , Riverbank grocery,Garcia's Market!…read moreForemost Riverbank has a Great Sheriff's department as well as fire department & ambulance . Wonderful library with amazing staff. The city comes & fixes any road repairs within a week when reported . All to protect the safety of the Residents . I love the small feel of the small town community..

This is a cute little town with nice neighborhoods and shops. It's small but bigger than Ceres, I…read morethink...there's also newly developed areas and parks that look family friendly. Check out the shopping plaza with the Target, there's a nice neighborhood with a large park great for walking your dog.

Update! Another…read moreYelper heard a rumor that the Parade, that usually happens before the celebration at the Stockton Civic Auditorium, will be canceled this year. Went on the stocktonchinese.org website to investigate... It's true, unfortunately! Here are the brief details: ( stocktonchinese.org/cnyc.php ). Read the second sentence carefully...

it's a good time to be had by all at this annual event. I been coming to this event for the last…read more22 years straight without missing a one! The dim sum is always a big hit so make sure you come early before they run out! The lion dance at the beginning is always a crowd pleaser. I remember when they use to light up and throw real fire crackers during the lion dance. With the parade now on the same day is a huge plus for this event.

Getting to see the trophy was worth the 52 year wait!!!!!!…read more Its not like I am not 52 years old but it's been 52 years since the Giants have won a World Series. I was going to be visiting Stockton to see my family anyways this week when to my surprise I found out the World Series trophy was going to be making a stop in the Central Valley in my hometown! The viewing was only from 4-6pm and was at the Civic Auditorium in downtown Stockton. We arrived about thirty minutes before the viewing started and there was already a line around the block!! Orange and black was everywhere. The people in line acted like it was everyone's birthday and like we all were family. It was a very unifying experience, especially in a place like downtown Stockton. The line took about 45 minutes or maybe a hour to get through. When we got to the front they were letting groups of around 30 people inside the actual auditorium where you got to wait in another long circular line to take your picture with the trophy. You were allowed to take pictures of the trophy from a far with your own camera but when it came time to take your picture with the trophy they had a "professional" photographer who took a single picture of you. You were handed a little slip of paper with a website address and gallery number and according to the guy who I talked to the picture would be available for purchase online within 24 hours. I hear it costs 20 bucks. You better believe if I look even halfway decent in the picture I will totally buy it. They were even cool and didn't get all upset when I got behind the photographer with my cell phone to get some good up close pictures of the trophy itself. The long line was totally worth the once in a lifetime experience of being up close and personal with the World Series trophy. Long live the Orange and Black!! Gooooooo Giants! :0)

Wow, 52 years on the "making"!! We deserve this more than anybody. Line is 3/4 around the block…read moreand doors don't even open for another ten minutes!! Go Giants!

~Journal Entry, February 25th, 2024 @ 0655 (Military Time)…read more In today's ~Journal Entry, I am going to share some helpful, useful & important information for those living in, visiting, or considering moving or traveling to, Turlock, California... Currently, I live here & have somewhere in the neighborhood (no play on words here) of greater than 10 years experience with both living here & visiting here while living with my kind Mother, Dar T. ....... Before I get knee-deep in detailing my experience here, I'd like to let you know, in the event you may not have experienced this situation just yet, that Turlock, California has a tendency of "flooding" during rainfall; light drizzles to heavy torrential rain-pours... Why you may be asking?; I honestly have not-clue-one. Best I have been able to ascertain, is that it's a rather "hilly-like-environment as far as the "ground & soil" are concerned... Sorta like a small roller-coaster is how it feels to walk on areas not covered in asphalt and/or concrete (cement= the "Wet" stage of concrete, Concrete=dried & cured "cement". Cement= The "Wet- Stage-Of Dried Concrete (that's my personal definition of Cement & Concrete; it helps me to be able to recall the differences as needed in this lifetime.) Having described & explained the "hilliness" of Turlock's soil areas, The City of Turlock pays a solid-forward when they offer at NO COST to it's residents; COMPLIMENTRY/FREE/ZERO COST Sand & Soil (it's a mixture of both), FILLED SAND~BAGS. Here's the Skinny (Details; Information): 1. IF YOU RESIDE "IN TURLOCK", I repeat: "IN TURLOCK", you are privy to obtaining PER DAY; I REPEAT, Per Day; 10 Sand~Bags PER Day / PER PERSON/PER RESIDENT. Mom & I drive down, together & load a total of 20 Sand Bags Each into her Trucks~Bed then we take them home for use in 'filling holes from her cherished Sheep & other areas ON and I repeat ON HER OWN PROPERTY... Your not supposed to use them for gardening purposes etc??. (That I am aware) If it turns out you learn something different about these details please PM (Private Message me and I will make the needed corrections; Thank you Sincerely, in Advance for the Assistance; I appreciate you) ... They are a gift from the City of Turlock, Even THOUGH we live in the County we are Zoned, City, for some unknown reason... It' makes communication with the County difficult most of the times as sometimes they say we have to go to the Cornucopia Locale and the rest of the limited time they say we are in the City Limits. Either way, the sandbags help greatly; I mean GREATLY... I have an area that floods pretty badly during medium to heavy consistent rainfall. The sandbags are a LIFE SAVER LITERALLY..... Seriously... I noticed the past 2-3 "loads", we obtained ourselves, were a mixture of "Sand" AND "CLAY SOIL" ... I don't know how I feel about this concoction.... On one hand, the clay holds it together nicely... On the other hand, once the clay is "DRY" it becomes a serious labor of love project to chip away at it. MY experience has shown me that it will be the most user-friendly, (the clay that is), if I smooth out the area just filled with the clay/sand mixture... That's just my experience as once dry it behaves like "concrete really" and "cement when wet/moist"... Either way it's super affordable & Mom and I are both on pretty strict regimens with our finances & resources so this really helps, as to purchase them would be very costly indeed... so THANK YOU CITY & COUNTY OF TURLOCK; you've got two ladies who want to thank you personally for your generosity, skillset & availability of a substance/product/item we need & use annually (we usually make several trips per annum to keep ahead as much as possible; on the unpredictable & predictable weather... We are long time residents/homeowner(s) who appreciate your efforts; immensely... One CONCERN I HAVE FOR YOU: CITY & COUNTY OF TURLOCK (located in Stanislaus County) : Have you given any thought to recycling the empty "SACKS/BAGS" of Sand once empty??? We've been trying to figure out a use for them and the only use I've been able to come up with is utilize them to for the excrement of my cat's litter boxes and they combined have 5 different litter boxes for them all to utilize at their discretion... I don't know what else to use them for really as we don't have mounds of dirt/soil/sand etc. laying around to re-fill them with. (QUOTED) "**During the raining season, sandbags will be available at a self-serve basis 24/7 at 901 South Walnut Ave, Turlock, California. During a storm, the City will man the sand bag station from 8AM-4PM Mon.-Fri." *** NOTE & QUOTED: AVAILABILITY for Sandbag(s). Info copied & pasted from their own website here: https://www.cityofturlock.org/neighborhoodissues/waterissues/flooding.asp#:~:text=During%20the%20raining%20season%2C%20sandbags,%2C%20please%20dial%20668%2D1200. YOU are FIRED City Of TURLOCK. (The End) Sincerely, ~Jana Leigh

I was raised in this town from 11 years on. What a great place ro raise your children. I had an…read moreincredible seven years here, before I joined the Air Force, which took me to Denver, CO. I moved to Florida after my service. I was there for seven years. However, there's this black hole that pulls everyone, from this town, back in. I brought my seven year old daughter, T-Money (haha, she'd kill me, if she read this) to grow up in this great town of mine! She suffered the your're-not-from-here phase (I think, I suffered worse, starting Junior High). But she's made the best of friends, since!!! I, sometimes, struggle with small town drama, but it's all worth it (MAYBE, MAYBE NOT)! We have an annual Rodeo,with that small town parade, the second weekend, in April, every year!!! Let me tell you how much fun we have every year. We always head straight to, the local bar, H-B Saloon. If your up for beer for breakfast, start your day here. Otherwise, bring your kids and sit out front and down 108 to watch the festivities (the 108 is closed for a couple od hours)! Then it's off to the Rodeo to start some real cowboy action. Bull riding, Broncos bucking, roping and more. The beer tent is fun as well! Put your boots on and skee-daddle on down!!! We also have a Chocolate Festival, annually. Who doesn't LOVE chocolate??? This town may be small, but it's MY TOWN!!! Da nah nuh nuh nuh !!!

No, there's not very much happening here. Ok, there's really…read morenothing happening here. Their "downtown" is about 2 square blocks. But I can appreciate small town goodness, & I think it is a good thing. A suburb of Modesto, between Modesto & Ripon, Salida is only 10 minutes away from Motown. Just a hop, skip, & a jump. The residential appeal here is a strong one. Neighborhoods are uber clean, quiet, & private. This being the Central Valley, you're surrounded by gobs of land, & so there are properties that are off the main roads & totally hidden. Another appeal of residing in this area. I have to mention the taco truck. I mean THE taco truck. Tacos El Hidalguense. 5 stars to boot. It is here, in Salida. A very quiet community, but not a bad one. 3 stars.