Its current owner is the descendant firm, McClatchy Company, an American newspaper corporation. In 1933 it changed its name to the Modesto Bee and News-Herald, and in 1975 abbreviated the name on its masthead to The Modesto Bee. McClatchy and McClatchy Newspapers in 1924, it merged in the same year with the Modesto News-Herald, adopting that name as part of a consolidation. Get this The Modesto Bee page for free from Thursday, JanuJanu-9 500 Carr Cofs School 500 Antique) Collectible) Computer Sales A Services Auc tion. 67F News Local Sports Opinion California Biz Beat Obituaries Jobs/Recruiting Personal Finance Shopping Local 16 to 101 per hour in Modesto Here are 8 open jobs from cannabis to. The Modesto Bee founded in 1884 as the Daily Evening News and published continuously as a daily under a variety of names. The Modesto Bee is a California newspaper, it has about 70 employees and is delivered throughout central California, reaching places such as Modesto, Turlock, Oakdale, Ceres, Patterson and Sonora.