Stockton CA

Investigators are working to learn more after a body was found along a shoreline near Stockton earlier this week. The San Joaquin County Sheriff’s Office is treating the case as a suspicious death after deputies responded to a report of a person in the water near Rio Blanco Road. Authorities have not yet released the identity of the person or additional details about what...

California’s peach farmers are facing a devastating blow after Del Monte Foods closed its canneries earlier this year, leaving farmers with a surplus of clingstone peaches and no buyers. The shutdown of the Modesto plant, which processed between 30% and 35% of California’s cling peaches, has led to a...

Modesto is expected to see a steady rise in temperatures into the weekend and early next week. The National Weather Service has issued a heat advisory for parts of the Central Valley. In Modesto, it will be in effect from 11 a.m. Monday to 8 p.m. Tuesday. Monday is the hottest day in the seven-day forecast, with a predicted high near 99 degrees...

I’ve spent most of my life in Stanislaus County — but my list of untried spots just keeps growing. When Modesto Bee reader Michael Meade suggested I check out Backwoods Burgers in Oakdale for my next On a Budget stop, I was all in. “Great burgers & sides are offered,” he wrote. Michael isn’t the only fan of Backwoods Burgers. The restaurant has become a local...

STOCKTON, Calif. — A suspect faces arson charges after allegedly starting a fire at a homeless encampment. On Wednesday, the suspect became agitated when officials were clearing an encampment in the Stockton area and intentionally started a fire, according to the California Highway Patrol. CHP officers intervened and apprehended...

Police activity had shut down both directions of Interstate 580, east of Isabel Avenue, in Livermore, according to the California Highway Patrol. CHP Dublin on Friday afternoon reported just before 3 p.m. both directions of the freeway were still shut down. Just before 3:30 p.m., CHP announced only westbound lanes were opened.

STOCKTON, Calif. — Fires broke out, and arrests were made on Friday as crews in Stockton cleared a homeless encampment along Mormon Slough near Anderson Street and Airport Way. The longtime encampment has generated complaints for years and took hours to clean up. The cleanup came a week after...

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Receiving a donated ex-charter boat was a huge help for the youth organization Stockton Sea Scouts, said program director John Manov. But hauling it out for maintenance to make it safe for kids, he explained, became far more expensive than originally thought because of a new invasive species of mussel.

Mother’s Day weekend will bring higher-than-normal temperatures to much of Northern and Central California, according to the National Weather Service. Cities including Sacramento, Modesto, Chico, Redding and Stockton could see temperatures soar as high as 100 degrees , the weather service said in an X post on Friday, May 8. The weather service on Friday issued heat advisories for parts of the Sacramento...

The weather is heating up in Modesto — which means more outdoor brunches , trips to the dog park and evening walks around the neighborhood. With more pets out and about, the issue of owners not cleaning up after their animals tends to pop up. A Modesto Bee reader recently asked: What can I do if my neighbor isn’t picking up after their pet? Here’s what...