An inside look at what it's like to work as a Tracy first responder on Christmas
While many people get Christmas Day off, there are a few professions that remain open for business, including first responders.
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Charlie Lapastora, originally from Michigan, makes his way to San Joaquin County with more than 11 years of experience in both broadcast news and sports. With stops in Traverse City, Little Rock, Phoenix, and Austin - he's covered a wide range of local stories with national impact, getting answers to the questions that affect local communities.
In his previous roles, he covered the public land debate in Montana as part of election coverage; Hurricane Dorian's devastation in Florida; border coverage in Arizona, New Mexico, and Texas; and President George H.W. Bush and First Lady Barbara Bush's memorials. He also enjoys covering community stories, including a 90-year-old NASCAR Driver getting back behind the wheel to race with his son and a Navajo Nation family receiving electricity for the first time. Charlie has also covered local sports as producer/reporter with Fox 10 KSAZ in Phoenix, senior producer with a streaming start-up public space TV channel in Austin, and anchor/producer with The Media Gateway, covering seven different stations in four states from Little Rock.
As a graduate of Oakland University with a Bachelor of Arts in Communication and a Minor in International Relations, Charlie also earned a Master of Arts in Sports Chaplaincy. He gave the commencement speech at Oakland's College of Arts and Sciences Commencement and was the recipient of the Keeper of the Dream award for promoting interracial understanding on campus.
Charlie is married to his "queen" and a proud dad to their precious one-year-old son. He is excited to land in Northern California as it's a full-circle moment for the couple as they first met at a journalism conference in the area. Charlie is a second-generation American Filipino and is honored to cover stories in the county where Little Manila began.
While many people get Christmas Day off, there are a few professions that remain open for business, including first responders.
Families packed Saint Bernard's Catholic Church in Tracy on Christmas Eve, filling the pews and crowding into the lobby as the sanctuary reached capacity.
The historic San Joaquin County Fair, established in 1860, turns into a winter wonderland this season in Stockton for families to enjoy.
A mother was robbed at gunpoint Monday morning in south Stockton after returning home from an extra work shift to earn money for Christmas.
The National Weather Service issued a flood watch for San Joaquin County that will be in effect until 4 p.m. on Dec. 26
Even with rain falling in the foothills, the Victorian Christmas event continued.
The Sonora High School football team was undefeated this season and their celebration Thursday evening, taking their on-the-field title to the streets of their home downtown, was fit for champions.
The Stockton City Council voted unanimously to pass a street vendor ordinance during their meeting on Tuesday. There's no law on the books to regulate vendors, so this would apply rules for vendors to abide by.
Stockton residents came to the last city council meeting of the year with heavy hearts, continuing to grieve and remember the lives lost of the precious children in their community.
Fresh off a historic state championship title, the Saint Mary's varsity football team is back in Stockton after a nail-biting down-to-the-wire win in Southern California against Bakersfield Christian.
It's been 15 days since the tragic shooting in Stockton and the community rallied together this weekend at the Stockton Chorale's 74th annual Christmas & Holiday concert.
Ridgeline Property Group is in its public comment period and hosted an open house at New Jerusalem Elementary School near Tracy to inform the community and answer questions about its 1,500-acre mixed-use development Pacific Gateway Project in Tracy.
The Heal Stockton event at Victory in Praise Church was where Stockton residents and nonprofits met to grieve, heal, and process the tragedy that struck families in the city they love.
Stockton City Council held its first scheduled session since the horrific tragic shooting. The community continues to face the grieving and aftermath of this tragedy.
With dense fog permeating different areas throughout northern California and San Joaquin county over these past few weeks, it's affected visibility on the roads and – on agricultural land.