Eight entrepreneurs survived Round One to enter the final competition for $24,000 in cash and business services in the fourth annual San Joaquin Entrepreneur Challenge to be held on Wednesday, March 20, 2013.

As part of the Live from Cesar Chavez! program series, the Cesar Chavez Central Library will welcome local artist and poet Richard Rios for a special program on Monday, April 8 at 6:30 pm.

Fathers & Families of San Joaquin along with our community partners are organizing the 3rd Annual Boys and Men of Color (BMoC) Summit at the University of the Pacific on Friday, April 5, 2013.

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.