Legacy of Neglect: Why Are City Leaders Allowing Stockton To Go To Ruin?

209 TimesSan Joaquin County, Stockton Leave a Comment

Op Ed By Kevin Shawver El Dorado Street, north of the Downtown area, was once lined with the mansions of Stockton’s elite families, many of them area industrialists who shaped this city. Slowly over the early and mid 20th Century they were torn down, replaced with modern buildings and businesses ranging from auto dealerships to office buildings. Many now sit …

USA Surpasses 100,000 Deaths Attributed to COVID-19

209 TimesCalaveras County, California, Health, Lodi, Manteca, Merced County, Modesto, National, San Joaquin County, Stanislaus County, Stockton, Tracy, Turlock Leave a Comment

California- The United States has reached a grim mile stone with 100,495 deaths being attributed to COVID-19 according to aggregate numbers. Over the country has seen 1,725,275 confirmed cases of the strain of coronavirus with 477,314 recovered and some 17,000 plus currently in critical condition as of this article being written. The numbers from earlier this morning; The numbers for …

7 Year Old Girl Murdered In Stockton, Suspect Arrested

209 TimesSan Joaquin County, Stockton 2 Comments

STOCKTON- Police have reported the homicide of a 7 year old child and subsequent arrested the a man suspected of committing the murder. SPD officers arrived at a residence in the 1300 block of Candlewood Way to conduct a welfare check at approximately 4:44am this morning. According to police: “The 7-year-old female victim was located and unresponsive. Medics responded and …

COVID-19 Has Stockton Most Stressed City in America

209 TimesCalifornia, Health, San Joaquin County, Stockton Leave a Comment

STOCKTON- According yo data collected by a company in the United Kingdom called Babylon Health, Stockton was the most stressed out city in American regarding COVID-19. The study analyzed millions of tweets identifying certain words related to the subject of coronavirus and on May 20th Stockton ranked 1st in regards to The percentage of tweets residents from the city were …

California “Approves” Counties To Re-Open After They Already Defied Newsom’s Orders

209 TimesCalaveras County, California, Health, Modesto, San Joaquin County, Stanislaus County, Stockton Leave a Comment

CALIFORNIA- Stanislaus County is one of the several counties that were “approved” yesterday to move to Phase 2 of Governor Newsom’s plan to re-open California. This announcement comes after many counties, including Stanislaus, publicly declared they would be allowing businesses to re-open anyway and that they would not use resources to enforce Newsom’s Shelter In Place orders to fight against …

Community Shows Up To Support 71 Yr Old Homeless Man Beaten And Robbed

209 TimesSan Joaquin County, Stockton Leave a Comment

STOCKTON- John Lee, 71, is homeless and has mental disabilities. Last week he was beaten and robbed so Mike Linker, the owner of Victory Grill, organized a hamburger fundraiser for Lee with 25% of all money raised going to him. Linker says, “Thanks to everyone who came out today! We appreciated everyone’s patience. John Lee is very thankful for all …

Dutch Bros In Stockton Announces An Employee Has COVID-19

209 TimesSan Joaquin County, Stockton 5 Comments

STOCKTON- The Dutch Brothers Coffee company which has several locations in the city has announced online that one of their employees has tested positive for COVID-19. According to the announcement the employee last worker May 7th and began having symptoms the next day. After getting tested it was confirmed they had the virus on May 11th. “The last day the …

An Open Letter to San Joaquin Registrar of Voters Melinda Dubroff

209 TimesSan Joaquin County, Stockton, Tracy, Uncategorized 3 Comments

Melinda Dubroff, It has come to 209 Times’ attention that you are being sued in federal court over your refusal to do a recount of the last election.  “Plaintiff has identified at least thirty-six (36) voters in the California Assembly District 13 of San Joaquin County whom timely voted by mail in the March 3, 2020, Presidential Primary Election that …

Musk vs California: Tesla Plant in Fremont Re-Opens In Defiance of County/State Orders

209 TimesCalifornia, Lodi, Manteca, Modesto, San Joaquin County, Stanislaus County, Stockton, Tracy Leave a Comment

FREMONT- Yesterday the South African billionaire who owns Tesla tweeted out a request that only he be arrested if the state cracked down on the re-opening ogle the Bay Area plant where many from the Central Valley commute to work for. The battle has been waged over social media and now will go to court according to Musk. The battle …