SPORTS EXPLORE Staying pat on What’sworth SAVE UP TO $326 my rankings, but watching as the IN COUPONS some big games fall TV season INSIDE areahead Lopez, 1C kicks off? 4B VOLUME 141,No. 266 FACEBOOK.COM/MODESTOBEE NEWSALL DAY. Sunnyand clear STAY CONNECTED MODBEE.COM TWITTER.COM/MODBEE YOUR WAY. SUNDAY SEPTEMBER 23 2018 $3 86°/58° See 2A bent repeatedly invoked “Bay Area principles” and progressive officeholderssuch as Gov. Jerry Glovescome offatsecond Brown, Rep. Nancy Pelosi and Lt. Gov. Gavin Newsom as ene- mies to the Valley. Harder lost no opportunity to Denham-Harder debate paint Denham as beholden to wealthy corporate political ac- tion committeeswhich have Unlike Thursday’s mostly VIDEO ing Journal Editor Kristina contributed amajority of the BY GARTH STAPLEY polite discussion before Hacker to issue awarning when incumbent’scampaign money, [email protected] Modesto Bee editors, the Forvideo of Saturday’sdebate, see things got rowdy: “I’dhate to including pharmaceutical com- candidates cameout swinging www.turlockjournal.com. ask anybody to leave.” panies. Denhamreminded the After severalweeksspent Saturday and kept landing Harder drewfirst blood,say- audience that most of Harder’s accusing eachotherofbeing too blows untilthe event, hosted by the candidates’ behavior. ing Denhamhasn’t secured one big contributors are not in the afraid to meet head-to-head in the TurlockJournal, ended 90 Thursday’s event, whichcan be dollar of federal funding for 10th District, covering Stanis- public, RepublicanRep. Jeff minutes later. replayed on The Bee’s Facebook Valley water projectssince his laus County and the south part Denhamand Democraticchal- “We’rethrowing barbs back page,had no audience, while electiontoCongresseight years of San Joaquin County. lenger Josh Harder debated and forth today.Iguess it’s kind the Journal on Saturday helda ago. Physical distance between the twice in threedays,including of fun,kind of entertaining,” lottery for limited seating at the Denhamcame right back: candidates mayexplain some of Saturday’s lively forum in Denhamreflected towardthe Carnegie Arts Center. Those “We call him ‘Bay Area Harder’ the difference in debate atmos- Turlock,claimed by both as end of Saturday’s fray. admitted had trouble stifling becausehealigns himself with their home base. Maybethe crowd influenced laughterand applause, prompt- Bay Area issues.”The incum- SEE DEBATE, 6A Redfordrole tackles robber Kavanaugh accuser who made headlines in Modesto reaches tentative BY DEKE FARROW [email protected] agreement here’s ablink-and- you’ll-miss-it reference to testify to Modesto in Robert Redford’s latest —and, reportedly,T last —movie as an NEW YORK TIMES actor: “The Old Man &the Gun.” WASHINGTON DirectorDavidLowery said The Senate Judiciary Com- the moment in the “very fiction- mittee and lawyers for the alized” storyofcareer criminal woman who has accused Forrest Tuckercomes when he Judge Brett Kavanaugh of is stashing stolen money be- sexually assaulting her when neath his floorboards.“We geta they were teenagers reached lookatthe spoils of his career,” atentative agreement Sat- the director said via email. urday for her to publicly testi- “There’s abox of rareand an- fy Thursday, an apparent tique coins in there —some- breakthrough in halting nego- thing Ibugged our prop guy tiations. about incessantly. Iwas ada- After abrief call late Sat- mant about having them, even urday, the lawyers and aides though you can barelysee to Sen. Charles Grassley, them!” R-Iowa, chairman of the Judi- Thecoinsare areference to a ciary Committee, planned to robbery Tucker and apartner talk again Sunday morning to pulled at the Modesto Coin continue negotiations over Center in McHenry Village on the conditions of the testimo- July5,1978. The floorboards ny, according to three people scene is among the fictional familiar with the call. Aides to elements,asTucker and ac- Sen. Dianne Feinstein of complice John Penrod(initially California, the committee’s identified as James Thomas, the top Democrat, were also fakenamehe gave police) never involved. made off with the coins. In real Negotiations could still life,they were arrestedafter falter over those details, engaging in agun battle with which include who will ques- Modesto Police who responded tion the woman, Christine to the store’ssilentalarm. Blasey Ford. But in tentative- Modesto Bee coverageofthe ly agreeing to aThursday robbery reported at least 11 hearing, Republicans made a officersdescended on the shop- significant concession that pingcenter, and threeengaged suggested they were working in gunfire with the robbers. to ensure that the session Penrod, 23,was shot three occurred after several days of times —inthe right eye, right uncertainty. shoulder and leftleg. Tucker, If no final deal is made, 57,wasn’t shot, “but his face Grassley will be left to decide wascut by flying glasswhen the Sunday whether to move police officers blasted out the ahead with acommittee vote rearwindow of the stolen geta- on Kavanaugh’s Supreme way car,” Bee reporterDaryl Court nomination scheduled Farnsworth wroteinthe July 6 for Monday. Kavanaugh, who edition.“He was booked into has vigorously denied the the Stanislaus County Jail on allegations, has repeatedly charges of attempted murder, expressed his desire to testify. armed robbery and auto theft.” In aletter to the committee In arelated article, witnesses Saturday afternoon, lawyers described the shootout as like for Blasey said they were somethingout of amovie or TV hopeful an agreement could show. “The cop was down on PHOTO ILLUSTRATION BY LAURIE MCADAM/THE MODESTOBEE Vintage photos from ModestoBee files be reached on the details. oneknee with his gun extended RobertRedfordstars (centercolor photofromFox Searchlight) in “The Old Manand the Gun”ascareer “Dr. Ford accepts the com- andhewas shooting,” oneman criminal Forrest Tucker.Tucker wasarrested in Modestoafter arobberyand gun battle. mittee’s request to provide said. her firsthand knowledge of Butdramatic as it was, the Brett Kavanaugh’s sexual coin store job didn’t make Low- VIDEO “There was so much to and to try to honor the spirit of misconduct next week,” they ery’s movie —oreven the final choose from in telling his story his biography, if not necessary wrote. The lawyers called screenplay. “Early drafts of the Foravideo report, see this story at thatweultimatelydecided to the letter of it. As aresult, much details of Grassley’s proposal screenplayincludedthe coin www.modbee.com. distill his essence downtoafew of the film is very fictionalized, “fundamentally inconsistent robbery,but overthe course of key components that were fea- and many chapters that would with the committee’s promise the film’s development, Imust Forrest Tucker’s life fell by the tured in the New Yorker article admit that many of the facts of wayside,” the director said. on whichthe film was based, SEE REDFORD FILM,12A SEEKAVANAUGH, 9A CUSTOMER SERVICE Classified Local Opinion To subscribe or reportdeliveryissues, 4E 3A 1B Comics 1M Lottery 2A Puzzles 5E 800-776-4233ormodbee.com/customer-service Explore 4B Obituaries 6B, 7B Sports 1C 2A SUNDAY SEPTEMBER 23 2018 StayConnected MODBEE.COM ....................................................... 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