San Joaquin County Local News

In a special Lodi City Council meeting to discuss the budget, the City Manager made startling allegations of widespread abuse of city funds. A special meeting is called for April 9 to discuss the issue.

A report on the Hands Off rally attended by hundreds in Stockton.

Applications are open for the City of Tracy Mayor’s Summer Youth Internship Program.

A 36-month contract was signed by San Joaquin County and the California Nurses Association union representing nurses working in the county health system.

A report on the experiences of Lodi Unified School District student leaders who participated in a no cellphone challenge.

A report on the 32nd Annual Shrimp Dinner fundraiser for the Tracy Sunrise Rotary Club on April 5.

It’s hard to find the disciplinary history of for-profit colleges regulated by California. CalMatters is making it easier.

Nearly 60% of third graders aren’t reading at grade level. A new bill would require schools to use a phonics-based approach to teach students

In a special meeting on April 1, the Lodi City Council received bad news about city finances.

A fire at a Stockton e-waste recycling plant on April 2 was extinguished by the next morning, leaving a toxic mess behind.

Rural counties are some of the most reliant on federal funding and federal workers. But some still welcome Trump’s upcoming cuts to forestry and other departments

A fire in February damage a component necessary to power the San Joaquin County Fairgrounds. The race is on to restore electricity before the spring and summer fair season begins.

At a time when the political climate calls for strong and steady leadership, many Black Californians are losing faith in the lawmakers they sent to Sacramento to deliver on a justice agenda anchored by reparations.

Superintendent of Public Instruction Tony Thurmond has regularly worked side jobs at Bay Area nonprofits to earn extra income because he says the state pay is insufficient.

A surprising variety of firearms were turned in during a March 29 buyback event held by the Stockton Police department.

Infrastructure issues at California’s public universities are hindering students and faculty’s ability to learn and work on campus. Lawmakers and system leaders are hoping more state support can help them bring down the $17 billion price tag to fix their academic buildings.

Following the firing of two top financial officers by Interim City Manager Steve Colangelo in February, the City of Stockton is working to prepare the annual city budget of over $1 billion.

Californians accused of crimes have the right to an appointed defense attorney if they can’t afford to hire their own. In that way they are just like criminal defendants in every other state — protected, at least in theory, by the Sixth Amendment’s right to counsel.

A grant for $82,461 will fund the purchase of eight e-bikes by the Manteca Police Department.

A handful of legislators rallied near the state Capitol Thursday to promote what they’re calling an “extremely unsexy,” but important, bipartisan bill package intended to put California’s housing development into overdrive.