Fundraiser launched after wave of San Joaquin Valley journalist layoffs
FRESNO, Calif. (FOX26) — A fundraiser has been launched in order to help journalists recently laid off from newspapers in Fresno, Stockton and Modesto cover basic living expenses. According to the fundraiser, at least a dozen San Joaquin Valley journalists have been laid off over the past two weeks...
Stockton police continue ‘aggressive’ enforcement on unlawful tobacco retailers
(FOX40.COM) — The Stockton Police Department will continue its “aggressive” and “sustained” enforcement efforts against smoke shops and tobacco retailers operating in violation of state and local laws, the Stockton Police Department said in a press release. The staunch enforcement efforts were announced last year fol
San Joaquin County jail guards get peace officer status under new law opposed by...
Gov. Gavin Newsom has signed a bill that extends peace officer status to correctional officers in the San Joaquin County Jail, a measure backed by the guards’ labor group but opposed by those representing deputy sheriffs. The so-called Scanlan bill, named for a Fresno County guard fatally wounded during...
Stanislaus County expressway construction to close Roselle Avenue overnight
Construction workers will pour a lot of concrete Thursday night for the Roselle Avenue overpass on the North County Corridor, requiring an overnight road closure. According to a construction update, a section of Roselle , just north of Modesto, will be closed to traffic in both directions from 6:30 p.m. Thursday to 6 a
Amazon Brought a Drone to a Car Show. Tracy Got No Comment Period
Amazon parked one of its MK30 delivery drones on Front Street Plaza in downtown Tracy, California on the morning of August 29, in the middle of the Street Dreams Car Show. Two days earlier the company had told the Los Angeles Times that Prime Air would start flying from its Tracy warehouse within a month.
Five years after serial killings rocked Stockton, competency trial finally begins | Exclusive
A trial that will determine the mental competency of a Stockton man accused of killing six people and attempting to kill a woman is now underway, nearly four years after his arrest. On Sept. 11, a San Joaquin County jury tasked with determining whether alleged serial killer Wesley Brownlee is competent to stand trial b
Family of accused Stockton serial killer testifies in competency trial | Exclusive
Family members of alleged Stockton serial killer Wesley Brownlee testified Sept. 11 for the first time in a competency trial to determine whether he is fit to stand trial. Brownlee, 47, was arrested in October 2022 and is charged in the shooting deaths of six men: Juan Vazquez Serrano, 40; Paul Yaw, 35; Salvador Debude
Stockton: 2 Juveniles Arrested After Stolen Vehicle Pursuit
Two juveniles were arrested Sunday after officers alleged they fled from a stolen vehicle during a short pursuit in Stockton. Officers tried to stop the occupied stolen vehicle at 1:42 p.m. near Bianchi Road and West Lane in the Valley Oak District, but the driver refused to halt, the Stockton Police Department alleged
Delicias Aly Opens Its First Storefront in Modesto This October
Delicias Aly is opening its first brick-and-mortar restaurant at 3801 Yosemite Blvd, Suite C, in Modesto, with owner Bertha Aguilar confirming to What Now Sacramento that the restaurant is targeting an October opening. Aguilar said the restaurant will serve traditional Mexican food, with a menu built around birria, men
Stockton: Man Wounded In Shooting After Dispute, Police Say
A 24-year-old man was wounded in a shooting over the weekend in Stockton after he and another man drove to the area to confront people over a dispute, police said. The shooting was reported at 10:08 p.m. Saturday in the 800 block of Astor Drive in the Valley Oak District. The two men, ages 24 and 31, were driving in th

















