Stockton News

Jazz legend Dave Brubeck died nearly a year ago, but the legacy of the University of the Pacific alumnus lives on in his music, his record on social justice and in the programs supported by the University's Brubeck Institute.

Gloria Higinia Rojas, 74, passed away peacefully at her home on November 28th, Thanksgiving Day, surrounded by loved ones.

It will be cheaper in the long run to instal solar carports at San Joaquin County's corporation yard in south Stockton and use the energy from the sun than to buy electricity for the county facility, according to a resolution approved by the Board of Supervisors on Tuesday.

Detroit is saddled with more than $18 billion of debt and has just been deemed eligible for bankruptcy protection.

Emancipating the Past: Kara Walker's Tales of Slavery and Power , on view at the Crocker Art Museum in Sacramento through January 5, 2014, features works by the internationally famous artist who has strong ties to Northern California.

Embattled Mayor Anthony Silva has taken to social media to rally support for a meeting tonight, when the City Council will vote on punishing him.

In the past, the citizens of Stockton shrugged when leaders such as Mayor Anthony Silva won office.

Memorial candles flickered, balloons floated in the air and a photograph of the late Marshawn Black stared out from the locked front door of his second-story apartment.

Sixteen-year-old Yanez Valdez fought back tears as she expressed the pain of losing her father almost two years ago.

A 22-year-old man was shot to death in the parking lot of south Stockton's McKinley Park about 5 p.m. Monday.

Americans are supposed to have the freedom to enjoy a plethora of liberties, among them, freedom of religion, not freedom from religion.

The Gospel Center Rescue Mission is hosting a free "Winter Extravaganza" as a brightly lit, family-friendly umbrella event for the annual lighted-boat parade and city tree-lighting ceremonies.

A brother and sister are in jail following a shooting in an apartment at 6465 N. West Lane in Stockton Saturday night.

Jonathan Casa was sentenced for 40 years Monday in the fatal shooting of Manuel Vegas, a widowed father of three children.

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Stockton -- after months of exploring its options -- is expected to file for bankruptcy early next year.

Chamber CEO Douglass Wilhoit sends this photo of Stockton's waterfront, purged of pesky water hyacinth thanks to the Port of Stockton.

No matter how dedicated you are to your political party, I find it difficult to believe that one would support a politician who misleads them, or one that joins in passing a bill that excludes them from the coverage in that bill and supporting any politician who has a goal of changing our form of government.

Overnight temperatures could plunge below freezing later this week, prompting the National Weather Service to issue a hard-freeze watch for the Central Valley and the Mother Lode.

Some see Stockton's derelict downtown, with an abundance of ramshackle old buildings boarded up and abandoned except for pigeons and the work of graffiti artists, as the heartless core of a bankrupt American city.

Students from around the region will compete at the county spelling championships Monday and Wednesday at the San Joaquin County Office of Education, 2707 Transworld Drive.