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PG&E power shutoffs likely in San Joaquin County; 6,352 customers could be impacted
Thousands of Pacific Gas and Electric Company customers, including 6,352 customers in San Joaquin County, may lose their power on Saturday as the utility plans for possible public safety shutoffs. Customers in seven counties, mainly in the Central Valley, were notified on Friday that PG&E could cut electricity to as...
Destructive San Joaquin County grass fires prompt message of preparedness
CLEMENTS, Calif. — Kelly Cooker was in her bedroom near the community of Clements Saturday afternoon as flames broke out in an orchard next door. "I just was listening and I heard the crackling for a while and I was like 'I know that sound,'" said Cooker. "It was just flames... like all along our house right there."
California Highway Project Breaks Ground
Construction will begin in August on the junction of California State Route 99 and 120 in San Joaquin, Calif. The project aims to ease traffic between eastbound 120 and southbound 99. The project is being built by Teichert Inc. and is scheduled to be completed in summer 2026. It has...
Lodi Unified dissolves controversial book review committee
Lodi Unified School District’s controversial book review committee has been dissolved and will not meet again, Superintendent Neil Young announced in an email to district community members on Monday. The review committee was convened in June to examine a series of formal complaints challenging the use of ten books...
CrowdStrike outage impacts San Joaquin County, some local agencies due to IT issues
Microsoft users around the world were impacted by an outage on Friday, which disrupted operations at banks and hospitals, kicked media outlets off the air, knocked banks offline, and resulted in thousands of canceled flights. The outage was linked to CrowdStrike, a U.S. cybersecurity firm that advertises being used by over half of Fortune 500 companies. The firm said one of its recent content updates had a defect that impacted Microsoft's Windows Operating System, and stressed that...
Stockton City Council takes first steps towards new ethics rules in wake of grand jury report
The Stockton City Council may be inching towards new ethics rules following a San Joaquin County Gand Jury June report that said some of its members were “complicit in the deterioration of comradery, trust, respect, and ethical governing.”. The Council’s Legislation and Environmental Committee met on Wednesday and asked...
Attorney General's fair housing lawsuit against Elk Grove appears settled
Elk Grove's controversial and costly lawsuit over the Oak Rose supportive affordable housing project proposed in Old Town appears to have been resolved. Court documents filed on July 17 in the lawsuit filed by California Attorney General Rob Bonta against Elk Grove says, "Counsel for the parties have requested that the merits hearing on July 19, 2024, be vacated because they have reached an agreement on settlement terms. Accordingly, the hearing is vacated."
Update: SJ County services remain impacted by faulty computer update, Stockton largely unaffected
San Joaquin County public services are temporarily disrupted due to a faulty anti-virus update affecting computer systems stateside and abroad, while the city of Stockton seems to have largely been spared any significant disruption. At least one flight into Stockton’s airport has also been canceled due to the update.
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