NOTE of importance.  Stockton Art League gallery hours are changing:   Beginning November 5th,  hours will be 10-5 Tuesday-Saturday.  As always, closed Sunday/Monday.   This is a permanent change in hours.    Call 466-6604 for more information or visit website at www.stocktonartleague.org

With less than a month to go, donations are rolling in for Stockton’s first Coat, Blanket and Sock Drive.  The event is being organized by the Stockton Record, SMG Stockton, The United Way, St. Mary’s Dining Room, the Stockton Ports and Stockton Thunder.

The Bridgeport Sound Tigers, AHL affiliate of the Stockton Thunder, have recalled defenseman Mike Keenan from his loan deal after being sent to Stockton on October 16th.

The Stockton Symphony opens its second Classics concert of the season with two beautiful examples of French symphonic repertoire: Ravel’s “Le Tombeau de Couperin,” and Bizet’s “Symphony in C Major,” juxtaposed with a very recent flute concerto, “Trail of Tears,” by American composer Michael Daugherty. The vivid contrast makes for an extremely intriguing and satisfying evening.

The Arnold Rue Community Center is proud to introduce Preschool Storytime hosted by the Troke Library on the second Thursday of every month at 11:00 a.m., at...

Stockton Thunder head coach Richard Kromm has announced that forward Brayden Irwin has been signed to a professional tryout agreement by the Utica Comets of the AHL.

Health Plan of San Joaquin (HPSJ) and San Joaquin County Human Services Agency (HSA) have released a joint Request For Application (RFA) to fund local organizations and groups to get the word out to those who will be newly eligible to enroll in California’s Medi-Cal program.  Effective January 1, 2014, more people will qualify for Medi-Cal because of a federally funded expansion of the State’s Medi-Cal program.  

The Stockton Symphony is thrilled to announce the hiring of Margaret Gonzalez as the new Lead Violin Instructor, and Scott McColl as the new Lead String Instructor and Coordinator of Harmony Stockton, the free after-school music enrichment program at Marshall Elementary School.

On Oct. 3, preschoolers at the Merryhill School campus in Stockton received a playful visit from Splash, the Stockton Ports mascot, to kick off Jumpstart’s Read for the Record initiative.

The California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) will alternately close the on and off-ramps on northbound and southbound Interstate 5 from Charter Way to State Route 4/Crosstown Freeway for electrical work. No two consecutive ramps will close at the same time.