University of the Pacific News

When Nellie Zavala was in high school during the late 1940s, Latino migrant students possessing only limited English skills were commonly held back, she recalled.

Three candidates are vying for the position of Superior Court Judge, Position 6, in the upcoming primary election.

The non-partisan race is for the four-year position presently held by Richard Thorpe, who is retiring.

Hoping to replace him are Jim Johanson of Edmonds, George Appel of Marysville and Joe Wilson of Everett.

All three candidates graduated from prominent educational institutions.

Jim Johanson:  University of Puget Sound Law School, Juris Doctor, 1987; University of Washington, Bachelor of Arts in English Literature, 1982.

Mayor Newsom announced today the following new appointments and reappointments to San Francisco's Commissions Planning Commission - " New Appointment Gwyneth J. Borden is presently a Manager with International ...

The Northern San Joaquin Valley's jobless rate continued to climb in July, when harvesting and construction typically boost employment.

Ray Westfall made a hot-dog stick, and it took him only six years and $80,000 of his own money to do it.

Carson City attorney Jim Wilson and former district attorney Noel Waters will go head to head in the November general election for the First Judicial District Court Judge Dept.

Monterey Bay has announced the appointment of Dr. Fred Edmonson to the position of interim dean of students.

Mayoral candidate Celeste Garamendi will meet with Latinos in Tracy on Thursday evening as part of her campaign to hear directly from residents in all parts of the city.

The Stockton art world lost some of its luster Friday when Kathe Underwood died.

The body of a Castro Valley teenager was recovered in the San Joaquin River on Tuesday afternoon near the location near where he was reported missing, according to the San Joaquin County Sheriff's Office.

If the county shutters San Joaquin General Hospital, it could end up costing taxpayers millions.

Many weekend hours were spent discussing the root causes of crime and incarceration among blacks and Latinos.

Nearly 70 percent of men and women in California prisons are either African American or Latino.

Get the Flash Player to see this player. On April 2, 2007 a Marriage Covenant between Joseph Patterson and Sharon Titong was emailed to friends and family from the Children's Refugee Camp in Thailand asking ...

There's a very good reason some of Stockton's sidewalks provide a little bounce as you stroll -- they're made of rubber.

An important, two-day conference starts Friday in Stockton. A group of national and local Black and Latino leaders will gather at the University of the Pacific Stockton to discuss crime as it affects our ...

Arthur Phillip Murrillo, a University of the Pacific lecturer, has been elected a delegate to the 2008 Democratic National Convention.

Stone Pillars at the University of the Pacific: An Acoustic Treat A brief description of a circular set of stone columns on the University of the Pacific campus in Stockton, California that have a unique ...

University of the Pacific was named one of the nation's 368 best institutions for undergraduate education Tuesday when Princeton Review released its annual book "The Best 368 Colleges." Princeton Review, a New ...

Dr. Sam Ahani and his wife, Dr. Sepi Yafi, his assistant. Pacificans who turn their television dial to KRON 4 on July 27 at 3:30 pm will discover that Sam Ahani, DDS of Pacifica's Shore ViewDental was recently ...