1+ hour, 33+ min ago  (305+ words) I grew up watching July 4th celebrations and parades, listening to speeches on freedom and equality, and reading denunciations of tyranny and oppression. I have long felt that my experience of being Black in this, my country, rendered them a kind…...

1+ hour, 33+ min ago  (326+ words) The city is making another major investment in its police force. Stockton will spend more than $2 million to expand the Police Department's fleet of armored vehicles and drones after the City Council approved the purchases. Supporters say the equipment will…...

16+ hour, 23+ min ago  (767+ words) Stockton Police Department's" plans to acquire more than $2 million in additional military equipment. t California's Assembly Bill 481, signed into law in 2021, requires law enforcement agencies to obtain local approval before acquiring, funding or using certain military equipment and to submit…...

1+ day, 1+ hour ago  (797+ words) This article was produced by Capital & Main. It is published here with permission. A little more thantwo years ago, astate auditfound that despite spending $24 billion over the previous five years to combat homelessness, the state of Californiacouldn't be surehow effective…...

1+ day, 1+ hour ago  (240+ words) There aren't many cities where a local politician can credit a celebrity with saving their life. But Stockton has one. Vice Mayor Jason Lee, who balances his role as a Stockton officeholder with a career as a Hollywood personality, recently…...

1+ day ago  (372+ words) As if gasoline prices aren't high enough, a gas tax increase goes into effect Wednesday in California " and Stockton drivers will feel the pinch. The tax increase adds 2. 2 cents, for a total of 63. 4 cents in excise taxes on every gallon…...

1+ day, 18+ hour ago  (495+ words) We're in the homestretch! We have until June 30 to raise $6, 000. Will you pitch in to strengthen local news? A court hearing in which ex-Stockton Mayor Anthony Silva was expected to change his plea to federal bank fraud and identity theft…...

1+ day, 22+ hour ago  (532+ words) We're in the homestretch! We have until June 30 to raise $6, 000. Will you pitch in to strengthen local news? A bicyclist got into an argument with a motorist over the weekend. Then the altercation took a dangerous turn, police said. The…...

2+ day, 18+ min ago  (1307+ words) We're in the homestretch! We have until June 30 to raise $6, 000. Will you pitch in to strengthen local news? Data scientists who've been watching the Trump administration systematically scrub LGBTQ+ Americans from government data have for months feared what could come…...

2+ day, 1+ hour ago  (249+ words) Stockton City Hall is still sorting through the fallout from this week's civil grand jury report. Councilmembers are now responding to the findings, which criticized the council's conduct and concluded months of turmoil have affected the city's ability to govern....