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The migrants set out before dawn after taking a day's break in the Oaxaca state city of Juchitan.

Water levels in Venice reached more than 5 feet on Monday. While dramatic, that was more than a foot lower than the 76 inches of water that devastated Venice in 1966.

Running low on fuel for some time, the Dawn spacecraft this week stopped communicating with flight controllers. Its prolonged silence prompted NASA to declare it dead Thursday.

The prosecution comes amid heightened trade tensions between China and the U.S. and as the Trump administration raises alarms that Beijing remains intent on stealing technology and inventions to gain an economic upper hand.

Trump made the comments Thursday in a speech on immigration. He promised an executive order sometime next week that would ban migrants from claiming asylum if they cross the border illegally, and would set up vast tent cities that would hold anyone coming over the border.

A three-count indictment charges Low Taek Jho, also known as Jho Low, with misappropriating money from the state-owned fund and using it for bribes and kickbacks to foreign officials, to pay for luxury real estate, art and jewelry in the United States and to help finance Hollywood movies, including "The Wolf of Wall Street."

STOCKTON — Soon there will be a new option for San Joaquin County residents who want to travel to the Bay Area on the weekend.The San Joaquin Regional Transit District has announced it is adding weekend bus service to the Dublin BART station beginning Saturday.“The expanded weekend service is a direct response to requests we received from the public during our Unmet Transit Needs survey events,” RTD CEO Donna DeMartino said.RTD’s commuter [...]

Sheriff’s OfficeThere were 72 bookings at the San Joaquin County Jail in the 24 hours ending at 8 a.m. Thursday. At that time, there were 1,292 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 PoliceWeapons arrest: Officers recovered a loaded handgun after searching a vehicle during a traffic stop about 5:15 p.m. Wednesday in the [...]

STOCKTON — An intoxicated clown harassing children as they were trick-or-treating in Lincoln Village West on Halloween allegedly assaulted a parent, whacking the victim on the side of the head with a glass bottle and sending him to an area hospital, police reported.The incident occurred about 6:30 p.m. Wednesday on Chesapeake Circle at Embarcadero Drive in the northwest Stockton residential neighborhood.[gh:iframe src="https://www.google.com/maps/embed?pb=!1m18! [...]

Applications due for Festival of TreesIndividuals, groups of friends, clubs, organization and businesses are invited to apply to decorate a tree for the 27th Annual Festival of Trees scheduled for Dec. 1 and 2 at the San Joaquin County Historical Museum. Applications are due today.Trees may be decorated at the museum between Nov. 24 and 29, or fully decorated trees may be brought to the museum during that time. All trees must be in place by 3:30 p.m. Nov. 29 [...]