Stockton News

The tale of Stockton's castaway dog stranded and starving on an inaccessible Delta island continued this week with several volunteers and agencies stepping forward to take action or offer assistance.

"He said, 'Let's go for a walk,' " said Shaw, who is now 65 and still living on the same property he has for his entire life.

Police have arrested a parolee in connection with an assault in downtown Stockton that hospitalized a 76-year-old parking lot attendant, authorities said.

The celebration of our magnificent city is soon approaching and everyone in the community can get involved.

Ellie Lima-Benton got a look inside the Lido Hotel on Wilson Way in Stockton recently.

The dog, which has been on the island for at least two months, had been seen by Stockton resident Vivian Portch.

That guy down the street who irrigates his driveway each morning might have a cold shower coming his way: a $500 fine for wasting water.

The memories of the night at Cal Expo 32 years ago aren't crystal clear, but Jay Springsteen does recall one thing in particular.

Melanie Norton traveled from Stockton, California to Palm Springs to stay in her twin brother's home and to begin grieving his death.

The rules make it illegal for Californians to water down sidewalks or driveways, to allow runoff from their lawns, to wash their cars with free-running hoses, and to use potable water in fountains or decorative water features.

After spending Tuesday in Northern California driving a Stockton veteran to and from his doctor's appointment at the Department of Veterans Affairs medical campus in Palo Alto, Rep. Jerry McNerney, D-Stockton, returned to Washington where, on Wednesday, he introduced legislation that would allow construction to begin on 10 VA medical facilities ... (more)

Arlene was born in Hayward, California to Arnold and Agnes Morris on August 31, 1923.

Two boys talking near Van Buren Elementary School around 9:35 p.m. Tuesday were robbed at gunpoint of their cell phones and a duffel bag, police reported.

Gunfire erupted late Tuesday resulting in a motorist being shot at and a house being struck in the Conway Homes neighborhood of southwest Stockton, police reported.

Members and friends of the Rotary Club of Stockton held a wreath laying ceremony on Memorial Day honoring World War II veterans who served their country overseas and on the home front during World War II.

When you've got farmers and fishermen, cities and environmentalists all in the same room, plotting the future of the Mokelumne River, the discussion is not always going to be pleasant.

State Sen. Cathleen Galgiani, D-Stockton, successfully requested an audit of the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation to ensure it hasn't run afoul of pension-reform law to stop "double-dipping" from retired public employees.

Police are asking for the public's help in solving a case involving an elderly man who remained hospitalized in serious condition Tuesday nearly two weeks after he was attacked while working as a city parking lot attendant in downtown Stockton.

A bankruptcy judge, wading into the volatile issue of public pensions in California, suggested today that Stockton workers' pensions could be reduced to facilitate the bankrupt city's financial reorganization.

The gang suspect who became widely talked about because of his mug shot is now in federal custody.