Stockton City Councilmember Michael Blower is seeking re-election in District 3 on November 3, highlighting his experience in city government, investments in public safety, neighborhood improvements, and commitment to responsible management of taxpayer dollars.

Weberstown Mall hosts a free Día de los Muertos celebration Sunday, November 1, from noon to 3 p.m. near JCPenney. A community ofrenda, mariachi, folklórico, face painting and children’s crafts bring remembrance and cultural traditions into a shared Stockton gathering place.

Yosemite Bark Houses opens November 4 at Stockton’s Haggin Museum, placing Jonas Kulikauskas’s painted transparent panels before Albert Bierstadt’s Yosemite landscapes. The installation invites a closer look at Indigenous presence and historical omission, with an artist talk November 8 and an opportunity to connect the paintings with Native communities’ continuing ties to Yosemite.

El Concilio California. Before Dolores Huerta helped change American history, she was a young teacher in Stockton confronting a reality that should have shamed a nation: in one of the cruelest of ironies, the children of the people who helped feed America were arriving at school hungry and without shoes. She refused to accept their suffering as the inevitable. She left teaching to organize farmworkers and confront the conditions that kept their families in poverty.

University of the Pacific alumnus and American Idol Top 12 finalist Filo Ebid joins Stockton Symphony and the Stockton Youth Chorale for Holiday Pops: Celebrate the Season. Separate performances December 5 at 6 p.m. and December 6 at 2:30 p.m. at Atherton Auditorium bring together local musical connections, young voices and seasonal favorites during the Symphony's centennial season.

Stockton Symphony's Viva Italia! brings Italian opera, Joan Cortopassi's Honeymoon Waltz and Respighi's Pines of Rome to Atherton Auditorium on Sunday, November 8, at 2:30 p.m. Peter Jaffe leads the centennial-season program with soprano Bianca Orsi and baritone Roberto Perlas Gomez, connecting a celebrated musical tradition with a distinctly Stockton contribution.

Veterans and their families are invited to a free Hunt. Fish. Feed. lunch November 13 at American Legion Post 803, 3110 West Lane in Stockton. The Chamber calendar and registration page list noon–2 p.m.; an attached flyer lists noon–3 p.m., so attendees should confirm the end time. Advance registration is requested.

Pacific Orchestras presents A New Birth of Freedom on November 4, from 7:30 to 8:30 p.m., at Faye Spanos Concert Hall in Stockton. Led by Kevin Sütterlin, the concert features Copland’s Lincoln Portrait, Margaret Bonds’ The Montgomery Variations and the California premiere of Lawren Brianna Ware’s The Moirai. Tickets are $10–$15, with free admission for eligible groups with valid ID.