During the month of October, the Turlock Firefighters went pink. After a month of selling pink t-shirts and fundraising for Breast Cancer Awareness, Captain Frank Saldivar announced that they had raised more than $18,000 for the Emanuel Cancer Center.

On November 1st, 2012, Emanuel Medical Center eliminated 24 positions, 17 of which were full time.

Turlock Christian High School has recently launched a new Future Farmers of America (FFA) Program, making the high school the first private school to launch FFA within the State of California.

Former Turlock City Council Member Billy A. Wallen, born on January 14th, 1944, passed away earlier this week, at the age of 68. Wallen was married to Joan Kleiber Wallen, father to Ellen and Greg, and grandfather to Anthony, Rebekah, and Nathaniel.