Urban Affairs Headlines

When war took away, they found strength in giving back

Sat, 26 May 2012 22:56 EST

MANTECA - In a backyard on the south end of the city, three Marines exchange memories on the first day of the Memorial Day weekend, together celebrating a life lost five years ago.

Veterans group to honor McNerney

Wed, 23 May 2012 22:59 EST

STOCKTON - The California Association of County Veterans Service Officers will recognize a congressman in Stockton today at a lunch for combat veterans.

Hutchins Street pool hours cut, rate hike likely

Wed, 23 May 2012 22:56 EST

LODI - A group of 40 swimmers, the majority of them senior citizens, showed up to a meeting Wednesday night to hear how the city is going to introduce cuts to services at their beloved Hutchins Street Square pool and to give input on how much they would...

Kennedy honors its action heroes

Tue, 22 May 2012 22:18 EST

STOCKTON - Three minutes.

Program celebrates five years

Mon, 21 May 2012 22:31 EST

STOCKTON - Eric McCants stood before his peers in the Alpha Phi Alpha African American Male Mentor program on Monday and told his story.

Journey toward healing

Sun, 20 May 2012 22:59 EST

STOCKTON - Under the murderous Khmer Rouge that ruled Cambodia in the 1970s, it was his entertaining storytelling for regime leaders that helped save young Sam Keo's life even as his father died after being severely beaten and four of his younger...

Census: Minorities now surpass whites in US births

Thu, 17 May 2012 08:19 EST

WASHINGTON (AP) — For the first time, racial and ethnic minorities make up more than half the children born in the U.S., capping decades of heady immigration growth that is now slowing.

Food giveaway planned for Thursday

Sun, 13 May 2012 23:14 EST

Low-income San Joaquin County residents can obtain free government-surplus food Thursday at 15 locations. The centers close once the food is gone.

Dealing with crisis

Sun, 13 May 2012 23:13 EST

STOCKTON - Love and community - two words that conjure up a vast array of definitions.

Ready to step in as 'mom'

Sat, 12 May 2012 21:28 EST

STOCKTON - Margie Florez makes most of a mother's work look easy. And she does it even when she cares for a half-dozen or more children at a time.

Couple who have helped turn lives around in Lodi moving on

Sat, 12 May 2012 21:27 EST

STOCKTON - Capt. Dan Williams crouched next to an inebriated homeless man who laid himself up against the Lodi Salvation Army Hope Harbor Shelter wall. He was playing a few notes on a plastic toy guitar.