Man Who Survived Stockton Birthday Party Massacre Shot Dead In Another Targeted Attack
Emmanuel Lopez survived the deadly Stockton birthday party shooting that killed four and a month later, he was gunned down. Emmanuel Lopez thought he had escaped the worst night of his life when masked gunmen opened fire at a child’s birthday party in Stockton on November 29. The mass...
Tracy man sentenced to prison for murder-for-hire plot
SACRAMENTO, California - Shaminderjit Singh Sandhu, a 52-year-old from Tracy, was sentenced to seven and a half years in prison for conspiring to use interstate commerce facilities in the commission of murder-for-hire, according to U.S. Attorney Eric Grant. Sandhu, along with Jagninder Singh Boparai, 49, of Manteca,...
What were Modesto’s top stories of 2025? Bee reporters share their picks
It’s now 2026, but there’s still time to look back at 2025. It was a busy news year in Modesto and its surrounding communities. Some of The Bee’s reporters wrote about their most noteworthy stories of 2025: John Holland: A June 25 gathering celebrated the conversion of the old Clarion Inn on Sisk Road into 143...
Stockton hires new CFO, department chiefs
After suffering an exodus of top city appointees throughout last year, Stockton’s government has filled vacancies at the helm of three departments, including its finance division. The city has hired a chief financial officer, public works director and interim director of community services, according to a Monday...
Christina Fugazi reflects on first year as Stockton mayor
STOCKTON, Calif. — After one year sitting in the mayor's office of California's eleventh largest city, Stockton Mayor Christina Fugazi says she still hears the biggest change every day. "Wherever I go now, the store, walking down the street, literally anywhere I'm at, somebody will be like 'oh, mayor!'"...
Stockton Firearms Trafficker Who Sold Guns, Including Machineguns, Sentenced to 77 Months in Prison
January 8, 2026 – SACRAMENTO, CA – Rayshawn Williams, 20, of Stockton was sentenced on. Tuesday by Senior U.S. District Judge John A. Mendez for illegally dealing in firearms and possessing machineguns, United States Attorney Eric Grant announced. According to court documents, between May and July 2024, Williams...
Fire at Ceres’ Lazy Wheels Mobile Home Park prompts renewed city action
A structure fire at the shuttered Lazy Wheels Mobile Home Park in Ceres early Tuesday is prompting renewed city action at a property that has been without power for more than a year and officially evacuated since November.
Stockton police arrest suspect in missing woman’s death in November
An arrest was made in connection with the death of a woman who was reported missing in Stockton in November, police said Thursday.
SJV WATER: Invasive critters “musseling” in on valley waterways as managers struggle to stop...
The dreaded, destructive golden mussel has become an urgent topic among San Joaquin Valley water agencies prompting near daily meetings on how to combat the tiny mollusk that is clogging pipes and equipment from Stockton to Arvin. “We’re going to be dealing with this for the foreseeable future if not...
Turlock man arrested for online child exploitation by police
(FOX40.COM) — A man in his 30s was arrested by the Turlock Police Department for online child exploitation on Wednesday. • Video above: Violent crime statistics Turlock police said its detectives arrested Paul Donald Fenocchio Jr., 38, of Turlock, who was connected with an investigation involving child sexual abuse...
