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San Joaquin County submitted more than $13.7 million in federal funding requests recently for six projects that will enhance programs, services, and infrastructure.

A town hall meeting to address human trafficking will be held Wednesday at San Joaquin Delta College in Stockton. 

A DAY BEFORE a vote by the Stockton City Council regarding his tenure on the Charter Review Advisory Commission, Motecuzoma Sanchez announced his decision to resign from the post.

The 38th San Joaquin Asparagus Festival will be returning to Stockton this month for three days. 

Federal prosecutors are charging a Stockton beekeeper with allegedly smuggling in illegal pesticides from Mexico, the U.S. Attorney’s Office said.

The city of Stockton on Wednesday will host the first of two open house meetings for the community to discuss planned safety improvements on two streets.

The artwork of a fourth-grade student at an elementary school in San Joaquin County was turned into a vehicle wrap this month for the South San Joaquin Irrigation District’s service truck tailgates.

A bike rodeo to help children learn about safe biking skills will take place in April at a Stockton elementary school.

A $250,000 settlement between a former San Joaquin County deputy public defender and the county Public Defender’s Office was approved Tuesday by the San Joaquin County Board of Supervisors.

A professional diver who found the body of a missing high school student in the Calaveras River last week was recognized for his effort by the San Joaquin County Board of Supervisors on Tuesday.

Khadija Fox screamed in pain when the doctor forcefully pulled her baby out in a Stockton hospital birthing room years ago.

AN ATTEMPT TO add controversial website founder Motecuzoma Sanchez to another city commission during the March 19 City Council meeting ended abruptly when a motion to confirm his appointment failed to be seconded.

The family of a 15-year-old Stagg High School student who jumped into the Calaveras River in Stockton and was found dead following a six-day search set up a donation account this week for a funeral service.

The California Public Utilities Commission listened to more than 200 phone comments Tuesday over their consideration to release AT&T from its obligation to serve as the state’s carrier of last resort.

Gov. Gavin Newsom has announced the appointment of multiple residents of the greater Bay Area to administrative positions across the state.

A community’s desperate search for a Stockton teenager who went missing in the Calaveras River near Stagg High School last week ended tragically Tuesday with the discovery of his body.

In what has become a familiar refrain 0ver the years for residents of Rio Vista and Delta island dwellers who rely on the levee backroads to get around, the Real McCoy II ferry boat is out of service. Again.

The mother of a 15-year-old Stagg High School student in Stockton pleaded Friday for the community’s help in the search for her son, who is believed to have jumped into the Calaveras River earlier this week.

THE JOKE AT Ranch Coffee Shop on Sunday was that owner Dorothy Clare had injured herself in a fall so she was taking “early retirement” — after only 68½ years.  

The latest results from last week’s election show two candidates vying to make a November runoff election to represent San Joaquin County Board of Supervisors District 1 are separated by just 10 votes.