It was a low key ending to the summer season for the Monday, Sept. 1 Labor Day holiday. Flags were placed along Main Street in Escalon by members of the local American Legion and at Jacob Myers Park off Santa Fe at the San Joaquin-Stanislaus County line, crowds gathered to splash around in the cooling waters of the Stanislaus River. Temperatures reached triple digits, then the overnight hours into Sept. 2 brought lightning, thunder and light rain, with the lightning sparking multiple fires and prompting some evacuations in outlying areas of Stanislaus, San Joaquin and Calaveras counties.

Times Photos By Marg Jackson