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U.S. District Judge Richard M. Berman took the procedural step of adding his initials to an order dismissing the indictment that charged the 66-year-old Epstein with conspiracy to commit sex trafficking of minors and sex trafficking of minors in the early 2000s in Florida and New York.

Dorian is a Category 1 hurricane now but is expected to reach major hurricane status in the next day or two and maintain that power until landfall.

STOCKTON — Ming Cai Ou-Yang’s memories of home in a small village in Guangzhou, China, are always close to him at this time of year. Ou-Yang is better known along the Miracle Mile as Sam, the namesake of Sam’s Cafe, located at the intersection of West Castle Street and Pacific.On Wednesday, Sept. 4, Ou-Yang and his wife, Mei, will be hosting their 15th annual fundraiser for Jene Wah, Inc., and will pay out of their own pockets all expenses for the food and [...]

Tyrone McAllister has been charged with murder with a special circumstance enhancement after he and another man allegedly shot a 32-year-old man during a robbery in Oakland last week.

COLUMBUS, Ohio — The multibillion-dollar settlement that the maker of OxyContin is negotiating to settle a crush of lawsuits over the nation’s opioid crisis contains formulas for dividing up the money among state and local governments across the country, The Associated Press has learned.The formulas would take into account several factors, including opioid distribution in a given jurisdiction, the number of people who misuse opioids and the number of overdose deaths. [...]

San Joaquin County Public Health Services and the county’s environmental health department are urging swimmers, boaters and recreational water users this Labor Day weekend to avoid contact with blue-green algae, also known as cyanobacteria, that can bloom on the surface of reservoirs, rivers, creeks, lagoons, lakes and ponds.The algae blooms may appear green, blue-green, white or brown foam and scum floating on the water. Children are especially vulnerable because they play on [...]

MANTECA — A motorcycle rider died at a hospital Wednesday night following a crash into a fire hydrant earlier in southwest Manteca. His female passenger suffered moderate injuries, police reported.Authorities learned of the crash about 9:35 p.m. and responded to Langum Way and West Atherton Drive, just west of Airport Way, where they found a sheared-off hydrant and a motorcycle with two riders down. [...]

Sheriff’s OfficeThere were 86 bookings at the San Joaquin County Jail in the 24 hours ending at 8 a.m. Thursday. At that time, 1,435 people were held at the jail, which has an official capacity of 1,550. When the jail is full, some inmates may be released early. Stockton PoliceRobbery/assault with a deadly weapon: On Wednesday, the 32-year-old male victim was in the 7900 block of El [...]

Leavelle, distinctive in his light-colored suit and white Stetson, is seen in the photograph with his hand on Lee Harvey Oswald, Leavelle's body stiffening as nightclub owner Jack Ruby shot the handcuffed presidential assassin at close range on live TV in 1963.

Researchers say cyberspies exploited security vulnerabilities to plant spyware on Apple iPhones when users merely visited a small group of malware-infected websites.