With great pleasure, the Greater Stockton Chamber of Commerce announces the selection of Joelle Gomez, Women’s Center – Youth & Family Services, as its 2014 ATHENA Award recipient and Shelby Riley, Central California Safety Council as the 2014 ATHENA Young Professional Leadership Award recipient. The ATHENA Awards will be presented to Joelle and Shelby at the annual ATHENA Luncheon on November 20th, 11:30am, at the Stockton Golf and Country Club.

The Pacific Field Hockey team posted a 5-0 win over Central Michigan on Thursday afternoon at the Pacific Field Hockey Turf. The Tigers improve to 4-5 on the season while the Chippewas fall to 1-6 after the loss.  Sophomore forward Ali Campos struck for two goals to extend her season total to nine while freshman Alicia Muiños and sophomores Leah Cofer and Kyleigh Morrison scored goals for the Orange and Black. The win represented the first for the Tigers on their new Edel Grass playing surface, officially commemorating a new era for the program.

Delta College political science professor, Cirian Villavicencio, has been appointed to the California Commission on Asian and Pacific Islander American Affairs by Governor Edmund G. Brown, Jr.  Villavicencio, 34, has been an associate professor at San Joaquin Delta College since 2012...

Credit rating agencies Moody’s, Standard & Poor’s, and Fitch Ratings have given San Joaquin Delta College outstanding credit ratings for the existing $250 million Measure L General Obligation Bond, passed in 2004. Bond credit ratings are the equivalent of an individual’s credit score and are designed to gauge the risk a bondholder will receive on their investment.

Average retail gasoline prices in Stockton have fallen 3.7 cents per gallon in the past week, averaging $3.68/g yesterday, according to GasBuddy's daily survey of 196 gas outlets in Stockton. This compares with the national average that has fallen 4.2 cents per gallon in the last week to $3.39/g, according to gasoline price website GasBuddy.com.

The California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) will close the connector ramp from northbound Interstate 5 (I-5) to eastbound State Route 4/Crosstown Freeway for highway construction.

Although parents don’t always realize it, the advice they give and the nutritional choices they make can have a life-long effect on their children.

Stockton, September 8- Average retail gasoline prices in Stockton have fallen 1.6 cents per gallon in the past week, averaging $3.74/g yesterday, according to GasBuddy's daily survey of 196 gas outlets in Stockton. This compares with the national average that has increased 1.3 cents per gallon in the last week to $3.44/g, according to gasoline price website GasBuddy.com.