San Joaquin County News

County supervisors will take up the issue Tuesday when they consider the findings in a new report that compares departmental costs with those of contract attorneys.

San Joaquin Sheriff deputies and Department of Justice personnel catalog human remains recovered in an abandoned well in the 27000 block of Flood Road about six miles east of Linden Sunday.

In this undated file photo provided by the California Department of Corrections, Wesley Shermantine is shown.

Death Row inmate Wesley Shermantine was paid $33,000 by a Sacramento bounty hunter in exchange for information leading to the remains of victims of the "Speed Freak Killers," according to a report in the Los Angeles Times .

Scores of students from throughout Santa Barbara County will "mind their 'p's' and 'q's'" when they compete in the annual county spelling bee Thursday, Feb.

There were 76 bookings at the San Joaquin County Jail in the 24 hours ending at 8 a.m. Saturday.

A man serving a sentence for narcotics possession and forgery escaped from the Honor Farm early Saturday, according to the San Joaquin County Sheriff's Office.

A partial human skull and other bones were found in an abandoned well the San Joaquin County Sheriff's Office had been excavating since Friday morning.

A loiterer became hostile after being confronted by deputies, kicking one in the face while resisting arrest, according to the San Joaquin County Sheriff's Office.

In this undated file photo provided by the California Department of Corrections, Wesley Shermantine is shown.

In this undated file photo provided by the California Department of Corrections, Wesley Shermantine is shown.

Feb. 10, 2012: Wesley Shermantine is shown. Information provided by the California death row inmate who was one of the two notorious "Speed Freak Killers" led to the discovery.

Vanderheiden had been missing since 1998. The San Joaquin County Sheriff's Office reports that the skull and teeth underwent a forensic dental examination, including the use of charts and x-rays. The human remains will now be sent to the California Department of Justice for further DNA analysis.

When Nicole Gonzalez looks at her Edison High School students, it's as if she is staring into a mirror and seeing a reflection of herself from a dozen years ago.

Saving lives is what emergency medicine is all about, and Stockton's two acute-care hospitals both took a big leap forward in that direction Friday when they passed site surveys to become preferred destinations for heart attack patients.

The San Joaquin County Coroner's office made a preliminary identification of a skull found Thursday morning in San Andreas.

Another partial skull and more remains are being uncovered on property belonging to convicted killer, Wesley Shermantine.

An unidentified man in a gray Cadillac sedan was shot multiple times while driving on northbound Interstate 5 near Hammer Lane on Thursday night.

There were 68 bookings at the San Joaquin County Jail in the 24 hours ending at 8 a.m. Thursday.

Races for local elected offices this year won't attract the millions of dollars that already have been thrown around in the presidential primary contests unfolding across the nation.