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STOCKTON — Celebrity restaurateur Michael Midgley of Stockton headed up to the devastated community of Paradise on Wednesday in his new food truck, stocked with enough eats to feed 1,000 people.“We were just watching the news like everybody else. We just got our new truck last week and just thought it was a great way to debut it and give something back to the community,” Midgley’s wife, Laci, said while her husband was still on the road.The [...]

U.S. District Judge Mark Walker vented his anger at state lawmakers but also Palm Beach County officials, saying they should have made sure they had enough equipment in place to handle this kind of a recount.

The nearly 220-square-mile blaze was 40 percent contained, the state fire agency said.

Publicist Jeremy Westby said Clark died Thursday due to complications from pneumonia at home in Tulsa, Okla.

FRENCH CAMP — Health Plan of San Joaquin has set up streamlined access to benefits and prescriptions for any of its members who may be impacted by the fires now raging in Butte, Los Angeles and Ventura counties.Since Gov. Jerry Brown declared a state of emergency, HPSJ is taking these steps so that its members who may be impacted by these disasters are able to have ready access to medical services and prescriptions that they might need.While the majority of people [...]

Cesar Sayoc entered the plea through his lawyer during his appearance in Manhattan federal court.

STOCKTON — A grant of nearly $1 million has been awarded by the federal government to San Joaquin County, funds that will provide job training and support services to workers who have lost jobs in industries affected by trade or automation, and prepare them for careers in high-growth industries.The California Employment Development Department announced the $995,810 award to the San Joaquin County Employment and Economic Development office Thursday. It will be used to enroll and [...]

Authorities called in a mobile DNA lab and anthropologists to help identify the dead as the search went on for victims of the most destructive wildfire in California history.

World leaders solemnly mark the end of World War I's slaughter 100 years ago at commemorations that drove home the message "never again"

The first election workers are recounting ballots Sunday in Florida's bitterly close races for the U.S. Senate and governor.