Stockton News

If you ever vacation in Northern California, you may find yourself in the grand city of Stockton.

From the time it started early Tuesday evening in Dean De Carli Waterfront Square, the NAACP-hosted memorial to Michael Jackson had the feeling of a block party that, after a while, swelled with people who came to sing along and who came to be a part of what seemed a land-mark moment in popular culture.

Police on Thursday released a sketch of a man accused of molesting a 10-year-old boy in a Stockton hospital restroom.

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The U.S. expects to send $1.5 billion in stimulus money Thursday to hundreds of communities around the country to prevent homelessness, including $1 million for Fresno to dismantle tent cities and move residents into privately owned apartments.

You've heard of "The Man In The Mirror," but can you see "The Man In The Tree Stump?" A family in Stockton, California says the image of Michael Jackson mysteriously appeared on a tree stump in their front yard the day the King of Pop died.

Share + Jul 7, 2009 11:40 pm US/Pacific STOCKTON, Calif. 1 of 1 Melissa Huckaby, 28, listens in a Stockton, Calif., courtroom during her arraignment on April 14, 2009.

The state tortured Michael Angelo Morales in a mock execution three years ago when officials delayed his death sentence but waited hours to tell him, attorneys for the Stockton man argue in a letter critical of California's newly proposed lethal injection procedure.

Random post-holiday thoughts for a Sunday morning: Bring back the Stockton fireworks I miss the atmosphere and the sense of togetherness as much as the oohs and ahs of bursting fireworks.

Stockton city offices will be closed on Monday as the first scheduled furlough day in fiscal year 2009-2010. On furlough days city offices and departments, with the exception of emergency response functions, are closed.

That the Community Center for the Blind and Visually Impaired thought to honor Mimi Eberhardt, its longest-termed board member, in conjunction with its 60th anniversary came as no surprise.

As we introduce the new Friday edition of this column, here are some quick-read items for your holiday weekend reading pleasure.

Michael Jackson was there for us when it mattered most. He didn't have to, but that was the side of him that many people did not know.

Cleveland Edwards didn't want to hold up the line of autograph-seekers at Stockton Ballpark.

Investigators say the 22-year-old victim was walking on a bike path under the Calaveras River Thursday morning around 9AM when it happened.

A Stockton racquetball instructor has been arrested on suspicion of sex crimes, police said Tuesday.

Stockton police investigators hope the release of a composite drawing of a rapist will bring someone forward who knows the man.

The City of Stockton Fire Department is proud to announce that it has retained its Class 1 Rating from the Insurance Services Office .

The cleanup of a Superfund site next to Stockton's Deep Water Channel is under way, and city officials say the area eventually will become a business or industrial park.

Friends and family are mourning the death of John Greaves, who was killed Friday evening after he was hit by a car while bicycling on Camino Tassajara Road near Dublin.