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STOCKTON — Anyone with a worn or tattered American flag has a new place where it can be dropped off and later properly disposed of.Village Barber Shop in north Lincoln Center recently mounted a flag box near its entrance. The shop’s owner, Bobby Page, will host a dedication ceremony at 1 p.m. Sept. 14.“We would love to have everyone come out,” Page said. “It’s going to be a great addition, so that we can make our community a little more [...]

MANTECA — After responding to a disorderly conduct call Monday morning in the Spreckels Park shopping center, a police officer recognized the man believed to be on a surveillance video from a day earlier smashing one of the glass front doors to the nearby Bank of the West branch.The bank break-in occurred about 6:10 a.m. Sunday. About 9 a.m. Monday, the officer arrested Abel Isaac Reyes, 39, on suspicion of an outstanding warrant and public intoxication and booked him into [...]

STOCKTON — The family of a man slain in Stockton in May is offering a $100,000 reward for information leading to the arrest of those responsible for the crime.On May 22 about 11 pm., officers responded to the area of Sierra Nevada and Poplar streets on a report of a person shot. Officers arrived and located 24-year-old Jose Pablo Flores Martinez in the driver’s seat of a parked vehicle with a gunshot wound to his chest. He was transported to an area hospital, but later [...]

Relief workers reported scenes of utter ruin, while emergency authorities struggled to reach victims amid conditions too dangerous even for rescue workers, and urged people to hang on.

STOCKTON — The local organization Faith in the Valley will host an event Wednesday afternoon to train individuals to become advocates working to reduce the housing shortage in Stockton. The event will take place from 3-5 p.m. at the Victory in Praise campus, 2027 E. Harding Way.[gh:iframe src="https://www.google.com/maps/embed?pb=!1m18!1m12!1m3!1d6290.422311240878!2d-121.27179491047168!3d37.97220125360248!2m3!1f0!2f0!3f0!3m2!1i1024!2i768!4f13.1!3m3!1m2! [...]

STOCKTON — San Joaquin County courthouses in Stockton, Manteca and French Camp closed without notice Tuesday morning after deputy sheriffs who work on a part-time, per-diem basis called in sick.A Sheriff’s Office spokeswoman said Tuesday morning that no advance notice of any such action to essentially shut down the courthouses was provided by the deputies.Asked why so many of the deputies, who work primarily as bailiffs, called in sick, Deputy Andrea Lopez said: [...]

Sheriff’s OfficeThere were 50 bookings at the San Joaquin County Jail in the 24 hours ending at 8 a.m. Tuesday. At that time, there were 1,502 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 PoliceResisting arrest: Police arrested a 24-year-old man about 8:41 a.m. Tuesday in the 1700 block of East Market Street after receiving a [...]

STOCKTON — American Veterans Post 1947 held its inaugural meeting Tuesday evening at Stockton Memorial Civic Auditorium.The organization is one of 45 nonprofits in the United States dedicated to veterans’ affairs chartered by the U.S. Congress. AmVets was founded in 1947 during the Harry Truman administration following World War II. There was an active AmVets chapter in Stockton that disbanded some time ago.Now, Stockton has an AmVets post again with 21 charter [...]

STOCKTON — News that five members of the same close-knit Stockton family died in a horrific diving-boat fire early Monday morning off the Southern California coast has sent shockwaves through relatives, a medical institution and two school districts in the city.Stockton resident Julissa Garcia said Tuesday that three of her cousins and the cousins’ father and stepmother were on the boat and are believed to be among 34 people who perished in the tragedy on the dive- [...]

President Donald Trump planned to participate in a ceremony Thursday marking Space Command's official establishment, or to be more precise, it's re-establishment. The command existed for more than a decade before being eliminated in 2002 as part of the government's post-9/11 reorganization.