The BUMP Music Festival announces their new home at Weber Point Event Center in Stockton, CA to be held on the weekend of June 29th 2013. The semi-annual electronic dance music event, that has been taking place since the summer of 2010, has moved to a new location that can facilitate between 10-12,000 attendees and will add a car and boat show during the festival on Saturday as well as a "Recovery" event on Sunday.

Local restaurants, featuring locally grown asparagus, will be showcased during the Great Stockton Asparagus Dine Out, taking place April 1-14. Restaurants will be serving locally grown asparagus in a variety of dishes, celebrating our most famous spear while gearing up for the Stockton Asparagus Festival (April 26-28, 2013). Over 20 restaurants are expected to participate.

The San Joaquin County Bar Association is pleased to announce its Lawyers in the Library Legal Clinic. Lawyers in the Library is a monthly legal clinic consisting of licensed, practicing attorneys who are in good standing with the State Bar of California and members of the San Joaquin County Bar Association who volunteer their time in order to assess and advise an individual’s legal matter.

Nichole Conine of Stockton was recently selected to participate in the 2013 Miss Jr. Teen Sacramento/Stockton pageant competition that will take place on Sunday April 7, 2013. Nichole learned of her acceptance into this year's competition when the pageant announced their selections following interviewing in the local Sacramento/Stockton area. Nichole submitted an application and took part in an interview session that was conducted by this year's Sacramento/Stockton Pageant Coordinator.

Merryhill Elementary students and preschoolers in Stockton celebrated reading and early childhood literacy in honor of Read Across America Day. Preschoolers came to school dressed in comfy pajamas and listened to elementary students read popular children’s books such as “If You Give a Mouse a Cookie.”

The San Joaquin County Hispanic Chamber of Commerce will host its 12th Annual Latina Business Conference: Celebrating Women in Business on Wednesday, March 20, 2013 at the Hilton Hotel, 2323 Grand Canal Blvd, Stockton, California 95207. The event will begin at 8:30 am with a Business to Business Expo, workshops and the luncheon to follow. This year’s event will feature keynote speaker Commissioner Catherine J.K. Sandoval of the California Public Utilities Commission.

The Tournament will return to a double-bye format in 2013, with the first and quarterfinal rounds slated for the Bren Events Center on the campus of UC Irvine on Tuesday and Wednesday. The semifinals and championship game will take place at Honda Center Friday and Saturday. BigWest.TV will carry the first through semifinal rounds, while the championship game will be on Prime Ticket at 1:00 pm on Saturday, March 16. All games involving Hawai'i will also be shown on the islands on Oceanic Time Warner Cable.

On the heels of winning the program's first Big West regular season title, head coach Lynne Roberts was named the Big West Coach of the Year for the first time in her career at Pacific as the post-season honors were announced by the conference office. Additionally, the Pacific women's basketball team was well represented on the all-conference teams as all five of Pacific's starters took home the individual honors.

Join the Pacific Tigers on Saturday March 9 for a memorable night of Pacific Men’s Basketball as the Tigers honor Head Coach Bob Thomason in his final home game during his 25th and final season with the Tigers.

The Stockton-San Joaquin County Public Library is partnering with the San Joaquin Reading Association to give children throughout the county an opportunity to participate in the California Young Reader Medal program.