Stockton Headlines

Tri-Holiday challenge too good to pass up

Fri, 24 May 2013 23:07 EST

STOCKTON - The chance to compete in the Tri-Holiday Classic has lured some familiar names back to Stockton 99 Speedway.

Backup helps save season

Fri, 24 May 2013 23:04 EST

STOCKTON - Tyler Bunz skated slowly to the Thunder net, and every nervous eye in Stockton Arena was focused on him.

Brave worker foils armed robbers

Fri, 24 May 2013 22:33 EST

STOCKTON - Armed men tried to rob a south Stockton business Thursday night, but a quick-thinking employee turned the tables and helped police apprehend the criminals, authorities said.

1st mosquitoes of year with West Nile in S.J.

Fri, 24 May 2013 22:30 EST

STOCKTON - The first mosquitoes to test positive for West Nile virus this year have been discovered along the southern border of San Joaquin County, in ZIP codes 95337 and 95366, according to the San Joaquin County Mosquito and Vector Control District.

Three sentenced for trafficking prostitutes from Mexico

Fri, 24 May 2013 22:29 EST

SACRAMENTO - Three men were sentenced Friday on criminal charges for trafficking women from Mexico to be used as prostitutes in five Northern California cities, including Stockton.

Inmate suspect in slaying of prison cellmate

Fri, 24 May 2013 22:28 EST

A man imprisoned for the attempted murder of a San Joaquin County prosecutor is now under investigation for the death of a fellow inmate at California State Prison, Corcoran.

Decades of filling vital role

Fri, 24 May 2013 22:25 EST

STOCKTON - The beds were tidy, if plain. The roof was adequate, if not ornamented. The shelter and adjacent health center, which usually house some of Stockton's downtrodden, opened their doors Friday to Rep. Jerry McNerney, D-Stockton, Stockton Police...

Remains may be from 1990 cold case

Fri, 24 May 2013 22:25 EST

STOCKTON - A new lead on an old case led investigators to a home in Manteca, where authorities spent hours Thursday digging up what may be the remains of a woman who disappeared in 1990, police said.

The bus stops here

Fri, 24 May 2013 22:10 EST

STOCKTON - Transit officials are preparing to reduce bus service in Stockton by up to 30 percent, a move that could eliminate some neighborhood routes and get rid of all weekend service in a city that has already seen cut after cut to its transit system...

Economist faults both Stockton plans

Fri, 24 May 2013 19:50 EST

STOCKTON - Stockton may be lowballing creditors in its current Bankruptcy Court proposal and an equitable settlement - while also keeping employee pensions intact and maintaining current services - may cost $20 million a year, a University of the Pacific...

SUSD names Midura trustee

Thu, 23 May 2013 23:09 EST

STOCKTON - David Midura, a 49-year-old real estate developer and manager, was appointed with near unanimity Thursday night to the Stockton Unified School District board seat that became vacant when Sara Cazares died April 20.

Proponents of competing crime-fighting proposals lobby support

Thu, 23 May 2013 12:58 EST

STOCKTON - Backers of two crime-fighting initiatives took the stage Wednesday night in an exercise of comparing and contrasting the merits of their plans.

S.J. home prices highest in 5 years

Thu, 23 May 2013 10:19 EST

Home prices in San Joaquin County reached their highest level in about five years in April.

Marshaling officers could take years

Thu, 23 May 2013 09:53 EST

STOCKTON - Stockton needs more police officers and, even if the still-developing Marshall Plan existed, it would take at least two more years to add an additional 100 officers to the force.

CalPERS blasts move by law firm

Wed, 22 May 2013 22:59 EST

STOCKTON - A law firm representing a Stockton creditor in bankruptcy is accused of playing dirty by raiding attorneys from an opposing firm that represents the California Public Employees' Retirement System.