After a tragic car accident took the lives of her mother and younger brother, 11-year-old Yajaira Quintero Martinez moved to Ripon to live with her aunt and uncle.

Stockton Scholars will host their 3^rd Annual Signing Day event on Friday, May 3, 2019 at the Bob Hope Theatre in Stockton.  They will be recognizing the first full class of recipients to receive the Stockton Scholars and/or Shriram Scholars Grants.  A record-breaking number of Stockton public high school students submitted applications with more than 1,000 accepted pending verification of their college enrollment. More than $500,000 in scholarships will be awarded this year.  This is the largest number of students to receive private scholarships from one source in Stockton’s history.

Wednesday, May 1, Dutch Bros Stockton will open its third location at 139 S. Center Street. Dutch Bros is the countries largest, privately owned drive-thru coffee company, dedicated to making a difference one cup at a time.

The 2019 season opening of Pixie Woods on Saturday, May 4, 2019, is even more magical with the kick-off of the park’s 65th birthday celebration.

For the second consecutive year, Bokisch Vineyards is the first American winery to receive a Gold Medal in the Grenaches du Monde, International Grenache Competition. In 2018, Bokisch was awarded Gold for their 2016 Garnacha Blanca and again this year for their 2018 Garnacha Blanca.

An early morning fire at a construction and lumber yard quickly spread to a nearby pallet yard, resulting in extensive power outages downtown Stockton. Buildings in the downtown are currently without power, including many City buildings. City buildings, such as City Hall and the Chavez Library have closed for the day and will reopen, Wednesday, April 24, for regular business hours. City buildings outside the downtown area may be open; some services, such as internet access, may not be available. 

On Saturday, June 1, more than 80 people from San Joaquin County will make simultaneous Carnegie Hall debuts.

The Summer 2019 Repaving Project is scheduled to begin April 22, 2019, and take about three months to complete. This project, funded from the federal Regional Surface Transportation Program, will make improvements to three miles of roadway by resurfacing high traffic streets with poor pavement conditions.