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STOCKTON — Residents of Tracy and Mountain House will soon have another transporation option.The San Joaquin Regional Transit District announced Monday the launch of Hopper Route 99, which will provide bus service for San Joaquin County's far west communities, starting Oct. 29.“We developed this new service in response to customer comments received during the annual Unmet Transit Needs survey,” RTD CEO Donna DeMartino said in a statement. The route was [...]

NEW YORK — Therapy dogs can bring more than joy and comfort to hospitalized kids. They can also bring stubborn germs.Doctors at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore were suspicious that the dogs might pose an infection risk to patients with weakened immune systems. So they conducted some tests when Pippi, Poppy, Badger and Winnie visited 45 children getting cancer treatment.They discovered that kids who spent more time with the dogs had a 6 times greater chance of [...]

STOCKTON — A good Samaritan who stopped to help a woman who he heard screaming for help was robbed Thursday afternoon.The 66-year-old victim was driving about 4:40 p.m. near East Main and North Pilgrim streets when he came upon the woman and two men, Stockton police reported. The woman was pleading for help so the man pulled over.[gh:iframe src="https://www.google.com/maps/embed?pb=!1m18!1m12!1m3!1d3145.9424432031446!2d-121.27764268467719!3d37.95512987972697!2m3!1f0!2f0! [...]

A 2-year-old shredded $1,060. His mom cried - until she laughed.

STOCKTON — A man who authorities arrested in connection with Monday’s fatal triple shooting is also being looked at as a possible suspect in three other shootings in the same neighborhood over the past three weeks.The Sparks Police Department in Nevada on Thursday arrested Anthony Bradley, 27, on an unrelated crime and on a homicide arrest warrant obtained by the Stockton Police Department, authorities announced Friday.Stockton police said a tip sent to [...]

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Authorities late last month arrested a Lodi man after the raid of an illegal marijuana grow in an area of the White Slough Wildlife Area in San Joaquin County.Officers with the California Department of Fish and Wildlife received information late in the summer about a possible cultivation site at White Slough, according to the agency. On Sept. 21, the CDFW’s Marijuana Enforcement Team raided the site and arrested 25-year-old Fernando Garcia-Lizea of Lodi on suspicion of multiple [...]

STOCKTON — Janet Napolitano knew the question was coming.After all, the University of California president was addressing the Philomathean Club, dedicated for 125 years to the educational pursuits of women.“What are you doing to bring a campus here to Stockton?” came the first question from the audience after Napolitano’s keynote luncheon speech on Friday at the Stockton Golf & Country Club.Napolitano noted new campuses are determined [...]

Sheriff’s OfficeThere were 61 bookings at the San Joaquin County Jail in the 24 hours ending at 8 a.m. Friday. At that time, there were 1,290 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 PoliceRobbery: A man leaving his home about 12:37 a.m. Friday in the 6000 block of West Lane was attacked by five people who [...]

Good Samaritan robbed, hit with stun gunSTOCKTON — A good Samaritan who stopped to help a woman who he heard screaming for help was robbed Thursday afternoon.The 66-year-old victim was driving about 4:40 p.m. near East Main and North Pilgrim streets when he came upon the woman and two men, Stockton police reported. The woman was pleading for help so the man pulled over.[gh:iframe src="https://www.google.com/maps/embed?pb=!1m18!1m12!1m3!1d3145. [...]