French Camp News

Due to high winds, a tree that had been dead and dry for a number of years on San Joaquin County's property fell on my fence and caused damage worth about $900. The county denied my claim stating that it is due to an act of nature and the county is not liable.

The San Joaquin County Jail in French Camp continues to have an inmate population well under the jail's capacity.

Veterans tired of long trips to receive certain medical care joined local officials in cheering in May when the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs picked San Joaquin County as the future home of new medical facilities for veterans, including an expanded outpatient clinic and nursing home.

The levees protecting parts of Stockton, French Camp, Lathrop and Manteca don't meet design criteria set by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to withstand a 100-year flood.

County officials didn't take a deal to have Walmart take over dispensing drugs now being handed out from San Joaquin General Hospital's outpatient pharmacy, which is slated to close for budget reasons.

A man accused of killing an Oconomowoc woman in a murder-for-hire plot and escaping from custody has been ordered held on a $2 million cash bail.

Police answered a call to a fire that burned two cars in north Stockton early Sunday and are investigating whether there is a connection to the torchings of six vehicles in the area of Pershing Avenue and Hammer Lane early Friday.

Six vehicles were torched early Friday where they had been parked by their owners in driveways and along the street in north Stockton, as elsewhere in the county a similar, though still unlinked trio of arsons is under investigation.

The hunt for a fugitive wanted on a charge of murder who escaped guards transporting him cross-country has come to an end.

Record readers have picked 2009's top stories. Today, we present No. 3: the spaceflight of Stockton astronaut Jose Hernandez.

Edward Endow shares a name with a road running through a rural corner of French Camp.

Lori Flickinger collapsed onto the kitchen floor at dinnertime as her young daughter watched in horror.

No one had to tell Aden Brooks to say cheese during a family portrait with his mom, Kendra Brooks, and brother Jesse, 3. The 1-year-old had the giggling covered.

The Delta Blood Bank is co-hosting the following three blood drives: The San Joaquin County Sheriff Department and the Stockton Police Dept.

The San Joaquin County Jail in French Camp has been infamous through the years for being so overcrowded, mass releases set should-be prisoners free.

People of faith, labor and community members will join together for a "Candlelight Vigil for Healthcare Reform: A Service of Remembrance and Hope" beginning at sundown today at San Joaquin General Hospital to remember the almost 45,000 people who die each year for lack of health insurance.

Freezing overnight temperatures might be inconvenient for most residents of San Joaquin County, but they are hardest on those who have no home.

The Lincoln High School Class of 1960 is looking for classmates to join the 50th reunion celebration in spring 2010.

A competitive blood drive pitting the county's largest two law enforcement agencies against each other started Friday morning with two donations.

County officials this week approved a $600,000 settlement with the family of a 71-year-old Tracy man who was found dead about a mile away from the San Joaquin County Jail, where he had been released in the early hours of a 2006 morning.