University of the Pacific News

Six local authors will take part in a three-day creative writing conference at the University of the Pacific's main campus in Stockton June 14-16. There is an optional weeklong class/workshop follow-up for writers from 6 to 9:30 p.m. June 17-20. The interactive workshops and presentations will cover all aspects and genres of creative writing, from ... (more)

When they gather Sunday to remember Daniel Corona, friends and colleagues will bring their own favorite stories or memories of time spent with the 48-year-old, who died suddenly on April 13.

San Joaquin County's unemployment rate dropped to 12.9 percent in April, the lowest monthly jobless rate posted by the region since the global financial collapse more than four years ago, state officials reported Friday.

Before Mayor Anthony Silva's first State of the City address, before he praised and criticized the city he represents, before he put on the mask, members of Thursday's lunch crowd offered their own assessment of Stockton.

Jordan Shanahan never has sung this role. Rachel Schutz rarely has had to sing so much.

If you attended Beyer High School in the mid- to late 1980s, you probably knew — or knew of — Brian Scott Pfeifle.

Gov. Jerry Brown, dismissive of a surge in state tax revenue that stirred optimism at the Capitol, moved Tuesday to blunt appeals for increased spending, downgrading his budget proposal from January.

Record Editor Mike Klocke's April 28 column, "Our premier event must stay downtown," demonstrates his unfamiliarity with the San Joaquin County Fairgrounds and his prejudice against south Stockton.

The 80 are this year's Pinnacle Award winners, representing the top 1 percent of the area's senior class.

With his characteristic bombast, Principal Michael Hall stood before a group of freshmen in the new Stockton Early College Academy nearly four years ago and issued a guarantee that sounded almost like a threat.

Ron Redmond served as a Pacific regent from 2004 to 2012, then took a year off as required by the board's bylaws.

Title: Local columnist Coverage areas: People, issues, the community Bio: Jeff Jardine joined The Bee's staff in 1988 after a decade at the Stockton Record.

Yael Castillo slipped on a prosthetic arm the other day and flexed the device's two prongs to pick up tennis balls and toss them into a bucket, to lift a can of soda and drink from it, even to grasp a pen and sign his name.

One of the oldest buildings in Stockton, and long vacant, is coming back to life as a hub for Stockton-area visitors.

What used to be called "The Monday Night Circus" - those combative City Council meetings of the 1970s and '80s - is back in town, now playing on Tuesday nights.

Professor Robert Benedetti, head of Pacific's Jacoby Center and one of the best analysts of the sometimes-hard-to-fathom city of Stockton, has announced his retirement set for Aug.

Warfare Ministries and Franklin High School held a college fair March 28. More than 200 students browsed various college booths as well as health education and financial aid booths.

Ben Holt College Preparatory Academy Principal Gretchen Salvetti's office is filled with ornamental and stuffed giraffes - a collection she said stems from her career-long philosophy on education.

University of the Pacific's Brubeck Institute Jazz Quintet this week garnered top honors-twice-from a national jazz magazine.

Friday, May 3: Presentation, "Living With Rattlesnakes." 7 p.m., Oak Grove Nature Center at Oak Grove Regional Park.