Stockton youth, adult choirs unite in effort to bring light into darkness
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.
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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.
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.
The 45th annual Diocese of Stockton Hispanic Ministry's Our Lady of Guadalupe celebration took place through the downtown Stockton streets on Sunday afternoon.
The Hospice of San Joaquin is lighting up Christmas trees throughout the county to remember family members who've passed away and honor their lives.
Gas prices are down again this Thanksgiving holiday at Ernie's General Store in Stockton as a gift of gratitude for customers.
Stockton police are investigating a homicide after a missing woman was found dead inside a vehicle Tuesday afternoon.
Dozens of foster youth have a place to call home after being adopted into new families in San Joaquin County, just in time for Thanksgiving.
A Stockton youth AAU basketball team, the Stockton Heroes, threw on their jerseys and teamed up with a local non-profit, Stockton 209 Cares, to assist people experiencing homelessness throughout their community.
Another town hall took place for the Ripon Consolidated Fire District on Thursday to inform the community about the challenges the district is facing.
A new High-Intensity Activated Crosswalk is now in operation along a Stockton residential street where neighbors have called it an "expressway" for years, with drivers speeding daily there.
Even though the discussion from last week's council meeting wasn't on the agenda for Tuesday evening, Stockton residents spoke up about their concerns with the council's behavior.
The San Joaquin County Board of Supervisors unanimously approved $1.5 million of funding toward the completion of the Gospel Center Rescue Mission's New Life Program Multi-Purpose Center.