Stockton News

The San Joaquin County Sheriff's Office dispatched deputies to three west Stockton locations on reports of residential burglaries over a span of about 90 minutes Friday, authorities said.

He served in the U.S. Navy and upon leaving the service, he married the love of his life, Macaria.

The city could ask voters as soon as November to raise taxes to pay back some debts suspended in bankruptcy and bolster Stockton's fight on crime under the so-called Marshall Plan.

A Stockton resident was uninjured in a two-car crash that killed a Riverbank man shortly after 11:15 a.m. Friday in Ripon, authorities said.

Separated by about 2,800 miles and several time zones and climates, the two cities could actually be mirror images of each other.

Detectives from the Stockton Police Department are investigating the city's first homicide in more than three weeks after a man was gunned down early Thursday at Motel 6 on Plymouth Road, just north of Benjamin Holt Drive, police reported.

Even before April 27, when 8-year-old Leila Fowler was fatally stabbed in her home near Valley Springs, the Fowler family had troubles.

Griffin graduated from the Napa Valley College Criminal Justice Training Center in December.

Manuel Leyva, owner of Xochimilco restaurant - a late-night downtown landmark where many Stocktonians ate their first chile relleno, or sobered up after a night on the town - died last week.

Law enforcement efforts to suppress violent crime in Stockton appear to be working after two of the bloodiest years in the city's history, according to new figures from the Stockton Police Department.

Police arrested a man on suspicion of armed robbery Thursday afternoon after conducting a traffic stop in central Stockton, authorities said.

A former state crime lab forensic analyst accused of stealing drugs being held as evidence is facing 16 months behind bars after pleading guilty to an embezzlement charge.

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The riders met at five places around the city before ending up at Janet Leigh Plaza for snacks and other goodies.

Detectives from the Stockton Police Department are investigating the city's first homicide in more than three weeks after a man was gunned down near Swenson Park Golf Course early Thursday morning, authorities said.

Since a federal judge ruled in April that Stockton, Calif., can pursue bankruptcy protection, the question has been which of the state's fiscally troubled cities will be next.

Albert Oliver Pike passed on April 27, 2013 at his home in Stockton, CA with his family around him.

On Friday, the state released a stupendously detailed draft environmental review of the twin tunnels project: 20,210 pages, or about 41 Harry Potter novels.

On the heels of last month's announced deal calling for Dignity Health to sell its lab-related outreach service to Quest Diagnostics, Dignity has issued layoff notices to more than 500 workers, including 319 working for Stockton's HealthCare Clinical Laboratories.

It may be a sign of the times, but the roster of employers was up and job seeker demand - at least judging by the lack of a line at the door - was down at Tuesday's annual San Joaquin County WorkNet job fair.