SAN JOAQUIN COUNTY — Ever since California became a state, a large portion of western San Joaquin County has been unprotected if a fire were to break out.
The area sits just north of Tracy, west of Stockton, and Highway 4 runs right through it.
CBS Sacramento started asking questions in mid-April when a fire broke out, and when we called around looking for information, we kept getting dead ends. It turned out that the California Highway Patrol was in charge…