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STOCKTON — Police said this afternoon that a Stockton woman who had been missing since Sunday afternoon has been found safe.Elizabeth Degravio, 41, had been missing since last being seen about 2 p.m. Sunday in the Walmart parking lot on Trinity Parkway in north Stockton.

Police had responded to a domestic violence incident Tuesday and took a report, but Avenatti was taken into custody Wednesday, the official said.

STOCKTON — A fire underneath South Airport Way at Mormon Slough closed the major north/south boulevard for several hours Wednesday as crews assessed and started repairing the bridge.The fire was reportedly started about midnight as a warming fire by people at a homeless encampment under the bridge. At some point it got out of control and started burning large piles of debris scattered under the bridge. Flames were observed burning 30 feet high on either side of the bridge [...]

STOCKTON — More than three months after being assaulted while taking his daily walk around Graystone Park in central Manteca, 71-year-old Sahib Singh Natt remains afraid to venture far from home.“He never goes for his morning walk in the park,” Manjeet Singh Virk said Wednesday morning as he stood beside his father-in-law in a courthouse corridor in Stockton. “Now he’s walking in front of our house.”Eighteen-year-old Tyrone [...]

STOCKTON — The Stockton Police Department on Wednesday promoted two longtime members of the force.Chief Eric Jones said he was excited to promote Sgt. Kenny Pham to the rank of lieutenant, and Officer Clarence Yates to the rank of sergeant.Jones said both positions are critical to the everyday operations of the department.“For example, the Police Department has a very cutting-edge and innovative strategic plan, but that strategic plan just charts the [...]

Following are vote totals, updated at 5:30 p.m. Wednesday, of the closest election races in San Joaquin County in the aftermath of Election Day on Nov. 6. The San Joaquin County Registrar of Voters says it will update totals at the end of every weekday while votes are still being counted. The state deadline to certify the election is Dec. 6.Stockton Unified school board• In the race to replace Andrea Burrise in Area 7, Candelaria Vargas has [...]

Sheriff’s OfficeThere were 67 bookings at the San Joaquin County Jail in the 24 hours ending at 8 a.m. Wednesday. At that time, there were 1,306 people held at the jail, which has a total capacity of 1,550. When the jail is full, some inmates may be released early.Stockton PoliceShooting: A man was sleeping at a hotel in the 1600 block of Turnpike Road when his room was struck by gunfire at 5:29 a.m. [...]

Stockton woman found safeSTOCKTON — Police said Wednesday afternoon that a Stockton woman who had been missing since Sunday afternoon has been found safe.Elizabeth Degravio, 41, had been last seen about 2 p.m. Sunday in the Walmart parking lot on Trinity Parkway in north Stockton.Scam phone callsSTOCKTON — The Stockton Police Department has received several reports from residents this week stating they are [...]

LODI — A man and a teenager were arrested Tuesday night in connection with a May shooting that left one man dead and another wounded.Officers arrested 19-year-old Lodi resident Andres Hernandez at about 5 p.m. in the 300 block of East Locust Street. He was booked into the Lodi City Jail on suspicion of murder and attempted murder, police said.Officers also arrested a 17-year-old boy on suspicion of murder and attempted murder. He was booked into the San Joaquin County [...]