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STOCKTON, California — A Northern California tradition rooted in agriculture reached a milestone this weekend as the Asparagus Festival marked 40 years of celebrating a crop once central to the region’s economy. Organizers said the annual event at the San Joaquin County Fairgrounds drew more than 30,000 people,...

Get the Eat. Sip. Play. newsletter in your inbox Available now: Sign up here for the best food, drink and entertainment coverage in Stanislaus County. May brings some of the biggest and most popular spring festivals and celebrations in the greater Modesto region. The month’s promise of sunshine and warmer temperatures just brings out the best, it seems. However, one of the Modesto region’s...

A cane-swinging clash between two seniors in Stockton over the weekend escalated into a bizarre street showdown -- and even involved a car -- before police stepped in and arrested both men, police said. Officers were called around 4:10 p.m. Saturday to the 700 block of East Martin Luther King...

Needing help looks different for everyone — a crisis, a health scare, food insecurity or simply a moment when things feel unmanageable. Stockton has a wide network of formal services and informal support systems that residents turn to every day. These resources are not a comprehensive list, but they do offer a starting point.

Returning for another flavorful year, attendees were treated to a variety of food and activities at the San Joaquin Asparagus Festival. An assortment of vendors offered traditional fair items like corn dogs, but added an asparagus flair. Popular food items included asparagus ice cream, deep fried asparagus ravioli, and deep fried asparagus.

Legacy Health Endowment and the UC San Francisco Institute for Health Policy Studies are collaborating on a 2026 report to roadmap the health care manpower needs in Merced and Stanislaus Counties. But local initiatives cannot fix a national cultural landscape where ageism and sexism intersect to render older women invisible in public policy and medical settings. The subtle, persistent message to the older woman...

(FOX40.COM) — A man was hospitalized then arrested after a shooting in Stockton’s Lakeview District around midnight on Sunday, according to the Stockton Police Department. SPD said the victim was driving around 12:33 a.m. in the area of Swain Road and Evelyn Avenue when an unknown suspect shot him. The victim, identified as 29-year-old Lloyd Gipson, […]

(FOX40.COM) — Crews with the Modesto Fire Department extinguished a six-vehicle fire at an auto dismantling business Saturday night. MFD said crews responded to reports of a commercial fire around 9:02 p.m. in the area of Crows Landing Road and 7th Street. Firefighters arrived to find six cars on fire in the back of the property […]

Fire crews in Stockton knocked down a large fire late Friday night, preventing it from spreading to nearby homes.