A mass shooting in Stockton just after Thanksgiving left four people dead, three of them children. More than a dozen others were hurt. It put the city into national headlines in the most tragic way.
On streets around the scene, neighbors wondered about the decline in violence they had seen in recent years, and what the new shooting would mean for their safety. Online, people looked for answers and found both kindness and cruelty.
To move forward, Stocktonia wants to talk with you. That mean’s talking about what has gone wrong. But we need to highlight what’s right, too. Each of us has something — or someone — in Stockton that we love. So we wanted to talk about our hometown.
Where do you go to find peace? Who has been there for you in a time of need? Where do you see beauty, feel wonder?…