Stockton News

The Port of Stockton is offering free two-hour boat tours of the Port's facilities every other Saturday and every other Thursday, from July 12 through September 11. The free boat ride will be aboard the "California Sunset," a 55-passenger Delta cruise boat operated by Opportunity Cruises.

Mark Lewis, Stockton's controversial and charismatic city manager 2001-06, and the city official who who oversaw the arena and ballpark construction, has announced his retirement as City Manager of Chowchilla.

Senior Chaplain Jim Reid of the Stockton Police Department has heard the stories, seen the tears and eased the fears of many officers who were involved in a high-speed pursuit that led to a deadly shootout with heavily armed bank robbers last week.

He was surrounded by his wife Elizabeth and their two sons. David was born on February 19, 1919 in Stockton, and was a proud lifelong Stocktonian.

State Assemblywoman Susan Eggman, D-Stockton, will be among those joining Gov. Jerry Brown on a trade and investment mission to Mexico that begins Sunday and runs through July 30, a spokesman from her office said today.

The nation's largest medical prison will once again receive new patients, nearly six months after new admissions were halted when problems with care, sanitation and other areas arose at the California Health Care Facility.

Retirees Mike Shane and William Davis protest near the federal courthouse in Detroit on July 3. Workers and retirees approved pension cuts in Detroit's bankruptcy by a landslide, the city reported Monday.

Farmer and businessman Tony Noceti said Monday he will spearhead the San Joaquin Asparagus Festival, scheduled for April 17-19 at the San Joaquin County Fairgrounds.

"He's my best friend. I have to bring him when I go to the park," Rob Thomas said as he listened to the live music Wednesday evening at Victory Park.

Police Officer Dana Mosher is now Sgt. Dana Mosher, promoted Monday during a ceremony presided over by Chief Eric Jones.

A 49-year-old armed man visiting a major shopping district in north Stockton on Saturday afternoon walked out of a business with stolen goods, struggled with store personnel and finally was detained and arrested, police reported.

A federal appeals court has denied the state of Arizona in its latest attempt to challenge the postponement of an inmate's execution, prompting state officials to say they will take the case to the U.S. Supreme... A federal appeals court ruled Monday that Arizona cannot execute a death row inmate without providing detailed information about the ... (more)

Homicide detectives were called out Sunday night to the scene of a fatal stabbing in a residential neighborhood just south of Oak Park in central Stockton.

While Stockton police continue to investigate last week's deadly bank robbery and shootout, the community is coming together to pay its respects to the victim.

Vic Atiyeh, Oregon's last Republican governor who shepherded the state through a deep recession during two terms in the 1980s, died Sunday night, a family spokesman said.

A 19-year-old Stockton man is expected to be charged Monday with triple-murder in the deaths of a woman taken hostage and two other robbery suspects who died amid a violent police shootout in broad daylight, prosecutors said.

Police in Stockton, California, say they've confirmed that a bank robber killed in a recent police shootout and hostage situation was among those suspected in an earlier heist at the same bank branch.

A Palestinian-American teen left with stitches and bruises from his detention by Israeli security forces hopes to return one day without incident to the Middle East, where he was beaten while visiting relatives.

The Jarring Sounds duo of mezzo Danielle Reutter-Harrah and Adam Cockerham performing on both guitar and lute has announced plans for their concerts to be given in San Francisco during the coming months of September and October.

CHP Officer Steve Eddy's K-9 Dax attacks a bite glove Officer Jerry Rudder wore during training this week at the Yolo County Fairgrounds.