Escalon Police Chief Mike Borges said he is “knocking on wood” as the rain continues to fall this week but, so far, there have been no major issues associated with the series of storms that started late last week. Nearly four inches of rain was recorded from Friday through Monday around the Escalon area, but Borges said the impact appeared minimal. Meanwhile, the San Joaquin County Public Works Department was scheduled to begin a lane closure on the Stanislaus River Bridge, south of Escalon on McHenry Avenue starting this past Monday, Jan. 9 and continuing for roughly a month.