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A flurry of talks between Britain and the European Union ended Sunday without a Brexit agreement.

STOCKTON — Dozens of candidates running for school boards at Stockton and Lincoln unifieds and San Joaquin Delta College pitched their ideas and solutions towards education at a forum on Friday afternoon.Stockton Schools Initiative hosted the event at its hub at 1700 El Dorado St. to a dozen community members made up of parents and educational administrators.SSI is a coalition made up of students, families and community members working towards a mutual goal of [...]

STOCKTON — Small businesses throughout Stockton could be given the opportunity attract more patrons in the very near future.The Stockton City Council will consider approving $25,000 in funds for a new Storefront Beautification Micro Grant program at its Tuesday meeting.If approved, the program will provide grants of as much as $2,000 to small businesses along select commercial corridors to improve storefront aesthetics such as windows, signs, paint, awnings, [...]

“The Ito Sisters,” the story of one Japanese family’s journey to be accepted as Americans, which was screened in the Tillie Lewis Theatre in February for the Day of Remembrance, will reach out to a wider audience on Wednesday.  The 2017 film will air on the Sacramento PBS station KVIE, Channel 6, at 7 p.m. Wednesday.“The Ito Sisters” began as a family project for Antonio Grace Glenn, an actress, director, producer and filmmaker. She [...]

Kimberlee DiBartolo wasn’t sure how well her high-functioning autistic son, Michael, would fit into Joey Travolta’s two-week Inclusion Films summer workshop held in Stockton in June.“I drove up and to my right I see wheelchairs, and to my left are kids in special day classes,” DiBartolo said. “Michael looks at me and didn’t have to say a word.”The 17-year-old recent Lincoln High School graduate had spent his entire [...]

A squib in the police blotter said police arrested a man named Timothy Barfield on a ton of charges. Does that name ring a bell with you?Timothy Barfield is the name of the homeless man then-Mayor Anthony Silva unexpectedly brought onstage to his 2015 State of the City Address.Silva made a big show of caring about Barfield, though the following winter I found Barfield living under a bridge.The Barfield in the news was in serious trouble. Police alleged he tried to hit an [...]

Vatican statement made clear the two were defrocked for abusing minors with evidence so overwhelming that a canonical trial was unnecessary.

BERLIN — Tens of thousands of people protested racism and discrimination Saturday in Berlin, a demonstration that came amid rising concerns about Germany's increasingly confident far right.A wide range of groups, including pro-refugee, gay rights and Muslim organizations, backed the "Indivisible" protest in the heart of the German capital under the slogan "solidarity instead of exclusion — for an open and free society."Last year's German election saw the far- [...]

The president asserted anew that he had made "no deal" with Turkey to win Brunson's long-sought freedom.

GREEN BAY, Wis. — Hall of Fame fullback Jim Taylor of the Green Bay Packers has died at 83.The team says a family friend told the Packers he died early Saturday.Taylor played on the great Packer teams and was the league's MVP in 1962. He won four NFL titles and scored the first rushing touchdown in Super Bowl history.Taylor spent 10 seasons in the NFL after being drafted in the second round by Green Bay in 1958 out of LSU. He joined a backfield that [...]