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Today’s top story
San Joaquin County to nix race as factor in charging criminal cases
By Chris Woodyard • Stocktonia
District Attorney Ron Freitas says his office will be one of California’s early adopters of “race-blind charging.”
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Lodi’s Bob Fernandez, a Pearl Harbor survivor, dies at 100
Bob Fernandez died peacefully at the Lodi home of his nephew, Joe Guthrie, on Wednesday. Guthrie’s daughter, Halie Torrrell, was holding his hand.
Michael Fitzgerald: The food bank and the $5 million
Authorities are investigating a pastor after questions over what became of a large grant intended for use in Stockton. The pastor says he sacrificed to do the Lord’s work in Stockton before God called him to Sin City.
San Joaquin Valley among California communities getting $135 million for electric buses, trucks
The Biden administration is rushing funds from the Inflation Reduction Act to California to combat climate change before his term ends.
Top California news
More Californians are freezing to death amid rise in older homeless population
Hypothermia was the underlying or contributing cause of death for 166 Californians last year, more than double the number a decade ago.
