Jardine: Hollywood pros hope to set series in Modesto - Columnists: Jeff Jardine - Modbee.com

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Jardine: Hollywood pros hope to set series in Modesto - Columnists: Jeff Jardine - Modbee.com:

"The city became synonymous with the Yosemite tourist murders, Chandra Levy's disappearance and her relationship with then-Rep. Gary Condit, and the Laci Peterson case.
Throw in homelessness, foreclosure and unemployment rates that rank among the country's highest and that The New York Times even ridiculed some Modestans for washing their cars on their lawns, and it paints a pretty depressing and humbling picture of the place we call home.
So when a Hollywood TV producer approached the Modesto police and other city officials about doing a program that would show the department and the city in a positive light and improve its image, it wasn't exactly the world's toughest sell -- as in, 'how soon can you start filming?'
Award-winning film editor Michael Glickman"