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VALLEY SPRINGS — Authorities have arrested a Toyon Middle School custodian who threatened a co-worker and allegedly mentioned bringing a firearm on campus, the Calaveras County Sheriff’s Office reported.A Toyon Middle School administrator contacted the Sheriff’s Office on Monday afternoon to report 72-year-old Fred Westbrook of Mokelumne Hill, who had threatened a colleague at the school, according to the report.[gh:iframe src="https://www.google. [...]

THORNTON — Two people accused of stabbing a woman in the eye during a robbery at a north San Joaquin County gas station have been found and arrested in Rancho Cordova.De'Andre Aaron Deshotel, 18, and Ciera Marie McDonald, who turns 19 on Wednesday, were arrested Monday on suspicion of attempted homicide, the San Joaquin County Sheriff’s Office reported.Authorities said that on Sunday a man and woman robbed the Chevron gas station at 9015 W. Walnut Grove Road [...]

Kepler discovered 2,681 planets outside our solar system and even more potential candidates. It showed us rocky worlds the size of Earth that, like Earth, might harbor life.

Federal law restricts the military from engaging in law enforcement on American soil.

STOCKTON — Two-hundred members of the California Conservation Corps from as far away as San Diego and Fortuna descended on a Delta levee bordering southwest Stockton’s Van Buskirk Park on Tuesday to practice their flood control skills.The Corps members — young people between 18 and 25, as well as military veterans up to 29 — represented 13 different CCC centers around the state.It is the first time in many years a CCC training [...]

HARTFORD, Conn. — Notorious crime boss James "Whitey" Bulger, who used murder, terror and corruption to build a sprawling criminal network, was beaten to death Tuesday in a federal prison in West Virginia, and authorities suspect other New England mobsters may be responsible, law enforcement sources said.Bulger had been beaten almost beyond recognition, law enforcement sources said.Authorities who spent careers trying to stop Bulger were [...]

STOCKTON — It was a beautiful sight for Roderick Tyler.Dozens of children were smiling and running around Eden Park as their parents followed closely behind.It puts this side of town in a different light, said Tyler, owner of House of Ice Cream at 947 N. El Dorado St.On Tuesday, the Stockton Police Department hosted a Trunk or Treat free community event at Eden Park. There was an abundance of candy, pumpkins for the picking and pizza, but it was also an [...]

Sheriff’s OfficeThere were 66 bookings at the San Joaquin County Jail in the 24 hours ending at 8 a.m. Tuesday. At that time, there were 1,328 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 PoliceResisting arrest: Officer used a stun gun on a burglary suspect about 7 p.m. Monday in the 4400 block of Ijams Road. [...]

STOCKTON — Under ordinary circumstances, Karma Lindner says she feels as if she is heading to an oasis whenever she drives to Stockton’s Temple Israel.Lindner, the education director for the synagogue, says the building at March Lane and El Dorado Street normally feels like a “safe, warm and friendly” home away from home.But Saturday afternoon, the drive was different for Lindner, who had heard earlier in the day about the anti-Semitic attack by [...]

Stockton boy clubbed with metal pipe by unknown assailantSTOCKTON — A 14-year-old boy walking in east Stockton early Monday evening was clubbed with a metal pipe by a man who stopped his car, got out and struck the boy, police reported.The attack occurred about 6 p.m. at North Filbert and East Fremont streets. The assailant was described as a man in his 30s last seen wearing dark clothing. He fled the scene in his car, a newer model gray Honda [...]