CONSTRUCTION ON A $2 billion levee project that will effectively protect more than a third of Stocktonians’ homes from flooding kicked off this past Friday. Local government officials took part in an April 18 groundbreaking ceremony off March Lane at …
SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY residents already bracing for possible federal cuts to Medicaid could be hit with a one-two punch as Congressional Republicans plan to slash another $230 billion, much or all of which could come from the federal food stamps …
AS WINTER STORMS soaked California in early 2023, the Sacramento River swelled toward flood stage. Levees protecting large expanses of farmland and many towns sprung leaks. At one site, response crews drove metal sheets into the earthen berm and lined …
THREE INOPERABLE FIRE HYDRANTS that hindered Stockton firefighters responding to a massive blaze at a recycling plant last week are symptoms of an ongoing problem in the city, authorities said.Fire crews arriving at Zarc Recycling on south California Street on …
MORE THAN HALF of the San Joaquin Valley’s population could be bracing for “devastating” cuts to their health insurance coverage as House Republicans decide how to slash some $880 billion from Medicaid.Among Californians, Valley residents have perhaps the most to …
TRUTH BE TOLD, there’s a lot of white trucks in Modesto.White Dodge Rams, white GMC Sierras, white F-150s, white Ford Transit vans, white Suburbans, white Silverados, white Chevy Colorados. So many white trucks, all of them American-made: a sure sign …
CHANGE TENDS TO come at a creeping pace, if at all, in the Sacramento River community of Hood. Families that settled in this Delta outpost generations ago remain today, and pear orchards planted decades ago are still the region’s signature …
IT IS YET to be seen how a backlash against Elon Musk’s government budget-cutting efforts will affect Tesla sales. But based on recent news reports, the prospects don’t look good.A dip could hurt efforts to convert to clean cars in …
A STOCKTON-BASED aerospace company is reaching for the stars with the acquisition of a firm that, among other things, was part of the team that created the deployable sunshield on the James Webb Space Telescope.Applied Aerospace, which makes various aerospace …
The Stockton Police Department is hosting a gun buyback event Saturday where people can receive cash gift cards in exchange for firearms.The event is planned from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at a parking lot at 300 N. Harrison St.People …
A 102-YEAR-OLD Stockton man was bumped from San Joaquin County’s voting rolls because officials mistakenly thought he had died.Marvin Lykins, a retired physician and World War II veteran, was removed from the rolls last month in what the county Registrar …
THE CENTRAL VALLEY’S LGBTQ+ community is once again learning what a difference a presidential administration makes. And it’s adapting.Since Donald Trump returned to the White House last month, his administration has unleashed a wave of anti-transgender, anti-diversity and anti-inclusive policies …
THE SAN JOAQUIN County Sheriff’s Office has raised almost half of the $500,000 in private donations it needs to complete its memorial to law enforcement officers killed in the line of duty. But the clock is ticking.“We would like to …
ALMOST A YEAR and a half ago, a San Joaquin County sheriff’s investigator presented a judge with a document that helped launch a criminal case against Stockton school board member AngelAnn Flores. Across nearly 40 pages, that search warrant affidavit …
THE STOCKTON CITY COUNCIL voted unanimously to approve $236,479 from the city’s general fund reserves to pay for increased security measures at City Hall.The security measures include creating a full time security services manager, to the tune of $49,724. The …
THE STOCKTON CITY COUNCIL has unanimously ordered a moratorium on smoke shops after hearing reports of tobacco products being sold to minors or stores carrying banned products, such as flavored vapes or cannabis-related industrial hemp.The council’s 45-day moratorium, approved at …
A man was arrested on suspicion of illegally dumping petroleum waste into a Stockton waterway, the California Department of Fish and Wildlife said. Multiple agencies responded on Sept. 28, 2024 to a report of petroleum product released near the Smith …
FAVIOLA AMBRIZ WORKS with preschool children in Oxnard and received frantic calls from parents 15 minutes before school started one day last month. ICE agents had been spotted near the school — news that spread rapidly through the local radio …
Drivers soon may want to be on their best behavior when rolling through the streets of Tracy.Tracy police recently announced the launch of a new red-light camera program that will see several cameras placed at intersections around the city in …
A new bill by a Bay Area state senator aims to create a special fund to help clean up so-called forever chemicals in California’s water supply.Senate Bill 454 was introduced by Jerry McNerney, D-Pleasanton, on Tuesday and, if passed by …
