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STOCKTON — San Joaquin Delta College graduates far and wide will soon be able to reconnect and help support current students through a newly formed alumni association.“We cherish alumni as part of the Delta family,” Superintendent and President Kathy Hart said in a statement.“Starting an alumni association will allow our graduates to give of their time, talents and resources to support the college and improve the quality of life [...]

Lathrop High educator named STEM teacher of the yearSTOCKTON — Kenneth “Scott” Myers from Lathrop High School and be.tech Charter School was named as the Albert Brocchini Memorial STEM Teacher of the Year by the North Central Valley STEM Center.Myers has been instrumental in bringing a full functioning video game design class to life that also teaches students computer programming skills.In addition to game and simulation programming, [...]

Sheriff’s OfficeThere were 60 bookings at the San Joaquin County Jail in the 24 hours ending at 8 a.m. Thursday. At that time, there were 1,406 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 arrest: A woman was riding a bicycle in the area of Pheasant Run Circle and Quail Lakes Drive at about [...]

Two men shot in downtown StocktonSTOCKTON — Police said two men suffered non-life-threatening injuries after they were shot in two separate locations on Wednesday afternoon in downtown Stockton.The first victim was sitting in Eden Park in the 800 block of South El Dorado Street at 6:45 p.m. when an unknown subject approached and shot him, authorities said.The victim ran away and later was dropped off at a local hospital for treatment. [...]

STOCKTON — For the first time in her life, Coleen Sykes-Ray doesn’t have a home address.On Tuesday, when she served as a witness at her best friend’s wedding, she was asked to fill out her name and address, but she just stood there staring at the pink form.“What do I put here?” she thought.It was a sobering reminder that she and her family are now homeless. After five years of renting a humble three-bedroom duplex in north Stockton, [...]

STOCKTON — With the deadline to pass a new spending plan one month away, the City Council began two days of meetings Thursday evening focusing on the proposed 2019-20 budget.Just shy of $230 million, the proposed general fund budget is about $10 million greater than the current budget, which expires June 30. The city’s proposed total budget of $759 [...]

STOCKTON — Described by family as a deeply religious man, Jose Pablo Flores Martinez had just finished a routine Bible study class on the evening of May 22.After going to a friend’s house in Stockton for dinner and to watch a movie, Martinez left to go home to Lodi at about 10:30 p.m.It would the last time he would be seen alive.A half-hour later, Stockton police found the 24-year-old inside his vehicle suffering from a [...]

STOCKTON — A 19-year-old documented gang member has been arrested in southern Oregon in connection with a triple homicide that claimed the lives of three teenagers in an east Stockton neighborhood, authorities have announced.Stockton police said late Thursday that Joaquin Cruz was taken into custody in Klamath County on a homicide arrest warrant.Cruz will be extradited back to San Joaquin County at a later date, authorities said.Tiffany Connary, 18; her brother [...]

STOCKTON — One after another, 31 speakers in all, they rose to share their dismay Thursday night in the jam-packed downtown meeting room.The Board of Supervisors was on hand. So was the Stockton City Council.And, most notably, so were numerous residents of the city and county who filled a room with a seating capacity of 200.The topic: the [...]

Homeowners in Clearwater, Fla. were more than a little surprised when they found an 11-foot alligator had made its way into their kitchen, according to WFTS.com.According to police, the gator "broke into the home through some low windows in the kitchen."A [...]