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Today’s top story
Stockton City Council reworks its censure policy
By Aaron Leathley • Special for Stocktonia
Councilmembers voted to streamline the process for reprimanding members — a process the new board will inherit in January.
3 stories you may have missed
Man sentenced to 25 years to life for elder abuse, assault
A San Joaquin County judge has sentenced a man for elder abuse and assault, the office of San Joaquin County District Attorney Ron Freitas announced. Bashir Zakria was sentenced […]
All-gender bathroom at Delta College is vandalized
The incident included “bias-motivated” language scrawled on a trash can.
USS Lucid, a retired Navy minesweeper, could become a Stockton icon
After rescuing the vessel from the backwaters of the Delta, volunteers have spent more than a decade restoring the former minesweeper.
Top California news
California bill would give public university admission priority to slaves’ descendants
The purpose of the measure is to rectify past and current discrimination at California universities, Assemblymember Isaac Bryan said.
Amur leopard, among oldest in captivity, dies at Palm Desert zoo
Zoya, a 21-year-old critically endangered Amur leopard, died of old age after living more than a decade at the zoo, officials said.
