San Joaquin County Local News

In their August 27 meeting, the San Joaquin Board of Supervisors directed staff to explore a project to bring a medical school to the county, possibly to be located at the San Joaquin General Hospital campus in the French Camp.

California Highway Patrol officers received historically high raises in 2022 and 2023, but it continues to face a high vacancy rate of 16%.

Some Democrats are pushing bills that could put their colleagues on the hot seat in an election year. The authors say they’re representing their constituents and there’s never a perfect time for votes.

A look at the career of Susan Talamantes Eggman as she reaches the end of her last term as state senator from Stockton.

With almost $15 million on hand, a look at current and future community park projects in the pipeline for the City of Manteca.

The Measure Q November ballot measure to increase the City of Manteca sales tax by three-quarters of a cent gained support from the Manteca Chamber of Commerce.

In their August 27 meeting the Sacramento City Council approved an update to the police military equipment policy.

New Stanislaus State President Britt Rios-Ellis shared her views on the bright future of the Stockton satellite campus.

A look at the 2023 San Joaquin County agriculture report: $3.22 billion in production by 3,340 mostly small family-owned farms.

With the addition of two new firefighter paramedics, Ripon Fis=re State #1 is fully staffed.

Pharmacy benefit managers attempt to negotiate cost savings for insurers. California is considering new rules that would require them to pass their discounts on to consumers.

About 4 in 10 Californians are carrying medical debt. Lawmakers are advancing a bill that would prevent that debt from affecting credit scores.

A trio of California Democratic lawmakers say they’re frustrated by high cost estimates that helped kill their health care legislation. Did the Newsom administration inflate the numbers to quietly kill the bills?

In the final week of session, legislators are debating whether to give more leeway to public school teachers when to report students to law enforcement. Supporters say disabled and students of color are unfairly disciplined, but opponents say school safety is at risk.

Gov. Gavin Newsom has taken to using state resources to fight crime on a local level. Not everyone in the cities he’s taken an interest in is thrilled with the results.

Birth centers are popular options for families who want to deliver a baby outside of a hospital. Nineteen of them closed in California in the past decade, deepening the state’s maternity care crisis.

Stocktonia notes an increase in trustees showing up late, leaving early, or not attending meetings of the Stockton Unified Board of Education.

Construction of several projects to renovate facilities at Micke Grove Regional Park are set to begin soon.

A summary of how $29.3 million over two rounds of funding to address homelessness in San Joaquin County have been directed.

A summary of the Tracy City Council discussion and voting on their response to each of the findings in the recent San Joaquin Civil Grand Jury report.