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Stockton courthouse against blue sky

Judge Awards SUSD Trustee $19K in Defamation Suit

December 7, 2021

San Joaquin County Congressional district shown in yellow, encompassing most of the county.

The First Redistricting Maps Are In. See What They Mean for San Joaquin County.

November 17, 2021

Stockton Police Chief Eric Jones

Stockton Police Chief Eric Jones to Retire at End of the Year

September 8, 2021

Stockton Unified offices

SUSD Board Appoints Zachary Avelar to Fill Vacant Trustee Seat

July 30, 2021

Stockton Unified offices

Bucking Grand Jury Report, SUSD Board Censures Trustee Again

July 28, 2021

Stockton Unified offices

“Dissension, Dismay, and Disarray”: Six Takeaways From the Grand Jury Investigation on Stockton Unified Trustees

July 22, 2021

Stagg Principal Ben Nakamura

Stagg Principal Nakamura Escorted Off Campus After Impassioned Yet Controversial Speech at Graduation

May 27, 2021

Michael Tubbs

Tubbs, Former Stockton Mayor, To Join Newsom Administration

March 11, 2021

CPUC office

Villapudua Bill Would Relocate State Utilities Regulator to Stockton

March 5, 2021

Five Takeaways from Stockton's Universal Basic Income Experiment

March 3, 2021

Sign reading

Manteca Could Be Switching to City Council Elections By District

March 3, 2021

CA tier assignments

San Joaquin's COVID Positivity Rate Dips Into the Red Tier

February 16, 2021

Stockton Unified offices

Stockton Unified Holds Contentious Meeting on Superintendent Contract, Trustee Censures

February 9, 2021

John Ramirez Jr.

John Ramirez Jr. Named Acting Stockton Unified Superintendent

February 2, 2021

McKinley Park sign

Homeless and Small Business Funding, McKinley Park Renovations Featured at Stockton City Council Meeting

January 27, 2021

San Joaquin seal

Supervisors Consider Cap on Food Delivery Service Fees

January 26, 2021

Josh Harder

Harder Calls For Removal as Fury Over Trump's Conduct Builds

January 8, 2021

Jerry McNerney

McNerney Joins Wave of Lawmakers Calling for Trump's Impeachment

January 7, 2021

Stockton TCC Area

$12.3 Million Awarded in Crime, Climate Grants to Stockton

December 15, 2020

Lincoln office picks

Lincoln To Fill Three Key Mayoral Office Positions

December 11, 2020

SJ County supervisors

Supervisors Spar Over Allegations of Ethics Violations

December 9, 2020

San Joaquin seal

$2.8 Million Going Towards County Homeless Projects

December 8, 2020

Rep. Josh Harder

Harder’s Agent Orange Bill Likely to Pass as Part of Bipartisan Defense Package

December 3, 2020

Van Buskirk Golf Course

Contracts, Grants Moving Forward for Van Buskirk Golf Course

November 19, 2020

Stockton Shelter for the Homeless

Stockton Distributes $6.4 Million for Homelessness Crisis

November 19, 2020

James Mousalimas

Mousalimas to Retire as County School Superintendent

October 22, 2020

Major Accounting Lapses, Including $67 Million Deficit, Found in Manteca City Finances

October 17, 2020

John Tresidder

Manteca City Clerk Out After Less Than 4 Months

October 8, 2020

San Joaquin District Attorney Receives $5 Million for Restorative Justice Program

October 7, 2020

Relax Inn

Stockton Awarded $4.3 Million to Convert Motel Into Permanent Homeless Housing

September 28, 2020

Logos of Manteca and Lodi Unified School Districts

Students in Lodi, Manteca Unified Schools Will Begin to Return in Person

September 17, 2020

One of the Sprung Structures

Manteca City Council Meeting Highlights: New City Attorney and Homelessness Grants

September 16, 2020

Tracy City Council

Three Takeaways from Tuesday's Tracy City Council Meeting

September 16, 2020

Seal of San Joaquin County

School Reopenings, Housing, Election Logistics Feature in San Joaquin Board of Supervisors Meeting

September 15, 2020

Sangalang Park

Lathrop’s Sangalang Park May Be Getting Some Significant Upgrades

September 14, 2020

Miranda Lutzow

Manteca City Manager Will be Holding Open Online Meetings

September 13, 2020

Gretchen Talley Park

24-Hour Video Surveillance Installation Begins in Tracy Parks

Map of the proposed site

Tracy City Council Launches $900,000 Emergency Homeless Housing Development

September 2, 2020

California Governor Gavin Newsom

What Newsom’s New Reopening Guidelines Mean for San Joaquin County

August 28, 2020

The San Joaquin County Board of Supervisors during their meeting on Tuesday.

San Joaquin Board of Supervisors Lays Out Spending Plan for CARES Act Funding

August 19, 2020

Stockton Unified School District Board of Education Trustee Lange Luntao

Investigation Into Trustee’s Potential Conflict of Interest Approved by Stockton Unified Board

August 12, 2020

The San Joaquin County Board of Supervisors during their meeting on Tuesday.

San Joaquin Board of Supervisors Lays out Spending Plan for CARES Act Funding

August 19, 2020

San Joaquin County Superior Court, which resumed in-person operations on Friday.

San Joaquin County Superior Court Resumes In-Person Operations

August 8, 2020

House Energy and Water Development Bill Includes More Than $13 Million for Central Valley Water Projects

August 4, 2020

San Joaquin District Attorney Tori Verber Salazar

San Joaquin District Attorney Requests Reduction in Misdemeanor Fines

July 31, 2020

Stockton Fire Department's West March Lane Station

Stockton Fire Department Awarded $100K in Federal Grants for Coronavirus Relief

July 29, 2020