Stockton CA

SACRAMENTO, Calif. - A federal grand jury Thursday indicted 26-year-old Jashanpreet Singh of Lodi on firearms offenses, including the unlawful possession of a machine gun. The charges were announced by Acting U.S. Attorney Kimberly A. Sanchez. Singh, the founder of the "Punjabi Devils" Motorcycle Club in Stockton,...

Three hospitals in the San Joaquin Valley – two in Fresno, one in Modesto – have received places among the rankings of best regional hospitals in the nation by U.S. News & World Report. The rankings, announced on July 29, recognize Community Regional Medical Center in downtown Fresno,...

Ty Leighton, of Brentwood, for arranging to meet a 13-year-old minor with the intent to engage in lewd and lascivious acts, among other related charges. As part of a week-long operation led by the Contra Costa County Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) Task Force hosted by the Contra Costa County Sheriff’s Office...

Lipman Family Farms, an Immokalee, Fla.-based vertically integrated supplier of fresh tomatoes and vegetables, has opened its newest fresh-cut facility in Manteca, Calif. Specializing in sliced tomatoes, the new facility marks the company’s eighth fresh-cut operation across North America. Lipman says the new facility...

On July 29, 2025, around 11:20 pm, Tracy Police Department officers responded to a report of a solo vehicle crash in the 2700 block of Holly Dr. Upon arrival, officers contacted an adult male (not believed to be a Tracy resident) involved in the crash. After conducting a DUI investigation, the male was arrested on...

In a reversal of a policy born from scandal, the Stockton City Council unanimously approved the use of City-issued tablets with limited functions in closed sessions meetings, easing a ban reinforced last year following a grand jury probe into a “damaging leak.”. The 7–0 vote adopted amendments to a...

Last Thursday, a small but lively crowd gathered in downtown Modesto to celebrate the coming launch of The Modesto Focus, an online newspaper that will offer a new model for local news coverage of Stanislaus County and nearby. Long considered a “news desert,” the northern San Joaquin Valley has wanted for truly local...

Modesto firefighters responded to a series of emergencies over a 24-hour stretch this week, including a house fire in a previously burned vacant home, a vehicle rollover near Knights Ferry and a man rescued from the sludge at the bottom of a Modesto pool. The Modesto Fire Department said that while total call volume...

The Stockton Police Department is buying two heavy-duty pickup trucks totaling $154,804 to help efforts to relocate unhoused people. The City Council ratified the purchase of two Chevrolet Silverado three-quarter-ton pickups on Tuesday. The initial vote had been scheduled in March as part of an emergency purchase...

Traffic on southbound Interstate 5 in the Lathrop area was being diverted off of the freeway Thursday morning due to an officer-involved shooting investigation.