Good morning, Stockton.
Golf, culture and community came together this week at the Stockton Golf & Country Club.
The 23rd annual Hispanic Chamber of Commerce golf tournament drew business owners, local leaders and longtime supporters for a sold-out day of networking and friendly competition – all with a focus on celebrating culture and supporting economic opportunity.
Also in today’s newsletter: Monster trucks, racing and Mother’s Day events lead our weekend roundup, the city approves $4.9 million in federal funding for housing and community development, and Lodi has appointed an acting city manager amid ongoing personnel investigations.
Thanks for spending part of your weekend with us.
Today’s top story
Hispanic Chamber of Commerce champions community, culture at 23rd annual golf tourney
By Daniel Garza • Stocktonia
The sold-out event brought together community leaders, small business owners, and longtime chamber supporters for a day of networking, competition, and celebration.
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Things to do this weekend around Stockton: Monster trucks, car racing and Mother’s Day events
Read on for a sampling of events from Visit Stockton and other community event organizers.
‘Real hope’: City OKs plan to spend $4.9M in federal housing, community development funds
The decision followed a lengthy public hearing, community presentations, and a robust council discussion highlighting the progress and challenges of the city’s grant allocation process.
Lodi hires an acting city manager amid ongoing personnel investigation
James Lindsay, a retired city manager with more than two decades of public service experience, has been appointed as Lodi’s acting city manager amid ongoing personnel investigations and administrative changes.
Top California news
California joins lawsuit against feds for withholding funding for EV charging stations
The suit argues that pulling billions of dollars previously approved by Congress for EV charging stations is illegal.
Floods exposed weaknesses in California prisons’ emergency plans. They still aren’t ready
Earthquakes, wildfires and floods all could cause problems for California prisons. A new audit says they aren’t ready to quickly evacuate prisoners.
BART service restored after hours-long, systemwide outage
BART announced that the trains were running again at about 9:20 a.m.
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