San Joaquin County Local News

A look back at Dr. Michelle Rodriguez's first year as superintendent of the Stockton Unified School District.

River Islands High welcomes its first students for the 2024-2025 school year.

Sky-high rent is among Californians’ biggest concerns. Nearly 30% of tenants spend more than half their income on rent; and the median rent is $2,850 a month, 33% higher than the national average.

Two propositions on the Nov. 5 ballot address this issue — though one does so in a rather roundabout way.

Legislators are pushing ahead with a retail theft bill package in their continued opposition of Proposition 36 — a November ballot measure backed by law enforcement groups and Republicans (and some Democrats) that would roll back parts of 2014’s Prop. 47.

The chemical, used for decades, can harm babies’ developing brains. Farmworkers and people living near fields are most at risk. The EPA issued a rare emergency order.

Residents of Camp Resolution in Sacramento announced their intention of remaining on the city-owned lot despite the lease expiring, and are seeking an injunction preventing eviction.

Though not a record, the City of Manteca issued permits for 978 housing units in the last fiscal year.

With its opening still months away, the Thomas Toy Teen Center is seeking donations and volunteers, and is hosting an open house on August 15.

Five candidates are in the running, so far, for election to be Mayor of Lathrop on November 5.

The Senate appropriations committee sent dozens upon dozens of bills — that have a price tag of at least $50,000 to $150,000 and that may also be politically dicey — to the dreaded suspense file, where many could die quickly on Aug. 15.

A critical new federal audit calls out California for doing too little to prevent fraudulent spending of homelessness funds. Nearly $320 million was at risk.

So many intense wildfires all at once require an intricate chess game for maneuvering firefighters and equipment around the U.S.

A proposal has been submitted for hundreds of new homes to be built on a 58.45-acre lot on Sedan Avenue in Manteca.

If the $10 billion state bond measure to fund school facility upgrades is approved by voters on November 5, millions of dollars will trickle down to a list of approved local projects.

The California Department of Health Care Services has granted $15 million to provide more mental health services to the homeless, whose numbers, according to the recent point-in-time count, have doubled over the last 2 years.

Sacramento State University released findings from an audit of Capital Public Radio which included misuse of funds and mismanagement of records.

Many landlords in California can only raise the rent a certain amount. On August 1, they — and their tenants — found out how high.

In a meeting on August 1, San Joaquin County Supervisors discussed the consequences of the 2014 Proposition 47, which reclassified several crimes from felonies to misdemeanors, and voted to support its repeal and replacement with Proposition 36 on the November ballot.

The last day that property owners in the Ripon Consolidated Fire District can vote on Proposition 218 is Thursday, August 8.

A Free Family Fun Night is scheduled for Friday, August 9 at Mossdale Landing Community Park, 700 Towne Centre Drive in Lathrop.