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• Pedestrian struck, killed by Amtrak train in northeast Stockton

  22-05-2018 07:04
  The unidentified man was walking across the Union Pacific tracks without permission about 10:18 a.m. and was struck, according to an Amtrak spokesman. He was declared dead at the scene.
  
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• Morada home-invasion robber sentenced to more than 100 years in prison

  24-05-2018 01:57
  A 2016 case involving a home-invasion robbery where a young man was set up by friends closed Monday as the last remaining co-conspirator was sentenced to more than 100 years in prison. Willie White, 35, was sentenced to 104 years to life, plus 93 years and 8 months in prison, according to the San Joaquin County District Attorney's Office.
  
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• Fitzgerald: Finding culture and self in ancient dance Updated at

  23-05-2018 21:10
  The 27-year-old first-generation Cambodian-American is a costumer and dance instructor for the Khmer Ballet of Stockton. "The whole Asian expectation - doctor, lawyer, medical of some sort - this is what I want to do!" Chan said.
  
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• Terror drill puts responders to the test

  23-05-2018 11:35
  There are reports of an explosion, and suddenly smoke. An unidentified gunman has stormed the bridge.
  
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• SJ's Rob Ryan wins Best Sauce on the Planet again with Sweet and Tangy Sauce

  23-05-2018 04:32
  For the second consecutive year, the Stockton native has had one of his barbecue sauces named Best Sauce on the Planet in the American Royal World Series of Barbecue Sauce Contest. He'll be honored at the organization's annual barbecue event Sept.
  
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• Silva has GPS ankle monitor removed

  22-05-2018 16:35
  STOCKTON - After more than a year of asking for legal restrictions to be removed, former Stockton Mayor Anthony Silva was granted one request Monday morning. Judge Charlotte Orcutt allowed Silva to have his GPS monitoring device removed from his ankle, stating the San Joaquin County District Attorney's Office did not object to the request, and that the former mayor had obeyed all conditions of his bail.
  
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• Lincoln High seniors' Disneyland Grad Nite back on

  22-05-2018 11:43
  Soon after a senior trip to Disneyland was canceled Friday because there were not enough buses available, the event was rescheduled for Wednesday. "We've secured a new date for the trip to Disneyland," Lincoln High Principal Terry Asplund wrote in an email to parents.
  
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• St. Mary's student arrested for making threats

  22-05-2018 00:14
  A 16-year-old female has been arrested for allegedly making threats towards St. Mary's High School and forcing class to be canceled Monday. Stockton police reported an email had been sent to school staff early Sunday evening.
  
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• Dolores Huerta recalls night Robert F. Kennedy was shot: 'For years, I suffered with guilt.'

  21-05-2018 14:35
  Dolores Huerta vividly recalls the day Robert F. Kennedy joined thousands of farmworkers in Central California to celebrate the end of Cesar E. Chavez's fast for nonviolence. On March 10, 1968, Huerta greeted Kennedy at the airport and brought him back to an adobe brick building on the union's Forty Acres property, just west of the city of Delano.
  
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• An historic brush with Bobby

  21-05-2018 00:09
  Fifty years ago this Wednesday - six days before he was shot by an assassin - Senator Bobby Kennedy visited Stockton, campaigning in the presidential primary. Kennedy's special train pulled in an hour late, "but this did not dim the enthusiasm of the crowds who stood five and 10 deep along the tracks and station platform," The Record reported.
  
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  20-05-2018 08:40
  The school was recently recognized by U.S. News and World Report as the third best high school in California and the 37th best high school in the country. "The school has a lot to offer that not a lot of schools can.
  
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• Balloons over Bullets: Stockton groups bring water fun to combat violence

  20-05-2018 04:26
  She and dozens of other children of all ages armed themselves with water balloons and water guns as they darted in all directions, laughing, shouting and enjoying a sunny Saturday afternoon at Gleason Park. Stockton native DeMar Johnson helped organize Balloons over Bullets, a water bash to bring positive activities to the city's children.
  
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• Moore proud of accomplishments, says criticism unwarranted

  19-05-2018 10:30
  STOCKTON - Ask Sheriff Steve Moore to provide a list of his accomplishments over the past 12 years and he points to his "Community Cars" program that has placed more deputies on a regular basis into the community, building rapport with the citizens they come into contact with. He will speak about programs that have provided direction to young people and fostered their interest in pursuing careers in law enforcement.
  
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• 'We barely got out': Arson investigators looking into raging fire

  19-05-2018 06:27
  Three homes sustained major damage and two firefighters suffered minor injuries in a blaze that occurred just after 9 p.m. at a mattress recycling center in the 700 block of North Union Street. Five other properties were damaged by smoke and water, and authorities said 25-30 people were displaced.
  
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• Stockton woman arrested in connection with death of granddaughter, 7

  19-05-2018 06:27
  A 48-year-old woman has been arrested in connection with the August 2017 death of her 7-year-old granddaughter. Stockton police announced Friday that Arkeba Campbell was taken into custody Thursday afternoon on suspicion of felony child endangerment likely to cause injury or death.
  
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• Pair guilty in murderous south Stockton crime spree

  19-05-2018 06:27
  For 37 minutes Friday afternoon in a Stockton courtroom, all attention was focused on a court clerk reading the lengthy list of verdicts rendered by a jury in the murder trial of two young men who terrorized south Stockton for 10 days nearly three years ago. When the clerk was finished, Ralph Gamboa, 23, and 18-year-old Jesus Rodriguez had been convicted of the first-degree murders of Luis Zapien, 63, and 28-year-old Javier Rodriguez ; the shooting of a 24-year-old man who lost his vision i
  
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• Dickinson College president opens doors to former captives of...

  18-05-2018 20:03
  After becoming president of Dickinson College last summer, Margee Ensign got a call from a philanthropic organization in Africa: Four young women who had been traumatized in a highly publicized kidnapping needed an education. They were among more than 270 girls who had been taken  in 2014 by the radical militant organization, Boko Haram, from their boarding school in Chibok, Nigeria.
  
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• City says no changes to council meeting schedule

  18-05-2018 13:17
  STOCKTON - Although Stockton City Councilman Dan Wright will no longer be leading another entity this summer, city officials said its new council meetings schedule will not be altered this year. Connie Cochran, the city's community relations officer, said the council annually adopts its meeting calendar for the upcoming year.
  
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• 'Please do the right thing': $30K reward in Mother's Day slayings Updated at

  18-05-2018 09:02
  A family mourning the loss of three members gunned down on Mother's Day is imploring anyone with information to contact authorities. "In an instant, we lost three beautiful, innocent lives," Cheng Lor, brother of Joe C. Lor, said in between sobs Thursday.
  
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• Alameda County remains liable for foster child's meth-induced death

  18-05-2018 02:59
  The brother of a 3-year-old girl who died after twice ingesting methamphetamine was also exposed to danger inside a Stockton foster home, a federal judge said while rejecting a motion to drop allegations against Alameda County. U.S. District Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers on April 24 wrote that the allegations, if true, show county social workers "acted with deliberate indifference to a substantial risk of harm" to the brother of Mariah Mustafa.
  
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• Jury weighing case in 2015 crime spree

  18-05-2018 00:52
  After more than 50 court dates over three years, including a trial that lasted nearly one month, the fates of two suspects in a deadly 2015 crime spree in south Stockton are in the hands of a jury. Defense attorneys Doug Jacobson and Michael Moore delivered their closing arguments Wednesday morning, and after prosecutor Kevin Rooney completed his rebuttal, the jury headed off to deliberate on a case that involved two homicides, the severe wounding of a third victim and multiple robberies over 10
  
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• Attempted homicide suspect turns himself in

  17-05-2018 20:32
  STOCKTON - Damien Verrett, 22, turned himself in at the downtown Stockton police station late Wednesday and was charged with suspicion of attempted homicide in connection with Monday's midafternoon shooting at the Mi Casa Apartments in north Stockton, police reported. Verrett reportedly showed up at police headquarters about 5:15 p.m. of his own accord "and turned himself in for the shooting which occurred in the 200 block of East Bianchi Road," according to the report.
  
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• For riders, fans, let the fun begin

  17-05-2018 16:09
  The Tour of California's fifth stage will begin on a frontage road between Stockton Arena and University Plaza Waterfront Hotel, and the riders will go through Stockton into Gold Rush Country before finishing in Elk Grove. The race begins at 11:20 a.m., with a pre-race festival at 9 a.m. A large crowd is expected outside the arena to see off the field of 119 riders.
  
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• Utah golf: Freshman Tomlinson finishes tied for ninth at NCAA Regionals

  17-05-2018 11:30
  Utah golfer Blake Tomlinson wrapped up his freshman season by shooting a 5-under 211 to finish in a tie for ninth at the NCAA Regionals in Stockton, California on Wednesday. Tomlinson, the first Ute to play in the NCAA Regionals since 2007, shot a 1-under 71 on the final day of the three-day tourney.
  
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• Stockton needs more black officers, council candidates agree; but how?

  17-05-2018 07:08
  Candidates for the Stockton City Council on Wednesday night all agreed on the need for more black police officers patrolling the community, and all had different approaches for increasing those numbers. Seven City Council candidates fielded questions at a candidates' forum hosted by the Stockton chapter of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People and the Stockton-Tracy Chapter of Black Women Organized for Political Action.
  
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• SJ supervisors OK job-skills program at Honor Farm

  17-05-2018 05:07
  STOCKTON - The county's ongoing effort to address its homelessness problem took a step forward Tuesday morning with the Board of Supervisors' final go-ahead to use $1.4 million in state grant funding for a housing and job-skills program for newly released male jail inmates at risk of ending up on the streets. Also qualifying for the program will be homeless men who are on probation for past convictions.
  
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• Amgen Tour Of California To Pass Through Calaveras Thursday

  17-05-2018 00:31
  The largest bicycle race in North America will go through Calaveras County tomorrow, and the CHP is warning motorists to be prepared for some brief roadway closures. Stage Five of the Amgen Tour of California will leave Stockton at 11:20am and head northeast into Calaveras County, utilizing roads such as Highway 12, Burson Road, Camanche Parkway South, Chili Camp Road, Campo Seco Road and Sandretto Road.
  
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• Family's slaying prompts outpouring of grief, support

  16-05-2018 19:46
  Friends and strangers alike are expressing their grief following the Mother's Day slaying of the Lor family at the hands of an unknown gunman. A large and growing memorial tribute to Joe C. Lor, Gina Xiong and their 5-year-old daughter Kayleen has been established along a fence near the shooting scene in the 1600 block of East 11th Street in the Sierra Vista Homes neighborhood.
  
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• New documentary with Davis ties debuts

  16-05-2018 14:47
  A Davis resident has joined a UC Davis graduate to produce a new documentary that will debut at CAAMfest in Oakland on Saturday, May 19. David Hosley and S. Steve Arounsack are the creators of "Halfway Home: Asian American Art in the Central Valley," which explores how four of the region's artists are using their talents to reshape narratives about their communities. Shot in 4K HD, the program also uses images from a new visual archive at UCD.
  
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• Animal Protection League to take over duties at Stockton Animal Shelter

  16-05-2018 09:57
  A local organization has been tapped to take over the duties of caring for Stockton's sick and homeless animals. The Stockton City Council on Tuesday night unanimously approved a memorandum of understanding with the Animal Protection League to provide veterinary and shelter services for three years.
  
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