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About this app

The Modesto Bee local newspaper app connects you to trusted local journalism serving Modesto, Stanislaus County, and communities across California’s Central Valley. Stay informed with daily local news coverage focused on the issues affecting residents throughout the Modesto area, including reporting on local government, public institutions, public safety, education, business, crime, sports, and community developments, alongside investigative reporting and national headline news.

The Modesto Bee local newspaper delivers local reporting from Modesto and surrounding Central Valley communities, covering the decisions, events, and developments shaping daily life across Stanislaus County, with additional statewide California news and national coverage.

LOCAL NEWS
• Daily local news and stories from Modesto, Stanislaus County, and the Central Valley
• AI generated summaries on all articles reviewed by our newsroom
• Modesto Bee local newspaper opinions, editorials and columns
• Edition, a digital destination delivering a complete daily report of local, statewide, national, and world news curated overnight by our editors

LIVE VIDEO
• Watch live video of local news stories and national news coverage
• View photos and videos from local reporting and community events across the Central Valley

LOCAL SPORTS
• Full coverage reporting on local, pro and college sports teams
• Stay connected to your favorite teams and favorite sports writers

PERSONALIZATION
• Stay informed on the topics and articles that matter to you
• Favorite topics to get personalized feeds
• Search for news articles, videos, games and more
• Bookmark news articles to read later
• Read articles your way with full support for dark mode and light mode

Other Features
• Browse articles by category
• Share articles on Facebook, X Twitter or by email
• Comment on news articles
• Access and download previous issues of our newspaper
• Recharge and unwind with puzzles and games

GET DAILY NEWS AND MORE WITH THE MODESTO BEE LOCAL NEWSPAPER APP
Download our local newspaper app to stay informed on local daily news from Modesto and the Central Valley, crime, sports, national headlines, and more.

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Ratings and reviews

I like being able to read the news on my phone with this app. I wish it had a dark mode/theme to making reading at night easier. Edit December 2024: still no dark mode and app no longer saves log in information. You have to log in every time you open the app.

The updated app has had nothing but problems. They need to put a new group, person, etc on doing a proper update. The UI is a mess....no dark mode, the articles take 3 to 5 minutes to load then only have the article loads. What a mess they made of an app that had no issues.

My account sign in is through my Facebook account. But the Facebook app and the Modbee app don't get along. I can still read articles, but I can't use this app to read them. So, yeah.

What’s new

• Fixes display of Edition replica pages on Android tablets
• Video enhancements including support as lead media on article pages and vertical video display
• Improved Welcome screen (optimized copy and new image)
• Improved support for BeOp poll embeds
• Improved support for inline vertical images
• Updated article byline to remove the word “to”
• Added publication nameplate to Edition front pages
• Other bug fixes and performance enhancements