41+ min ago   (307+ words) The long Labor Day weekend wasn’t a restful one for Stockton police, as officers had to subdue combative suspects in separate incidents over successive nights, arrest records show. The trouble started just after midnight Saturday when police said a pair…...

22+ hour, 40+ min ago   (137+ words) A man was arrested in Stockton over the weekend allegedly striking an officer and other crimes, police said. Just before 1 a.m. Saturday, officers in the Sonora and Union street area in the Park District were driving when they saw the suspect…...

1+ day, 1+ hour ago   (921+ words) California lawmakers wrestled with a difficult question earlier this summer: Could the state safely share driver’s license data with a national group, as the federal government demanded, without exposing more than a million people to immigration and law enforcement agencies?...

1+ day, 21+ hour ago   (928+ words) Just before sunset on Saturday, as dozens settled onto a grassy lawn at the University of the Pacific, Magaly Reyes gathered herself, incense smoke pooling at her feet. There, surrounded by members of other tribal nations, she carried the incense…...

3+ day, 3+ hour ago   (228+ words) The Labor Day weekend is here, but before many of us unplug, there are a few important local stories worth catching up on. Two San Joaquin County companies are preparing to eliminate more than 250 jobs, with one closing a local…...

2+ day, 23+ hour ago   (1029+ words) Several years into California’s robust expansion of public transitional kindergarten, private preschool providers are facing challenges that could ultimately upend care for young children of all ages. The program, which comes at no cost to families, added a new, pre-kindergarten…...

3+ day, 1+ hour ago   (1707+ words) One hundred degrees on a steamy Thursday afternoon and not much can be seen along the dust-blown avenue in Kerman. A school bus cruises by. Cows lap up water or feed behind a fence. A tractor crosses the road. What’s…...

3+ day, 17+ hour ago   (351+ words) USA Today, one of the nation’s most comprehensive news providers and owner of the Stockton Record, has laid off editorial employees and is reorganizing to cope with technological changes resulting in less reader traffic from search engines, according to a…...

5+ day, 16+ hour ago   (566+ words) Former Stockton City Council candidate Desiree Lynch was arraigned Wednesday on six felony charges, including a newly filed charge of possessing an assault weapon that prosecutors said was found during the search of a north Stockton residence. Lynch appeared in…...

5+ day, 23+ hour ago   (931+ words) Farmers have relied on plastic since the 1960s, when the mass production of affordable agricultural tools derived from petrochemicals made them widely accessible. Plastic mulch quickly became a cornerstone of crop production, helping farmers boost yields of everything from corn to…...