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STOCKTON — Authorities in the Mother Lode are investigating two recent cases of violence towards animals with one arrest made and a $5,000 reward has been offered in Tuolumne County for information for who is responsible for shooting cats over the last several years.The Calaveras County Animal Services contacted Stockton police about 8:50 a.m. Thursday seeking the whereabouts of a man who owned two pit bulls that were said to have killed two miniature horses on Tuesday. [...]

Sheriff’s OfficeThere were 48 bookings at the San Joaquin County Jail in the 24 hours ending at 8 a.m. on Thursday. At that time, there were 1,369 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 PoliceWeapon arrest: Officers conducted a traffic stop at 7 p.m. on Wednesday at Eighth Street and Cambria Drive. During a search of the [...]

STOCKTON — A plane carrying two San Joaquin County sheriff’s deputies was forced to make an emergency landing shortly after takeoff Thursday evening near Stockton Metropolitan Airport after experiencing engine trouble, the Sheriff’s Office reported.The small plane, a 1999 Cessna, crashed into a cyclone fence and diesel trailer.“Miraculously they appear to be uninjured at this time,” the Sheriff’s Office said in a statement. [...]

STOCKTON — Lois Thomas knows what it is to be homeless. The stigma, the shame, the despair.Thomas recited a poem she wrote, “I Know Homeless,” during a rehearsal for an upcoming show that nearly brought some of her peers in the Writing for Recovery class to tears.“I travel after daylight dims, my head bows to the glare of the bright, nosey headlights. I stop a foot or two behind others waiting at the stop light to avoid the degrading [...]

The town of Ras al-Ayn was emerging as an immediate test for the five-day cease-fire agreed on by Washington and Ankara.

Attahullah Khogyani, spokesman for the governor of Nangarhar, said the militant attack wounded 36 others. He said it was not immediately clear if the mosque was attacked by a suicide bomber or some other type of bombing.

With the possibility of winds picking up due to bad weather in the Gulf of Mexico, officials had hoped to bring the cranes down Friday. But Fire Chief Tim McConnell said it would likely be midday Saturday.

Claiming new progress against Islamic State extremists in Syria, President Donald Trump said Friday that some European nations are now willing to take responsibility for detained IS fighters who are from their countries.

Federal Aviation Administration chief Steve Dickson demanded an explanation from Boeing CEO Dennis Muilenburg in a letter Friday.

STOCKTON — Authorities released a sketch of a man being sought in connection to a shooting that injured a 10-year-old girl earlier this month in south Stockton.The Stockton Police Department said Friday that the suspect is described as being in his late teens with shaggy hair.  At about 4:20 p.m. on Oct. 1, the victim was playing in her backyard [...]