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San Joaquin County investigators find multiple child victims of charter school employee, sheriffs say.

This week in San Joaquin County, California, several incidents occurred involving violence and crime. These incidents include the discovery of a man and woman found dead with gunshot wounds inside a home near Stockton, a man being found guilty of murdering a local liquor store owner, the arrest of three individuals in connection with armed robberies in the Thornton area, separate shooting and stabbing cases in Stockton leaving two people injured, and the shooting death of a woman during a late-night party at her home in Stockton.

STOCKTON - Authorities say the case of two people discovered inside a Stockton home, dead from gunshot wounds, appears to be a murder-suicide. Deputies with the San Joaquin County Sheriff's Office were called out to the 6200 block of Harrisburg Place near Porter Way, a suburban neighborhood, at around 10 a.m. Wednesday, the sheriff's office says. When deputies arrived at the home, they found two bodies -- a 68-year-old man and a 67-year-old woman -- with gunshot wounds.Neighbors told CBS13 that the couple was married."It's very uncomfortable, it's like very shocking," said Mary Foshee, a resident who lives in the area....

SAN JOAQUIN CO.: UPDATE: MAN, WOMAN FOUND DEAD INSIDE HOME NEAR STOCKTON IDENTIFIED

SAN JOAQUIN CO.: MAN, WOMAN FOUND DEAD INSIDE HOME NEAR STOCKTON

San Joaquin Regional Transit District (RTD), one of the agencies responsible for overseeing Bike Stockton's now-suspended e-bike program, is pushing back on a nonprofit's decision to remove e-bikes from the city's streets. In a statement Friday, RTD officials said Mobility Development Foundation (MDF) "does not have the authority" to pull...

STOCKTON - An employee at ABLE Charter Schools in Stockton was arrested Thursday on suspicion of sexual acts with a minor, the San Joaquin County Sheriff's Office said. Sheriff's officials said a parent from the school last week allegedly found alarming cellphone messages between her child and Erick Whiteside, who was hired as a security monitor in 2021 for the campus on Inglewood Avenue.The school said in a statement that the former employee had an extensive background in security and had passed a background check. When the parent showed the messages to school personnel, their staff contacted the Sheriff's Office, which resulted...

Veterans in Stockton have to wait months to schedule an appointment with a doctor, leading to Representative Josh Harder to ring the bell in Washington.

Last month, California awarded San Joaquin County $11.2 million to move homeless residents out of one of Stockton's largest encampments. Home to between 200 and 500 people, the "Interchange Complex" surrounds the Crosstown Freeway and Interstate 5 overpass. In recent years, it has been a magnet for "uncontrolled fires, violence, and crime," county...

An unsettling event unfolded in San Joaquin County, California, where a charter school employee was accused of child exploitation. This individual, Erick Whiteside, 44, worked at ABLE Charter School in several capacities, such as security monitor and coach.

STOCKTON, Calif. — Two people were found dead Wednesday morning at a home in Stockton. According to the San Joaquin County Sheriff’s Office, a call came in around 10 a.m. requesting a welfare check at a home on Harrisburg Place near Porter Way. After getting inside the home,...

The weekend is here, and so are events across San Joaquin County. This week, we will bring something for everyone from Astronomy in the Park to the Autumn Festival and Hispanic Heritage Celebration at Prevail. Here are some events you don't want to miss this weekend. Latin Soul Fest. The...

San Joaquin County has another host of Friday Night Lights matchups as the midway point of the 2023-24 season has arrived. Last week 11 area teams walked away victorious — three teams pulled off a shutout win. The lone undefeated team heading into this week’s action is Tracy. The Bulldogs are currently 4-0...

San Joaquin County Supervisor Robert Rickman brought the State of the County address to Tracy for the first time on Tuesday, giving business and civic leaders a snapshot of issues like the economy, jobs, housing, public safety and homelessness. Rickman was elected to the Board of Supervisors in 2020 after...

South San Joaquin County Fire Authority crews were called to a fire burning in an abandoned building in a field at Sixth and A streets Friday afternoon. The fire department was dispatched at 5:11 p.m. for a report of a fire in the warehouse building that was surrounded by a large chain link fence off Sixth Street.