The Oakland Temple of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is pictured in 2019. A new temple is planned for Modesto. Garth Stapley Modesto The public can view plans at an upcoming event ...

Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints members in the South Bay have made the 40-mile drive north to the only other Mormon temple in the region, a sprawling sanctuary in the Oakland hills.

Thursday morning was foggy and crisp as several members of the Church of Jesus Christ ... to have a temple in town so they would no longer have to journey to the temple in Oakland.