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STOCKTON — If you look after someone who is disabled, sick or elderly — whether or not you’re a family member or get paid to do so — you’re invited to attend Stockton’s 11th annual Inner Safari Caregiver Conference from 8 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Saturday at the Robert Cabral Agricultural Center, 2101 E. Earhart Ave.For one day a year, caregivers come together to be pampered, inspired and informed. And there’s a continental [...]

STOCKTON — The Stockton Unified School District will most likely usher in four new individuals to its Board of Trustees after results held steady overnight.With 100 percent of precincts reporting semi-official results as of 1:31 a.m. Wednesday, two incumbents appear to have been knocked off in their bid for re-election.In the race for Area 2, 41-year-old AngelAnn Flores took a commanding lead, garnering 868 tallies for 50.73 percent of the vote. Challenger Ralph Lee [...]

STOCKTON — The San Joaquin County Registrar of Voters released its semi-final results for the Nov. 6 election, and the candidates who took early leads in the race for Stockton City Council look like they might hold on to win their respective seats.Former councilman Paul Canepa looks to return to the District 3 seat in January, earning 3,131 tallies Tuesday night for 53.86 percent of the vote to defeat incumbent Susan Lofthus.The Canepa’s Car Wash owner, who [...]

Sheriff’s OfficeThere were 53 bookings at the San Joaquin County Jail in the 24 hours ending at 8 a.m. Wednesday. At that time, there were 1,305 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: A 30-year-old man was hit in the face with a beer bottle multiple times during an [...]

STOCKTON — Democrat Susan Talamantes Eggman appears to have scored a decisive victory Tuesday to again represent State Assembly District 13.Eggman, who is the incumbent, is beating out Republican Antonio Garcia by just over 13,900 votes, according to the San Joaquin County Registrar of Voters.Garcia, an automobile mechanic, has garnered 37.3 percent (20,328) of the vote with 100 percent of precincts reporting, while Eggman has 62.7 percent (34,230) of the vote. [...]

Speeding car rams into vehicleSTOCKTON — A woman escaped injury Wednesday afternoon when a speeding car rammed into the back of her vehicle, police reported.The woman was northbound on Montauban Avenue from Swain Road at about 2:30 p.m. when a newer blue Hyundai Elantra began speeding behind her, according to the Stockton Police Department. In her attempt to avoid a crash, the woman turned into Caribbean Circle.Police said the Elantra, which was [...]

STOCKTON — Five siblings between 4 and 16 years old who had been missing since Saturday have been located safe at a hotel in El Cerrito by Richmond police, the Stockton Police Department reported early Wednesday morning. The five are in protective custody, according to Stockton police.The children — two boys and three girls — were believed to have fled a home in central Stockton where they were living in temporary foster care, according to police spokesman Officer [...]

A Lodi Unified school board candidate who discovered his race had been left off the ballots of more than 500 eligible voters said Wednesday the error was “a travesty” and a “social injustice.”Ramon Yepez, 30, made the remarks in a written statement the day after his apparent loss to incumbent Ron Heberle in the race to represent Lodi Unified Trustee Area 5 in northeast Lodi.With an untold number of votes still to be counted, the margin as of [...]

A gunman shot 11 people inside a crowded Southern California country dance bar Wednesday, and witnesses described a chaotic scene as panicked patrons smashed windows to get out. The gunman died inside the bar, police said.

Employees staged walkouts at offices from Tokyo to Singapore to London.