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STOCKTON — The Stockton Police Department’s Vice Unit said last week that proposed amendments to the city’s municipal code were sufficient enough to help eliminate human trafficking and prostitution in massage establishments.“These are (proposed) in an effort to combat and make it easier to enforce city codes,” Detective Louis Porta told the Stockton Planning Commission at its Thursday meeting. “It allows us to (issue citations) during an [...]

STOCKTON — All this for a few quarters?  Around 6 a.m. Monday, police arrested Frank Chavez, 20, on suspicion of three counts of burglary after a series of incidents in the 200 block of South Filbert Street in southeast Stockton.Initially, police allege, Chavez entered a laundry room in an apartment complex where he attempted to break into some washing machine change receptacles.Unsuccessful there, Chavez went outside, where he reportedly broke into a [...]

STOCKTON — The cases against former Stockton Mayor Anthony Silva and Sharon Simas may ultimately be resolved in court, but not until after completion of a process that is scheduled to continue next week.   Silva and Simas made a very brief court appearance Monday. They also appeared the previous Monday. And they will return to Judge Charlotte [...]

Sheriff’s OfficeThere were 51 bookings at the San Joaquin County Jail in the 24 hours ending at 8 a.m. Monday. At that time, there were 1,406 people held at the jail, which has an official capacity of 1,550. When the jail is full, some inmates may be released early.Stockton PoliceAssault with a deadly weapon: While driving on East Harding Way near North Union Street about 7:45 p.m. Sunday, a motorist reported his [...]

Stockton CHP: Woman crashes into sheriff’s vehicleFRENCH CAMP — A woman with two unrestrained young children in her car crashed into the back of a San Joaquin County sheriff’s patrol vehicle Sunday evening, pushing it into another sheriff’s vehicle. She was arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence, according to the Sheriff’s Office.The chain-reaction crash occurred on West Hospital Road at South El Dorado Street [...]

STOCKTON — The day’s race was long over.But the work continued deep into the night.Vincent Gee, formerly of Sacramento now residing in Boston, was busy cleaning and calibrating one of the state-of-the-art cycles being used by USA Cycling in the 14th annual Amgen Tour of California, the second-largest cycling event in the world behind only the Tour de France.Today, Stage 3 will begin from [...]

FRENCH CAMP — The Sheriff's Office says a man facing misdemeanor sex charges turned himself in Thursday night at the county jail.Authorities said Jeffrey Drabin turned himself in as the result of an ongoing investigation that began recently when detectives posed as underage minors on the Internet.Drabin contacted [...]

STOCKTON — A new 7-Eleven convenience store and gas station opened Friday at 121 S. Center St., the site of the former Greyhound depot across from the Stockton Police Department. Opening day specials included $3.69 gas and free drinks including Slurpees and coffee, plus 5-cent pizza and $1 hot dogs.The former site of the Greyhound bus depot was demolished in early August and the new development, Stockton Crossroads, is taking shape. Besides the 7-Eleven, there will be a drive- [...]

STOCKTON — They will have walked more than 220 miles by the time they arrive at the state Capitol on May 20.But for the men and women participating in the Episcopal Diocese of San Joaquin’s Pilgrimage of Hope, each step and each stop is for a purpose.The crusade was organized to stand in solidarity with immigrants and refugees, while also raising money for a legal defense fund, according to the [...]

STOCKTON — As siblings often do, Sunday and Samuel Smith Jr. disagree on the details.Sunday Smith said she “invited” her younger brother to go to church with her, just as she did everyone she loved.“He says I stayed on him so much he finally went,” Sunday Smith laughs. “I don’t remember being on him that hard.”At any rate, Samuel Smith joined his sister at Emmanuel Baptist Church and 38 years later is still there. [...]