Days after proposing Stockton Unified bring in a consulting firm owned by a controversial former superintendent to help replace John Deasy, board President Kathy Garcia voted to delay the proposal Tuesday night at a contentious Board of Education meeting. The meeting went late into the night and devolved into accusations of political and personal bias, … Continue reading Stockton Unified board delays decision on McLaughlin’s firm at contentious meeting →

A Stockton police officer who shot a man to death nearly four years ago was involved in another shooting this week that left a homicide suspect dead. David Wells, a Field Operations Division officer who was hired in 2003, was one of three officers involved in the shooting Wednesday afternoon near a Walmart in north … Continue reading Homicide suspect shot, killed by police identified →

Video footage was released Wednesday of an officer-involved shooting last month that left a 39-year-old man dead at an apartment complex in north Stockton. Stockton police say Antwane Burrise, who was wanted in connection with a murder in June, accelerated backward into the path of an undercover officer after being surrounded in a carport in … Continue reading Stockton police release video of officer-involved shooting →

Marco della Cava, Cassie Dickman USA TODAY Network After losing a steady job two years ago, Zohna Everett struggled to make ends meet. She drove for ride-hailing services, clipped grocery coupons, turned in recyclables for gas money and traded manicures for press-on nails from Walmart. Then a phone call changed her financial outlook. Everett learned … Continue reading California city gives residents $500 a month. Is this the future of progressive politics? →

Farmer Judith Redmond said the atmosphere was intense Monday afternoon in the Capay Valley, where her certified organic farm sits off Highway 16 in Yolo County. There was ash falling from the sky, she told The Bee by phone, and everything outside her window looked orange. The Capay Valley is mostly rural, made up of … Continue reading As ‘menacing’ County Fire burns, Capay Valley farmers brace for smoke — and uncertainty →

California firefighters are clapping back at President Donald Trump for comments he made in a tweet Saturday morning threatening to pull federal funding for California wildfire relief as another devastating round of blazes ravage the state. In his first comments since California’s most recent fires sparked, Trump once again cited what he called “gross mismanagement” … Continue reading Firefighters call Trump tweet on California wildfires ‘reckless and insulting’ →

Two men were taken to a hospital after being shot in south Stockton on Tuesday afternoon, authorities say.

Kesi Hatten said the death of her cousin, Antwane Burrise, who was shot and killed by police earlier this month, has devastated their family. Hatten, 42, of Sacramento, lived in Stockton until the age of 12 where, she said, that she and her cousin were raised like siblings. “It’s heart-wrenching,” she said. “We’re all really … Continue reading Family ’devastated’ by Antwane Burrise’s death in latest officer-involved shooting →

Seven people were arrested Friday in Stockton following multiple protests and demonstrations throughout the city, one of which led to a tense standoff between police and demonstrators. Friday’s protests follow weeks of local and nationwide demonstrations that have occurred in the wake of the police killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis last month. Protests are … Continue reading Chaotic protest met with support, dismay; 7 arrested →

The Stockton Unified School District Board of Education is looking to hire controversial former Superintendent Jack McLaughlin as a consultant through the end of the year to assist the district in the wake of the current superintendent’s resignation. Earlier this week, the board voted 4-3 to accept Superintendent John Deasy’s resignation, which will officially end his … Continue reading SUSD board looking at hiring McLaughlin to help with superintendent search →