San Joaquin County Public Safety Digest

Three days after immensely destructive and deadly wildfires broke out in and around Los Angeles, Gov. Gavin Newsom proposed a $322.3 billion state budget with a positive revenue forecast “based on an assumption of continued but slowing economic growth.”

Jennielynn Holmes stood in the middle of a make-shift evacuation center when the scope of the crisis hit her.

Key moisture measurements are only 2% to 5% of average, leaving dusty soils. And the recent swing from wet to dry is among the most extreme on record. This combination of climatic conditions crossed into a danger zone, priming much of Southern California for wind-whipped fires.

Read on to learn more about the huge active-shooter simulation which took place at a local high school campus involving public safety and first responder from agencies throughout the south San Joaquin Valley involving 270 people.

Read on to learn about the measures taken to harden and protect the lone remaining house of the neighborhoodfrom the Pacific Palisades fire in Southern California.

A presumptive case of H5N1 bird flu has been identified in a child who resides in San Francisco, the city’s Department of Public Health announced.The child had a fever and conjunctivitis but did not need to be hospitalized and has since made a full recovery, public health officials said Friday.

Official updated information from WatchDuty about the Eaton Fire in Southern California.

Official updated information from WatchDuty about the Palisades Fire in Southern California.

The Lodi Fire Department has sent a crew to join the all-hands-on-deck response to the wildfires raging in Southern California. Read on to learn more.

Read on to learn more about the periodic Santa Ana winds which whip Southern California every year, and how they are literally fanning the flames of the devastating fires which have so far killed over two dozen people and destroyed over 10,000 structures.

State prisoners have long been a part of California’s firefighting force. Hundreds of them now are deployed in Los Angeles County.

After days of sniping back and forth with President-elect Donald Trump over California’s handling of the fires ravaging Los Angeles, Gov. Gavin Newsom today invited the incoming Republican president to visit the state and survey the damage.

The Stockton Fire Department dispatched Engine 346 and its crew to join the battle against the wildfires sweeping Southern California. Read on for more information.

As climate change warms the planet, wildfires have become so unpredictable and extreme that new words were invented: firenado, gigafire, fire siege — even fire pandemic. California has 78 more annual “fire days” — when conditions are ripe for fires to spark — than 50 years ago. When is California’s wildfire season? It is now almost year-round.

President-elect Donald Trump faulted California water policies for the devastating wildfires that are burning in Los Angeles County. The fires started because of fierce winds and extremely dry conditions.

The federal government typically covers 75% of rebuilding costs after a major disaster. President-elect Trump has threatened to withhold firefighting money from California.

Learn about the new fire station and school set to break ground in 2026 in southwest Manteca.

Data from the Stockton Police Department show local homicides jumped 20% over the previous year. Read on to learn more about this disturbing finding.

San Joaquin County is home to one of the largest flocks of chickens infected with H5N1 bird flu according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Read on to learn more.

Stocktonia looks back at the past year of the Stockton Police Department gun buyback program.

Keith Poulsen's jaw dropped when farmers showed him images on their cellphones at the World Dairy Expo in Wisconsin in October. A livestock veterinarian at the University of Wisconsin, Poulsen had seen sick cows before, with their noses dripping and udders slack.

Cal Fire is taking applications for Camp Cinder, a free four-day, three-night immersive firefighter camp for young women ages 15-17. The program, led by women firefighters and offered June 23-26 in Shasta and San Luis Obispo, will teach rope skills, water rescues, hose movement, leadership and more,

As the first serious case of bird flu in a human is reported and more dairy herds across the state are infected, California Governor Newsom declared a state of emergency. Read on to learn what that entails.

Learn more about the two human cases of the H5N1 bird flu detected in San Joaquin County.

The mobile information application used by the Ripon Consolidated Fire District has been discontinued as a result of budget cuts. Read on to learn more.

Are food recalls on the rise? Yes. Read on to learn more.

The levee at the southwest edge of Victoria Island was found to have sunk enough to warrant concern. Read on to learn more about this project.

Learn more about the expanding recall of raw milk products following detection of bird flu in tested samples.

The City of Manteca spends over $600,000 annually for security at the emergency homeless shelter on Industrial Park Drive. Read on to learn more.

Meet Manteca's new fire truck, a $2 million beauty which can navigate narrow streets and reach the tallest buildings.

Read on to learn how the City of Stockton Police Department is responding to an increase of 43% in traffic deaths in a year.

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.