San Joaquin County | featured news

STOCKTON — As a first-generation low-income student from Stockton, Princess Vongchanh wasn’t going to allow her ZIP code to define who she is.  Instead, she was going to let her grades and motivation to improve her community speak for itself when she started applying for colleges.The 18-year-old Franklin High School senior honestly didn’t expect to hear much of anything, let alone good news from the likes of Harvard, Yale and Stanford.Then [...]

TERMINOUS — Two unrestrained passengers in the back seat of a vehicle were ejected when the vehicle struck a light pole on rural Highway 12 early Sunday morning. One of the passengers died, the other suffered major injuries and the teenage driver was arrested, according to the California Highway Patrol.The single-vehicle crash occurred about 4 a.m. on westbound Highway 12 east of the Mokelumne River Bridge in the Delta between Lodi and Rio Vista.According to the CHP [...]

STOCKTON — In an unspeakable night of violence in Stockton, one man known as “Love” was fatally gunned down, a 16-year-old boy was killed in a quadruple shooting that left three others wounded including two in critical condition, two other shootings resulted in injuries and a 12-year-old boy was cut possibly by broken glass.While investigators have to consider the possibility that these incidents and earlier shootings this month could be connected, so far [...]

Sheriff’s OfficeThere were 62 bookings at the San Joaquin County Jail in the 24 hours ending at 8 a.m. Monday. At that time, there were 1,435 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 PoliceGun arrest: Officers were checking out an unoccupied vehicle at Clowes Street and Clowes Court just before 11 p.m. Sunday when they [...]

STOCKTON — Every one of the 150 to 200 men, women and children who attended the somber Memorial Day ceremony at Stockton’s Memorial Civic Auditorium on Monday afternoon knew why they were there.They were there to remember the fallen, to pay tribute to the military men and women who gave their lives to protect ours, and to celebrate the freedoms all Americans cherish.“Freedom is only possible because of our fallen heroes,” San Joaquin County [...]

STOCKTON — The identities of the city’s sixth and seventh homicide victims of the month were publicly released Tuesday by the San Joaquin County Coroner’s Office.Both fatal shootings occurred within a two-hour span Sunday evening in different areas of the city and are being investigated by Stockton police homicide detectives.Everett Lynn “Love” Johnson, 45, of Stockton was found by responding officers suffering from multiple gunshot [...]

STOCKTON — A 12-year-old boy was inside his north Stockton home early Tuesday morning when bullets started flying outside. One round entered the residence and struck the boy, police reported.The boy was transported to an area hospital, where he was treated for a non-life-threatening gunshot wound, according to police.The shooting occurred about 1:10 a.m. in the 2200 block of Chambord Drive in a residential neighborhood north of East Hammer Lane between West Lane and [...]

TERMINOUS — Tui Tofa Talia, 25, of Stockton was identified Tuesday as the passenger who was ejected from a vehicle during an early Sunday morning crash on Highway 12 and pronounced dead at the scene, according to the San Joaquin County Coroner’s Office.Talia grew up in Concord where he played football at Ygnacio Valley High School, eventually ending up as one of the leading tacklers for the University of Oregon Ducks in the 2014 and 2015 seasons.The single- [...]

STOCKTON — Results from a census of unsheltered homeless residents taken every other year show what anyone who spends time in Stockton can see with their own two eyes: The unsheltered population in Stockton has exploded from when the 2017 census was taken to the 2019 point-in-time count taken four months ago. [...]

Sheriff’s OfficeThere were 49 bookings at the San Joaquin County Jail in the 24 hours ending at 8 a.m. Tuesday. At that time, there were 1,446 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 boy was robbed about 8:32 p.m. Monday in the 100 block of East March Lane. The victim was in a parking lot when the robber, [...]