Stockton CA

Independence Day weekend in Stockton will be packed with celebration, community spirit and high-stakes sports. From morning parades and museum visits to evening fireworks and playoff soccer, the city offers plenty of ways to make the most of the holiday. Read on for a sampling of events from Visit Stockton,...

Two Independence Day fireworks shows in San Joaquin County are being canceled following the July 1 explosion of a Yolo County warehouse that was storing their pyrotechnics. Thursday night's fireworks show at the New Stockton 99 Speedway is canceled, the Noceti Group, which operates the track, announced on social...

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EQT Real Estate on July 2 announced that EQT Exeter Industrial Value Fund VI has acquired a 2.04-million-square-foot portfolio of modern logistics facilities in Manteca, Calif. The four Class A buildings are strategically positioned near Interstates 5 and 99, with immediate access to a major Union Pacific (UP)...

One person was killed in a shooting Wednesday evening on Leon Avenue in Modesto, authorities said. Deputies were dispatched at 6:42 p.m. to a report of a person shot in the 600 block of Leon, according to Sgt. Erich Layton of the Stanislaus County Sheriff’s Office. The victim was taken to a local hospital and was...

The driver of a street sweeper who after rear-ending a tractor-trailer in Lathrop was identified by authorities Wednesday as a 40-year-old Modesto man. Daniel Purdy, whose name was released by the San Joaquin County Medical Examiner’s Office, was headed south on State Route 99 about 8:27 a.m. Monday at the off-ramp...

The Stockton Police Department has made 61 hires so far this year, marking the most for the department in a year since 2018.

As part of an ongoing investigation of the sale of illegal fireworks, the Ceres Police Department on Monday served a search warrant that uncovered about 500 pounds of fireworks and resulted in an arrest and a citation. The fireworks were found at a home in the 800 block of Rolling Oak Court. Modesto resident Jaspreet...

Rancho Calaveras, CA— The CHP reports that a motorcycle burst into flames, forcing the rider to pull over in the Rancho Calaveras area of Calaveras County. The incident happened in the eleven o’clock hour on Highway 26 near the Josephine Lane intersection. The image box photo taken by responders from the Calaveras...

The Stanislaus County District Attorney’s Office announced that 30-year-old Gordon Massey of Modesto has been sentenced to life in prison, with the possibility of serving up to 35 years. A jury found him guilty of several charges, including premeditated attempted murder of a police officer, assaulting a police...