Stockton News

A legal showdown over pension obligations in municipal bankruptcies was averted in both Vallejo and Stockton, largely because officials in both cities chose not to make that fight.

No calendar of events this week, but I'll leave you with this gem of an insight from Dan Odenweller, who as a Department of Fish and Game employee traveled around California in the late 1970s explaining to various interest groups why the Peripheral Canal was a good idea.

As an elementary school student in Stockton, Calif., Sarim Chabb was shot in the leg when a gunman used an assault rifle to spray bullets at a schoolyard full of students at recess.

I don't know the origins of this toxic tolerance. But I know the mindset. Council members are pathetic dilettantes; city government is incompetent and possibly corrupt; et cetera.

Stockton, California is ready to exit from Chapter 9 protection, but is still saddled with a heavy public pension burden .

One man was arrested Thursday morning after stabbing a family member during a dispute at a north Stockton home, authorities said.

After that break for Thanksgiving, did this not seem like the longest week EVAH!? Welcome to the weekend.

"We're actually becoming more and more confident that it will snow in Sacramento, and I think Stockton may see similar conditions," said Stefanie Henry, a Weather Service meteorologist.

He didn't get advice from a career counselor. He didn't get a degree in political science or sociology.

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A standoff with a suspect in a central Stockton neighborhood has ended after authorities used a stun gun to subdue the man before taking him into custody, Stockton police reported.

San Joaquin Delta College students come in all varieties, but as dozens of them crowded into a small room during their lunch hour Wednesday, it was clear they had one thing in common: They were willing to save someone's life - even that of a stranger - at the simple ring of a telephone tomorrow or 20 years from now.

A suspect wanted in connection with an attempted homicide in San Jose died after being shot by authorities on Interstate 5 during a police chase Thursday in Stockton.

A portion of southbound Interstate 5 in Stockton will be shut down for hours Thursday morning due to an officer-involved shooting on the freeway.

San Joaquin County officials Wednesday made their pitch for $40 million from the state to build a new jail, replacing an aging facility known as the Honor Farm and creating space for new programs designed to keep inmates on the right side of the law after their release.

"Unwrapped Secrets," an original musical production, will be performed three times this month inside the Mamie Starr Performing Arts Center at Ronald E. McNair High School.

Randy Machado, a graduate of Ripon High School's class of 2013, is now a student at Delta College in Stockton and has been inducted into the Modesto Bee's Teen Hall of Fame.

A Stockton city councilman's home was burglarized Tuesday night while council members were being pilloried in public comments suggesting they are somehow insulated from the problems facing residents of the city.

As he wrapped up his comments late Tuesday night, Stockton Mayor Anthony Silva accused fellow council members of also releasing confidential information about a city manager candidate.

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