San Joaquin County News

After less than seven months on the job, the fire chief of the agency that oversees the Tracy and Sharpe defense depots, abruptly resigned Monday.

A man whom authorities say strangled seven women throughout Central California is getting a chance to plead guilty to murders to avoid the death penalty.

A prosecutor said today he would allow Roger Kibbe, the so-called I-5 Strangler, to plead guilty to six murders and serve life in prison rather than face the death sentence in trial.

In this magazine cover image released by Jet magazine, the late Michael Jackson graces the cover of the latest issue of "Jet" magazine, available on newsstands on Wednesday, July 1, 2009.

A dozen inmates at San Joaquin County jail are being treated for the swine flu. Public health officials confirmed the cases Tuesday saying all 12 prisoners were tested for the H1N1 virus after showing signs of the flu.

WE HAVE BEEN fortunate in the Bay Area with rising temperatures, lower humidity and dry grassy locations that we haven't experienced a significant firestorm recently.

A Stockton racquetball instructor has been arrested on suspicion of sex crimes, police said Tuesday.

The ongoing state budget crisis is being reflected in more than eleven-hundred layoffs in the San Joaquin County educational system.

The last day of the San Joaquin County Fair ended with a record - for high temperatures.

Sent off as the favorite, the 3-year-old Catienus gelding rallied three wide in the stretch run of the 1 1/16-mile maiden claiming race.

SUV CRASHES INTO APARTMENT: An elderly woman narrowly escaped being struck by an SUV that came crashing through her San Ramon apartment early Saturday morning, just seconds after she had gotten up to use the bathroom.

San Joaquin County's public pension fund took a beating last year, and it could cost county government millions of dollars to make up the difference at a time when dollars are scarce.

San Joaquin County court workers have agreed to furloughs one day each month. The furlough days will shut down courts one day per month.

More people may be staying at home this year to celebrate the Independence Day weekend because of the slumping economy, but if they celebrate with fireworks, they could face a $1,000 fine or even jail time, unless they live in one of five Bay Area cities.

Local veterans won't have to travel as far for a doctor's appointment beginning in early 2010.

The attorney for a cosmetic surgeon indicted on charges he sexually assaulted dozens of women in his Tracy office said Wednesday that he will not challenge a judge assigned to oversee his client's trial.

RNs Protest Cuts to Public Health, Pediatrics, TB Clinic, and Other Outpatient Services at San Joaquin County San Joaquin registered nurses Wednesday will protest proposed cuts in public healthcare services that they say will hit especially hard against children and families in San Joaquin County.

TREE PLANTING TO HONOR slaying VICTIM: The public is invited to honor the memory of Sandra Cantu at 10 a.m. today at Kenner Park, 1850 Kavanagh Ave.

San Francisco police say the man accused of killing a father and his two sons in a fatal drive-by shooting told them he didn't do it.

Bring out the corn dogs and dust off the midway, it's fair time in San Joaquin County.