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STOCKTON — The store clerks, experts in the trade, are known as budtenders.Depending on the product, you can smoke, drink or rub on the merchandise, or apply a medicated transdermal patch, or put a drop in your mouth beneath your tongue.Products have names like Motorbreath, Sherbaccio, Dr. Extreme and Kosher Dawg, the last of which is not believed to have received the blessing of any known rabbi.With little fanfare, commercial recreational [...]

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TRACY — Braving temperatures in the 40s early Saturday, some 200 men, women and children in various states of dress jumped into not-so-freezing Tracy waters to kick off the start of their New Year.“It was OK going in,” Alex Mayani said as she toweled off. “Then you’ve got to swim out. That’s the hard part. And it’s actually warmer in there than it is out here.”This was Mayani’s fourth time participating in [...]

FRENCH CAMP — An enlarged photograph rests on a credenza behind the desk of newly elected San Joaquin County Sheriff Pat Withrow.The photo, taken by The Record’s Calixtro Romias on election night last June, shows Withrow and his grown children, Jacquelyn and Zachary, staring intently at a smart phone in Zachary’s hands. On the screen were early election results.As Withrow settles into his new office, he looks at the photo from time to time and smiles. [...]

Sheriff’s OfficeThere were 84 bookings at the San Joaquin County Jail in the 24 hours ending at 8 a.m. Saturday. At that time, there were 1,287 people held at the jail, which has a total capacity of 1,550. When the jail is full, some inmates may be released early.Stockton PoliceRobbery: A business in the 4600 block of Pacific Avenue was robbed at 8:35 p.m. Friday when a man entered, pointed a handgun [...]

Man robbed of wallet, cashSTOCKTON — A man was walking near California and Washington streets at 9 p.m. Friday when he was approached by two people.One of the strangers pointed a knife at the victim and demanded money, and the other grabbed his wallet, police said.Both robbers fled the area on foot with the victims’ cash.The first robber was described as a Hispanic male in his 30s standing 5 feet, 8 inches tall and weighing 150 [...]

On June 12, President Donald Trump made history by meeting with North Korean Supreme Leader Kim Jong-un in Singapore. This meeting was a culmination of months of planning and the end of fiery exchange a year earlier between the president and Kim.One of America’s greatest threats since the armistice in 1953 following The Korean War, North Korea agreed to meet with the president but only after tensions, cancellations and other issues nearly derailed the summit.When asked [...]

COPPEROPOLIS — Two people were arrested in Copperopolis this week after they were found squatting in a house while the homeowner was away.Calaveras County Sheriff’s Office deputies received a report of people living in a vacant residence in the 4000 block of Edgewater Court on Sunday, and soon determined the house was not vacant at all, reports state.Deputies contacted the homeowner, who was out of the area. The homeowner told deputies that no one should be living [...]

STOCKTON — Twelve students and a teacher at Taft Elementary School reportedly complained of lightheadedness on Thursday morning.Stockton Unified spokeswoman Shelley Spessard said first responders were called and evacuated the students from a classroom to the campus library.The affected students and teacher were examined by first responders and all were reported as stable. One student, accompanied by district personnel, was taken to an area hospital as a [...]

STOCKTON — Space was tight inside Department 7B of the San Joaquin County Superior Court as 11 individuals alleged to have participated in a honey oil lab that was discovered in Lodi appeared for bail review Thursday morning.The complaint filed by the San Joaquin County District Attorney’s Office names Mitchell Rodriguez, 32; Heather Keyes, 30; Leo Cardenas, 30; Mathu Lewis, 26; Michael Purcell, 29; Orlando Nunez, 26; Robert Morrow, 38; Travis Manning, 22; [...]