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Stockton in a Harry situation

Sun, 27 May 2012 20:02 EST

Where is Stockton's Harry Potter?

Summer on the edge of history

Sat, 26 May 2012 22:50 EST

Summer is when the great wheel aligns Stockton with its blessings. The Valley basks in the sunny California of '50s myth. Life in that myth ain't bad.

Too often it's not majority rules in our elections

Sat, 26 May 2012 21:23 EST

Let's go to the calculator. Today's figure to discuss: 20 percent.

No-tax pledge can be tricky terrain

Thu, 24 May 2012 23:02 EST

Supervisor Leroy ("No More Bull") Ornellas, running for state Senate District 5, signed the Americans for Tax Reform no-tax pledge the other day.

Paderes case shows PACs' reach

Tue, 22 May 2012 21:56 EST

A giant business PAC bombed Assembly candi- date Xochitl Paderes right out of the race this week using tried and true negative campaign tactics, with a new twist.

Over the hill? Gym instructor, 98, likelier to be climbing it

Sat, 19 May 2012 22:36 EST

I was told the gym instructor at O'Connor Woods is 99 years old. This is untrue. He's 98 until July. I went out to meet James "Jimmy" Brown.

Stockton, by the alphabet, has many challenges

Sat, 19 May 2012 21:07 EST

Kudos to Mayor Ann Johnston.

Tough times call for and receive determined response

Thu, 17 May 2012 21:43 EST

What do you say when your city is circling the drain, crime is spiraling and the future looks tremendously bad? You borrow a scene from "The King's Speech."

Lawmaker pushing to make city bankruptcy tough to achieve

Wed, 16 May 2012 09:13 EST

The guinea pig's lament. The ink isn't even dry on AB506, the law that requires cities nearing bankruptcy to negotiate with creditors. Yet the law's author is seeking to make it even harder for cities to reach the safe harbor of bankruptcy.

Obama's 'I Do' doesn't resonate as a sincere vow

Mon, 14 May 2012 13:09 EST

Why - oh, why - would an editor have the unmitigated gall to write about same-sex marriage on Mother's Day?

Eye doctor punished for peeking at records

Sat, 12 May 2012 21:29 EST

Kaiser Permanente fired a Stockton optometrist in December for looking into patients' medical records. The patients were his wife and his two children.

City Hall on road to repo

Thu, 10 May 2012 22:55 EST

Creating painful symbolism, Wells Fargo is taking steps toward repossessing Stockton's new City Hall, an eight-story high rise at 400 E. Main St.

Irrational demands not helping

Wed, 09 May 2012 08:33 EST

I went to a town hall meeting Monday night to see democracy in action. Chinese communism may be preferable.