San Joaquin County Public Safety Digest

Assemblymember James Gallagher speaks during the floor session at the state Capitol in Sacramento on June 13, 2024. Photo by Cristian Gonzalez for CalMatters

It's mosquito season, and West Nile virus has been detected in Yolo, Sacramento and San Joaquin Counties. CapRadio presents a guide to staying safe.

The San Joaquin County Mosquito and Vector Control District reported mosquitos sampled from Stockton tested positive for West Nile virus.

Almost 400 suppliers, two-thirds in communities of color, don’t meet safety and reliability standards. Fixing them would cost billions.

As COVID infections increase, CapRadio provides answers to frequently asked questions.

Before the first official day of summer, almost 90,000 acres have been burned in California wildfires.

In the June 18 meeting of the San Joaquin Area Flood Control Agency, an unofficial count of mail-in ballots from stakeholder property owners indicate passage of an increase in property tax to fund levee repairs and upgrades. The count will be verified and certified in July.

With multiple fires already burning in the state, forecasters predict the coming fire season will be "very active."

The City of Manteca is commencing street and safety upgrades in a number of areas in the city.

On June 6, CalFire reported the Corral Fire in San Joaquin County south of Tracy is 100% contained.

Starting around 3PM on Corral Hollow Road south of Tracy, the fire has grown to over 10,000 acres, and some residents ordered to evacuate.

The City of Manteca approved a contract with Ronin Protection Solutions for private security service for various locations in the city.

According to a Manteca Public Safety Tax Oversight Committee report, Measure M funds are paying for 18 firefighter and 20 police positions in the city.

In their May 14 meeting, the San Joaquin County Board of Supervisors approved $1.1 million in increased funding to be distributed across 19 fire districts in the county.

The City of Manteca has deployed additional license plate readers and red light cameras to fight crime and reduce traffic incidents.

More than 6,000 residents live outside the targeted 5-minute accident, fire and police response-time zone in southwest Manteca.

The Lathrop Police Department announced the hiring of Gabrielle Johnson as a new Community Services Officer.

A CalTrans project to improve traffic, bicycle and pedestrian safety on a stretch of Kettleman Lane is set to begin on April 29 and will be completed by June.

At a promotion and induction ceremony on April 29, the The Ripon Consolidated Fire District will be swearing in new fire chief Eric DeHart.

In their April 9 meeting, the Ripon City Council discussed hosting a public workshop about the East Main Traffic Signal Project.

Manteca Fire responded to 168 fires in Ripon, providing coverage in cases when the single available fire engine and team were engaged.

Ripon Consolidated Fire District is seeking a parcel tax increase to fund the hiring of six firefighters.

Intended to reduce fire danger as summer approaches, the City of Manteca’s annual Weed Abatement Program begins May 1, enforcing the City’s weed ordinance requiring grass and weeds be under 6 inches in height.

Citing recent traffic deaths, residents ask for traffic safety measure including more stop signs at intersections.

CalTrans has reached out to inhabitants of the homeless encampments on the Main Street and 120 Bypass interchange and has begun work to clean up the area and secure it from future camping.

A tornado stuck Kings county briefly, and another touched down in Madera county, as favorable conditions came together during a powerful winter storm which swept the region.

A report of a 12 month study which ended in February indicates almost half of those cited for drug usage were not residents of the city, leading to questions about city approaches to drug addiction.

Sacramento, known for its tree-filled landscape, faces unique challenges in intense weather. The convergence of high winds with large trees poses significant risks to people and urban infrastructure.

Heritage District residents asked the Lodi City Council why street and infrastructure improvements have not been considered in their neighborhood.

California’s law that requires background checks when purchasing ammunition is back in place.

Atmospheric rivers are well-known weather phenomena along the West Coast. But the intensity of recent atmospheric rivers is almost certainly affected by human-caused climate change.

A handful of super powerful tropical storms in the last decade and the prospect of more to come has a couple of experts proposing a new category of whopper hurricanes: Category 6.