San Joaquin County farmworkers pick cherries while battling high temps
Farmworkers are starting their days a lot earlier than most, trying to avoid the temperatures of the afternoon. Cherries need to be picked before summer hits.
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Farmworkers are starting their days a lot earlier than most, trying to avoid the temperatures of the afternoon. Cherries need to be picked before summer hits.
Some of the fire engines that are assigned to the Corral Fire in San Joaquin County traveled more than 100 miles.
The Corral Fire has prompted homeowners in a Tracy neighborhood to call on city leaders and developers to expand the number of entry and exit points to their neighborhood in case of emergency.
Crews late Monday afternoon responded to another vegetation fire burning just northwest of the Corral Fire, which scorched more than 14,000 acres near Tracy over the weekend.
One home has been deemed a total loss in the Corral Fire and one neighbor said he and another neighbor, tried to save it.
By the time the Corral Fire was contained Sunday, it had burned 14,000 acres to become the state's largest wildland fire of the year.
Stockton fire officials said they are still investigating what happened to spark a fire that damaged two homes and destroyed two outbuildings. But, neighbors say encampments and tents used to blanket the area and they believe a homeless person sparked the fire.
One person died and two others were hospitalized following a crash involving a wrong-way driver on Interstate 5 near the Sacramento-San Joaquin County line Wednesday evening, authorities said.
Stockton's mayor said the city has resources and services for those in need, but some in the homeless community say they just don't see that kind of support yet.
Memorial Day means a lot to families who lost loved ones in battles for our freedom. In Stockton, one family who lost a brother 60 years ago, used the holiday to honor his sacrifice.
A program in San Joaquin County is gaining momentum and you might see some interesting billboards pop up this summer letting retail thieves know they will be prosecuted.
Crews are working to prevent a 300-foot decommissioned cruise ship that is docked in San Joaquin County waters from sinking and spilling fuel.
One person is dead after a train and vehicle crashed near Lodi Sunday evening, officials said.
A 22-year-old man was killed and three others were injured in a single-vehicle crash on Interstate 580 early Sunday morning near the Tracy Gold and Country Club, the CHP said.
California added more than 50,000 jobs in April two years ago, but the state only added 5,200 jobs this past April. It's a troubling trend that some experts are concerned about how it impacts small business owners.
Stockton is home to one of the largest numbers of Cambodian refugees in the country. Many of them arrived in the 1980s after escaping war and persecution.
California could be seeing more unhealthy air quality days by a new metric to measure air quality by the EPA.
A study found that north Stockton is significantly cooler than south Stockton by about 5 degrees on average.
It's been a rough year for California wine growers as a new report shows the industry was down almost 9% in 2023. Growers in Lodi say it's been a challenge but it's one they're ready to take on.
A driver has died after crashing into a farm equipment vehicle near Linden early Wednesday morning.
Three months after a sideshow bust in Stockton, nearly 90 vehicles are still at the San Joaquin County Sheriff's Office and are considered evidence.
Juan Heredia says he does this because he wants to use his 28 years of diving experience to bring families closure.
In south Manteca, there are about 6,000 people and thousands of homes, but neighbors feel ignored by the city.
A mother was scared for her family after two suspects rang her doorbell with what looked like a semi-automatic gun, and it was all caught on camera.
Electric car giant Tesla laid off around 10% of its workforce in April, amounting to 14,000 jobs.
