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03/21/2024

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.

03/20/2024

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

03/19/2024

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.

03/19/2024

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.

03/15/2024

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.

03/15/2024

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.  

03/13/2024

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.

03/13/2024

Waqar Rizvi has surpassed opponent Anthony Silva in second place in the race for Stockton City Council District 2, according to the latest results from last week’s election, and will move onto a runoff election in November if the outcome …

03/12/2024

Over 80 Stockton youth residents ages 16-19 can now apply for a four-week paid summer employment program, city officials said. 

03/08/2024

The Stockton State of the City address is set to take place April 18 when residents will hear from the mayor about the progress made throughout the city as well as future plans.

03/07/2024

For three days this week, a controversial song that mimics Native American stereotypes played for one minute during the period between classes at Stagg High School in Stockton and some people are angry. 

03/07/2024

Political newcomer Mariela Ponce, who did minimal campaigning and didn’t even have an election page, was ahead in the race for Stockton City Council District 2, according to preliminary election results Wednesday morning. 

03/06/2024

A retired University of the Pacific professor who taught there for 40 years has died, the school announced this week. 

03/05/2024

San Joaquin County Supervisor Tom Patti and longtime educator Christina Fugazi appear to be potentially headed to a November runoff election in the race to be Stockton’s next mayor, based on an early vote tally from Tuesday’s election. 

03/05/2024

Hollywood entertainer and Stockton native Jason Lee and Vice Mayor Kimberly Warmsley could be headed to a November runoff election for the District 6 seat on the Stockton City Council, according to preliminary results from Tuesday’s election.

03/02/2024

THREE REPUBLICAN CHALLENGERS are taking on a three-term Democratic congressman to represent San Joaquin and slivers of two other counties in the U.S. House of Representatives. One is a political newcomer, one has run before, and one is Stockton’s current …

03/01/2024

Visitors will have the chance to enter the Haggin Museum in Stockton free of charge on Saturday.

03/01/2024

IT’S A LONG way from the glitter of Hollywood to the streets of south Stockton. But for self- professed millionaire Jason Lee Johnson, who grew up here, his return has been anything but quiet.

03/01/2024

With just days remaining for voters to cast their votes in the March 5 primary election, the San Joaquin County Registrar of Voters has added security measures to help reduce any concerns of voter fraud.

02/29/2024

Police officers who shot and killed a 39-year-old man in Stockton in 2020 will not be prosecuted, the San Joaquin County District Attorney’s Office said this week.