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San Joaquin County District Attorney's Office confirmed Wednesday that its Bureau of Investigations Political Corruption Unit had detained Stockton city councilmember Brando Villapudua.
A San Joaquin County jury has found Wesley Brownlee competent to stand trial on six counts of murder, a count of attempted murder, and additional related special circumstance allegations, prosecutors said Wednesday.
The issue was the focus of a public discussion in Stockton, where Rep. Josh Harder and Assemblymember Rhodesia Ransom discussed efforts to contain the golden mussels and limit their spread.
The Clements Stampede, a historic rodeo in San Joaquin County, returned in 2025 after decades of hiatus — and just a year later, the rodeo made history for itself.
The woman was driving alone when her vehicle struck a concrete tube, clipped a power pole and ended up in a ditch, the CHP's Stockton office said.
Calls for service regarding illegal dumping in San Joaquin County are down by 40% since 2023-2024.
A vehicle crash in San Joaquin County on Monday morning left one person dead, according to the California Highway Patrol.
The report shows the value of the county's almond crop reached $584 million in 2025. That's up from more than $492 million in 2024, an increase of more than $90 million.
Three men are wanted in connection with the kidnapping and murder of a Tracy father who investigators say was not the intended target of the crime.
The shift consolidates fire and medical dispatching into one center without changing how residents call for help.
San Joaquin County's Office of Emergency Services said it is beginning preparedness efforts early this year, before the forecast becomes clearer.
Shermantine and Loren Herzog were tied to killings and disappearances across the San Joaquin Valley dating back to the 1980s.
Several rural fire districts in San Joaquin County are pushing back on data included in a draft Municipal Service Review, saying inaccuracies could affect how their departments are evaluated and potentially impact future funding and service decisions.
All lanes of southbound Highway 99 were blocked in the Ripon area of San Joaquin County Thursday morning.
No one was injured after deputies opened fire during an overnight chase through Stockton.
The CHP's Stockton office said on Wednesday that it will recommend prosecutors charge the driver of a big rig following a fatal crash that shut down southbound Highway 99 near Lodi for nearly 10 hours last week.
Two people who died in a boating incident in the San Joaquin River last weekend have been identified, officials said Wednesday
San Joaquin County has declared an emergency as officials work to determine who should lead the fight against the invasive species.
A cleanup is underway after a tanker truck carrying asphalt went into a San Joaquin County slough over the weekend, spilling some of its load into the water.
A search resumed Monday in the San Joaquin River for two people missing after an incident involving two boats over the weekend.
They're a piece of Sacramento-area history, call boxes that once served as a lifeline for drivers before cellphones became commonplace. Now, the Sacramento region is hanging up the phone.
One person died in a crash that shut down southbound Highway 99 north of Lodi for several hours on Wednesday, officials said.
Former Stockton City Council candidate Desiree Lynch was arraigned Wednesday on six felony charges stemming from an investigation into allegations that she falsely claimed a residential address to qualify for the District 5 race, prosecutors said.
For decades, residents of a Stockton waterfront RV park have considered the property home. Now, the state says they were never supposed to live there permanently, and more than 60 people are facing an uncertain future.
It's threatening billions of dollars in losses for farmers and could choke California's water supply. Working to help stop it is the Davis-based Invasive Species Corporation, which is stepping up with a possible solution.
