San Joaquin County Local News

11/24/2024
In their November 19 meeting, the Stockton City Council approved a plan to issue $50 million in bonds to finance a 94-unit low-income housing development on a East Lindsay Street parcel. Read on to learn more.

11/22/2024
Following a "cybersecurity incident" which led to the shutdown of Internet access to court systems, online services have been restored. Read on to learn more.

11/21/2024
Learn more about the results of an audit of CapRadio's 2023-2024 fiscal year and how it revealed the public radio nonprofit to be almost $10 million in debt.

11/21/2024
Winter is coming, and the Ripon Rotary Club has launched its Winter Coat Drive to assist those in need in keeping warm and dry. Learn how you can help.

11/21/2024
The City of Manteca is moving to weekly collection of recyclables and yard waste. Read on to get details of the new schedule.

11/21/2024
Learn more about the voter approved Measure K $598 million bond and how the funds will be used to upgrade Delta College facilities.

11/21/2024
Bird flu has been detected in chickens at a San Joaquin County farm. Read on to learn more about where and about this highly pathogenic virus.

11/21/2024
In their November 19 meeting, the Stockton City Council approved $6.5 million in funding for new equipment for the Stockton Police Department. Read on to learn more about how the funds will be used.

11/21/2024
Gov. Gavin Newsom signed the Racial Justice Act into law in September 2020, following the police murder of George Floyd. For the first time, defendants can put bias from any brush with the criminal legal system — from arrest to sentencing — on the stand.

11/21/2024
Cal State has a goal to graduate 40% of its freshmen within four years. It now graduates 36% — it’s highest rate ever. On other goals, the system is further behind.

11/21/2024
Floodwaters devastated the small communities of Pajaro and Planada in early 2023. California gave each town $20 million to recover – but as residents face down another winter, much of the aid has yet to reach them.

11/21/2024
Gov. Newsom gets the first of 13 regional plans to boost economic development across the state. The others are to be ready in January.

11/21/2024
Chronic absenteeism dropped to 20% last school year, but that is still higher than the pre-pandemic rate of 12%.

11/20/2024
The Stockton City Council approved a stricter ban on camping on public property in their November 19 meeting, and declared a local emergency on homelessness. Read on for details as to what that entails.

11/20/2024
Learn how $1 million in funding approved by the San Joaquin County Board of Supervisors is behind the launching of a small business center at University of the Pacific to assist local entrepreneurs.

11/20/2024
Lodi residents are invited to learn more about the annual leaf removal program starting this year on December 2 and how to can help.

11/20/2024
The Stockton Police Department announced the hiring of 60 additional officers this year, brining the total number of officers to 380. Read on to learn more about the turnaround in staffing and how the reauthorization of the Measure A sales tax helped fund it.

11/20/2024
As California public universities try to balance campus safety with students’ right to protest, community colleges are squaring off in court with students and staff who argue that the schools are violating their freedom of speech, explains CalMatters community college reporter Adam Echelman.

11/20/2024
History will — or at least should — see a $165 billion error in revenue estimates as one of California’s most boneheaded political acts.

11/20/2024
The nonpartisan Legislative Analyst’s Office projects a $2 billion shortfall for 2025-26, but says the state can’t afford big new programs. Gov. Newsom has complained about attention on the office’s deficit estimates.