21+ hour, 50+ min ago   (398+ words) Mayor Christina Fugazi doubled down in a Saturday town hall in calling for the city charter to be updated. “The things that we’re dealing with in 2026 need to be updated,” Fugazi said during the event at Troke branch library. “We…...

1+ day, 22+ min ago   (784+ words) This story originally appeared in The Center Square. California’s Department of Industrial Relations (DIR) has announced $34.9 million in grants to nonprofits and labor unions that will help “at-risk” or undocumented workers understand their rights, including hundreds of thousands of dollars…...

1+ day, 2+ hour ago   (303+ words) In recent years, Newsom vetoed bills that sought to expand the community colleges’ ability to issue more bachelor’s degrees. Still, Newsom’s office was involved in the revision of the latest bills, Cabaldon said in a Senate floor speech Monday.“This…...

1+ day, 4+ hour ago   (1772+ words) Jorge Rodriguez is busy. Most days, he wakes at 3 a.m. to drive to work at his uncle’s farm in Tracy. He picked cherries in the spring, cabbage in the summer. After clocking out, he’d dash off to finish classes at Delta…...

5+ day, 2+ hour ago   (507+ words) For Stockton boosters, it’s not exactly the publicity they’d prefer. “San Joaquin County, California — a hotbed of gang activity and violent crime,” a voice-over intones during the opening moments of “120 Hours Behind Bars.” The documentary-style TV series offers what producers…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (351+ words) USA Today, one of the nation’s most comprehensive news providers and owner of the Stockton Record, has laid off editorial employees and is reorganizing to cope with technological changes resulting in less reader traffic from search engines, according to a…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (649+ words) San Joaquin County’s public hospital is facing high vacancy rates for certain healthcare specialists, forcing it to turn to costly temporary staffing to fill gaps. San Joaquin General Hospital has only three computed tomography, or CT, technicians; it’s authorized to…...

3+ week, 2+ hour ago   (708+ words) This story originally appeared in The Center Square. Billions of dollars of government spending over a decade have done nothing to stop homeownership from slipping out of reach for millions of Americans. That’s especially true for California. The conclusion? It…...

3+ week, 1+ day ago   (1369+ words) Stocktonia Concepción Reza grew up in a middle-class family in Mexico City and studied economics at UCLA from 1952 to 1953. She was the recipient of two scholarships, one from Mexico’s central bank and the other from the U.S. Department of…...

3+ week, 2+ day ago   (371+ words) Good morning, Stockton. 🌄 It’s been an especially busy week in Stockton politics. In the last seven days, City Council candidate Desiree Lynch withdrew from the District 5 contest, reversed her decision and reentered the race and then was arrested on suspicion…...