San Joaquin County Art, Culture & Media Digest

The Lodi News-Sentinel has moved. The new address 221 W. Oak St., Suite A, Lodi, CA 95240.

"From Labs to Lives" is a new website and video series launched by UC Davis highlighting the impact of research funded by the federal government. Read on for details.

Calling all musicians and music lovers. The California Bluegrass Association's Spring Campout is returning to Lodi April 16-21. Read on for details.

Read on to learn more about the new mural in downtown Tracy, painted by 2010 West High graduate Adrian Delgado.

Introducing Jose Garcia Martin, appointed the new Poet Laureate of Larthrop.

A decline in trusted local news has led to an explosion of online misinformation. Read on to learn more about the San Joaquin Delta College two-year Media Decoded pilot program to train "media ambassadors" to visit K-12 schools and events to spread the knowledge of media literacy.

The fifth annual Tracy Poetry Contest is soliciting submissions from local poets. Submissions open from March 1 - 21. Read on for more information.

Following a 2023 audit of Capital Public Radio finances by the California State University Chancellor’s Office, a lawsuit has been filed against the former general manager. Read on to learn why and what comes next.

Learn more about the San Joaquin and Amador County Arts Councils poetry contest for high school students and how to apply.

Designed when the population was just 33,000, the library is woefully inadequate to fill the needs of the rapidly growing City of Manteca. Read on to find out what is being done about it.

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.

Read on for details about the Escalon Holiday Parade on December and the vendor booths, food, activities and music around Main Street Park.

After a four pause, the Stockton Youth Symphony is performing again. Read on to learn more about their plans for the future.

In a November 14 press conference, City of Sacramento officials outlined a planned major investment in the Old Sacramento Waterfront. Read on for details.

Applications are being accepted to become the first Poet Laureate of the City of Lathrop.

Learn more about the 26th annual Sandhill Crane Festival being held in Lodi on November 2 and 3.

The public is invited to the Ripon Chamber of Commerce sponsored 39th Annual Main Street Day on October 19.

Applications and nominations are open for the position of Poet Laureate for the City of Ripon.

Sacramento State has put a corrected version of the CapRadio audit report online.

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.

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

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

The new Thomas Toy Community Center at 602 East Yosemite Avenue in Manteca opened for a "sneak preview" game night on July 25 and received positive reviews from local teens.

The new Thomas Toy Community Center in Manteca is calling for volunteers as it prepares to open in September.

The Thomas Toy Community Center at Fremont and Yosemite Avenue held an open house on May 17 ahead of its official opening in September.

More than half of the U.S. House supports a bill to extend the funds, but it can’t get out of committee.

The Lodi Grape Festival will be the location of the Lodi Comic Con on Saturday, May 11.

An exploration of the evolving mission of school libraries in the Manteca Unified School District.

I thought my journalism and others’ could change policy, perhaps even inspire a New Deal-style response equal to the challenge. Such was my naiveté.

It quickly became clear that Elon Musk’s SpaceX was responsible for the show. The lights were a Falcon 9 rocket carrying 22 new Starlink satellites into orbit. The rocket blasted off from Vandenberg Space Force Base at 7:30 p.m., and it’s trail was visible from Los Angeles to Joshua Tree National Park.

Located at Yosemite and Fremont Avenues in Manteca, the two-story 8,000 square foot building is being renovated to as a meeting and connection space for local teens and is expected to open with limited services summer of 2024.

The March 11 edition of the Los Angeles Times print edition will be its last at the Los Angeles Times Olympic printing plant in Los Angeles.