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STOCKTON — Police made numerous arrests and seized several weapons in a 24-hour span across Stockton Thursday and Friday, including one weapon that had been reported stolen.Among the arrests was one in which officers conducting a check on a suspect at 4:20 p.m. Thursday at Sutter and Park streets discovered a loaded firearm in his pocket.Arrested was Drakar Howard, 23, on suspicion of weapons charges. He is being held at the County Jail with bail not allowed and is due [...]

STOCKTON — A Stockton police officer who fatally shot a man who attacked and assaulted a woman with a knife earlier this year has been cleared of wrongdoing by the San Joaquin County District Attorney’s Office.The DA’s Office released its findings on Thursday from investigations done by the DA’s Bureau of [...]

September was another month for the record books across the United States with hotter than normal average temperatures in all but two of the lower 48 states, keeping 2019 on track to be one of the warmest years ever.This year tied 2015 as the second warmest September since records began 125 years ago, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration concluded this week. The warmest September was in 1998.Overall, climate experts expect 2019 to be one of the warmest years on [...]

STOCKTON — The Mattress Recycling Council’s Bye Bye Mattress Program kicked off the first in a series of free drop-off events Friday at the Northeast Community Center in Stockton.This weekend and next, the Bye Bye Mattress Program will hold free mattress and box spring collection events around Stockton. Each of the following recycling collection events will be held from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.:• Saturday west of Taft Elementary School off Downing Avenue [...]

Sheriff’s OfficeThere were 55 bookings at San Joaquin County Jail in the 24 hours ending at 8 a.m. Friday. At that time, there were 1,378 people held at the jail, which has an official capacity of 1,550. When the jail is full, some inmates may be released early.Stockton PoliceArmed robbery: A 23-year-old man attacked and robbed after getting ride from a 23-year-old woman to the 700 block of San Joaquin Street at [...]

Apartment complex fire displaces residentsSTOCKTON — The Stockton Fire Department responded almost simultaneously to two structure fires in fairly close proximity on Friday.According to Battalion Chief Shannon Lewis, the first call at 7:31 a.m. was to a single-family residence at the 600 block of Diane Avenue, where a bedroom and hallway were heavily damaged. The occupant of the home was not injured.The second fire at 8:05 a.m. on the 8100 block [...]

After a United Airlines flight three years ago, Isabelle Briar ripped open her thumb as she pushed her wheelchair away from the gate. The airline had cracked the metal grip ring, leaving a sharp, protruding shard.The same airline ignored Cindy Otis’ complaint about damage to her power chair in 2006, responding weeks later and only after she had an attorney write a letter threatening to sue.In 2017, U.S. Sen. Tammy Duckworth, D-Illinois, boarded a flight hours [...]

At first glance, it appears that Stockton Port Commissioner Victor Mow got off easy when he was sentenced to just two days in jail and three years of informal probation for striking and killing a man while driving drunk.But did he? Did the fact that the 77-year-old Mow was a former vice mayor of Stockton and former chairman of the county Board of Supervisors help him avoid a stiffer sentence?Here’s what the public record shows:Mow was legally drunk at 8 p.m. Nov. [...]

Trisha Aguilar never envisioned herself in such a situation.He had called her stupid and dumb. And she made herself believe the belittling and degrading were tolerable — it would pass. Little did she know it would get worse.Aguilar met him when she was in her late 20s and divorced.The verbal abuse started before the young couple celebrated their first anniversary and escalated into physical abuse shortly afterward.“It blindsided me,” she said. [...]

SACRAMENTO — California state lawmakers have just two weeks remaining in their session to sort through hundreds of bills, some addressing volatile topics such as vaccinating children and shootings by police.The session that began in January will end Sept. 13 after lawmakers pile bills on the desk of freshman Gov. Gavin Newsom. He’ll have until mid-October to approve or veto the legislation.Here are a few bills under consideration. [...]