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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This version is much better than the previous version EXCEPT if you inadvertently touch the screen, it takes you to an isolated view of an article. This happens frequently and it’s rather annoying. Why not require a double tap of the screen for those who like the isolated view? I personally NEVER purposely use this alternate view, but I get it accidentally way too often.
App is poorly integrated
V steve
I subscribe through iTunes and yet am prompted to subscribe on nearly every article; this still occurs after restoring and checking that it says active subscriber. Trying to read the replica edition takes me through a browser where I have to go through multiple steps to log in again. Since most of the content requires going to the replica edition, this is a problem. The user experience with this app is very poor, especially considering the high price of the monthly subscription for very limited content. The content is great; the app is junk. You need to fix the app so that once authenticated the reader can read smoothly and move to the replica edition within the app.
Frustrated!!!
stupid paper
Bring back the old edition! I have spent 30 minutes trying to open today’s paper! Still nothing, tell me why I should continue my subscription???The e edition will not open in the paper format! Help would like to be able to read what I pay for!
Local Transparency
GrumpyUACust
The Modesto Bee is our greatest source of transparency and keeping local politicians accountable. It’s vital our local news survives the age of free internet news nit too mention all the fake garbage foisted upon us. Thank you McClatchy and Modesto Bee reporters for the light you bring in transparency.
Developer Response
Dear Valued Subscriber, Thank you for the positive feedback. Customer Care
• Video enhancements including support as lead media on article pages and vertical video display
• Enabled app store rating prompts
• Support for iOS 26
• 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
• Updated ‘Manage Subscription’ button in account settings to read ‘Manage In-App Purchases’
• Other bug fixes and performance enhancements
Version 11.1.11
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