Lathrop News

Stockton is hoping to collect 3,000 gift-filled shoe boxes for needy children overseas with Operation Christmas Children, a project of Samaritan's Purse.

Police are following leads as they try to find out who beat to death a retired railroad worker found Tuesday afternoon in his Carlton Way home, the victim's daughter told the Tracy Press.

Police are working to solve the homicide of a 72-year-old man whose badly beaten body was found Tuesday in the front room of his home in the 500 block of West Carlton Way.

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Modesto is being snubbed as transportation officials lay ambitious plans for electric trains linking the valley to the Bay Area, a city councilman says, according to the Modesto Bee.

The attorney who put Lathrop's Monte McFall and former San Joaquin County Sheriff Baxter Dunn in federal prison on public corruption charges has been picked to lead the U.S. Attorney's Office in Sacramento.

Improved service levels and decreased transportation costs are among the benefits that some crossdocking facilities are realizing.

There were 53 bookings at the San Joaquin County Jail in the 24 hours ending at 8 a.m. Monday.

Plans to eliminate Sunday Dial-a-Ride transit service in Lodi are on hold. The service was among the most controversial to get the ax late last month when the City Council approved cuts to its bus and shuttle system to cover a $343,775 state funding shortfall.

San Joaquin County Sheriff said it is looking for a man who's been missing for one week.

A man was fishing with a group of friends on a boat along Old River when he suddenly had a heart attack, fell overboard and died Monday afternoon, said Deputy Chief Fred Mandin of Lathrop-Manteca Fire Rescue.

A Lathrop man who may be at-risk is missing, says the San Joaquin County Sheriff's Office.

All over San Joaquin County, children and their parents took part in Halloween traditions on Saturday, trick-or-treating at homes and businesses and showing off their costumes.

Cousins Kaitlin Maldonado-Ciucci and Hailey Herrera had their faces painted at the 2009 Dell'Osso Family Farm pumpkin patch.

A former Bay Area Realtor and his girlfriend were among dozens of people swept up in a massive three-year drug ring investigation.

The Central Valley's population remains among the nation's poorest, and agriculture is still the region's economic base.

"Kirk has shown true leadership ability, especially over these past 10 months, as the city has worked to restructure the organization to reduce our operational costs," City Manager Steve Pinkerton said in a statement announcing Waters' appointment Thursday.

A 39-year-old man who was shot as he was arriving for work Thursday morning in Lathrop was still on life support Thursday evening.

Federal authorities have charged 18 Bay Area residents in connection with a sophisticated marijuana growing operation spread among 50 homes in the Central Valley, the U.S. Attorney's Office announced Thursday.

Published: Thursday, October 22, 2009 at 3:24 p.m. Last Modified: Thursday, October 22, 2009 at 3:24 p.m. Federal prosecutors in California have charged 18 people with operating an extensive marijuana-growing operation by converting upscale homes into high-tech pot nurseries.