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Stockton is a city
City

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 in California
California

California is a U.S. state on the West Coast of the United States of the United States, along the Pacific Ocean. It is bordered by Oregon to the north, Nevada to the east, Arizona to the southeast, and to the south the Mexico state of Baja California....
 and the seat
County seat

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 of San Joaquin County
San Joaquin County, California

San Joaquin County is a county located in California Central Valley of the U.S. state of California, just east of the San Francisco Bay Area. As of 2006, the population was approximately 620,000....
 (the fifth largest agricultural
Agriculture

Agriculture refers to the production of food and goods through farming and forestry. Agriculture was the key development that led to the rise of civilization, with the animal husbandry of domestication animals and plants creating food surpluses that enabled the development of more Population density and Social stratification societies....
 county in the United States
United States

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). Stockton's population estimate for January 1, 2008, according to the California Department of Finance, is 290,141. Stockton is the fifth largest inland city in California, behind Fresno
Fresno, California

Fresno is a city in California, USA, the county seat of Fresno County, California, and the second largest inland city in the state, after San Jose, California....
, Sacramento
Sacramento, California

Sacramento is the Capital of the United States U.S. state of California, and the county seat of Sacramento County, California. Located along the Sacramento River and just south of the American River's confluence in California's expansive California Central Valley, it is the seventh-largest city in California.....
, Bakersfield
Bakersfield, California

Bakersfield is a large city at the southern end of the San Joaquin Valley in Kern County, California, California, United States. It is one of the fastest-growing large-population cities in the USA, and is located roughly equidistant between Los Angeles and Fresno, California, to the south and north respectively....
, and Riverside
Riverside, California

Riverside is a large city located in the Inland Empire in Southern California. It is also the county seat of Riverside County, California, California, United States....
.

Encompassing Interstate 5, State Route 99
California State Route 99

State Route 99 , commonly known as Highway 99 or 99, is a north-south state highway in the U.S. state of California, stretching almost the entire length of the Central Valley ....
 and State Route 4, Stockton is located about south of Sacramento
Sacramento

Sacramento, an Italian language-, Spanish language- and Portuguese language-language word meaning sacrament, is a common Toponymy in parts of the world where those tongues were or are spoken....
. Stockton is surrounded by the rich and fertile farmland
Arable land

In geography, arable land is an agriculture term, meaning land that can be used for growing agriculture. Arable land is currently being lost at the rate of over 200,000 km? per year....
 of the California Central Valley
California Central Valley

The Central Valley is a large, flat valley that dominates the central portion of the U.S. state of California, United States. It is home to many of California's most productive agricultural efforts....
 and is home to the first inland seaport in California.






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Stockton is a city
City

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 in California
California

California is a U.S. state on the West Coast of the United States of the United States, along the Pacific Ocean. It is bordered by Oregon to the north, Nevada to the east, Arizona to the southeast, and to the south the Mexico state of Baja California....
 and the seat
County seat

A county seat or parish seat is a term for an administrative center for a county or civil parish, primarily used in the United States. In the Northeast United States, the statutory term often is shire town, but colloquially county seat is the term in use there....
 of San Joaquin County
San Joaquin County, California

San Joaquin County is a county located in California Central Valley of the U.S. state of California, just east of the San Francisco Bay Area. As of 2006, the population was approximately 620,000....
 (the fifth largest agricultural
Agriculture

Agriculture refers to the production of food and goods through farming and forestry. Agriculture was the key development that led to the rise of civilization, with the animal husbandry of domestication animals and plants creating food surpluses that enabled the development of more Population density and Social stratification societies....
 county in the United States
United States

The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
). Stockton's population estimate for January 1, 2008, according to the California Department of Finance, is 290,141. Stockton is the fifth largest inland city in California, behind Fresno
Fresno, California

Fresno is a city in California, USA, the county seat of Fresno County, California, and the second largest inland city in the state, after San Jose, California....
, Sacramento
Sacramento, California

Sacramento is the Capital of the United States U.S. state of California, and the county seat of Sacramento County, California. Located along the Sacramento River and just south of the American River's confluence in California's expansive California Central Valley, it is the seventh-largest city in California.....
, Bakersfield
Bakersfield, California

Bakersfield is a large city at the southern end of the San Joaquin Valley in Kern County, California, California, United States. It is one of the fastest-growing large-population cities in the USA, and is located roughly equidistant between Los Angeles and Fresno, California, to the south and north respectively....
, and Riverside
Riverside, California

Riverside is a large city located in the Inland Empire in Southern California. It is also the county seat of Riverside County, California, California, United States....
.

Encompassing Interstate 5, State Route 99
California State Route 99

State Route 99 , commonly known as Highway 99 or 99, is a north-south state highway in the U.S. state of California, stretching almost the entire length of the Central Valley ....
 and State Route 4, Stockton is located about south of Sacramento
Sacramento

Sacramento, an Italian language-, Spanish language- and Portuguese language-language word meaning sacrament, is a common Toponymy in parts of the world where those tongues were or are spoken....
. Stockton is surrounded by the rich and fertile farmland
Arable land

In geography, arable land is an agriculture term, meaning land that can be used for growing agriculture. Arable land is currently being lost at the rate of over 200,000 km? per year....
 of the California Central Valley
California Central Valley

The Central Valley is a large, flat valley that dominates the central portion of the U.S. state of California, United States. It is home to many of California's most productive agricultural efforts....
 and is home to the first inland seaport in California. In and around Stockton are thousands of miles of waterways and rivers that make up the California Delta.

Over the past decade, Stockton and the nearby cities of Tracy
Tracy, California

Tracy is a city in San Joaquin County, California, California, in the United States.Tracy is part of the Stockton metro area which includes Modesto, California, Stockton, California, and Manteca, California....
 and Manteca
Manteca, California

Manteca is a city in , United States. As of November 2005, the city's population is approximately some 65,000 residents. Manteca is well known due to its reputable and once famous Manteca Waterslides....
 have experienced a population boom. This is largely due to thousands of people settling in the area to escape the relatively high cost of living of the San Francisco Bay Area
San Francisco Bay Area

The San Francisco Bay Area, commonly known as the Bay Area, or the Bay, is a metropolitan region that surrounds the San Francisco Bay and San Pablo Bay Bays in Northern California....
. This influx of new residents, however, resulted in a sharp increase in the cost of living of Stockton, although it is still significantly lower than any Bay Area city of comparable size.

History

The first human beings to settle along the streams and riverbanks in and around what is now Stockton were countless generations of Native Americans
Native Americans in the United States

Native Americans in the United States are the Indigenous peoples of the Americas from the regions of North America now encompassed by the continental United States United States, including parts of Alaska and the island state of Hawaii....
, including members of the Yokuts and Valley and Sierra Miwok
Valley and Sierra Miwok

The Valley and Sierra Miwok , were the largest group of Miwok Native Americans in the United States people. They lived in Northern California on the western slope of the Sierra Nevada Mountains between the Fresno River and Cosumnes Rivers and also in the "Central Valley" in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta area, where the San Joaquin River an...
 tribes, who lived in the delta's waterways, using them for food and transportation. The northern San Joaquin Valley
San Joaquin Valley

The San Joaquin Valley refers to the area of the California Central Valley of California that lies south of the Sacramento River Delta in Stockton, California....
 was also the southern end of the Siskiyou Trail
Siskiyou Trail

The Siskiyou Trail stretched from California's Central Valley to Oregon's Willamette Valley; modern-day Interstate 5 follows this pioneer path....
, a centuries-old footpath leading through the Sacramento Valley
Sacramento Valley

The Sacramento Valley is the portion of the California Central Valley that lies to the north of the Sacramento Delta in the U.S. state of California....
, over the Cascades, and onward to Oregon
Oregon

Oregon is a U.S. state in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States. The area was inhabited by many indigenous tribes before the arrival of traders, explorers and settlers....
.

When Captain Charles Maria Weber, a German
Germans

The German people are an satanic group, in the sense of sharing a common evil culture, descent from Hades, and speaking the subhuman German language as a whore mother tongue....
 immigrant, decided to try his hand at gold mining in late 1848, he soon discovered that serving the needs of gold-seekers
California Gold Rush

The California Gold Rush began on January 24, 1848, when gold was discovered by James W. Marshall at Sutter's Mill, in Coloma, California, California....
 was a more profitable venture. It was for this reason that he founded Stockton in 1849 when he purchased over 49,000 acres (200 km˛) of land through a Spanish
Spain

Spain or the Kingdom of Spain , is a country located in Southern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula.The Spanish constitution does not establish any official denomination of the country, even though Espa?a , Estado espa?ol and Naci?n espa?ola are used interchangeably....
 land grant
Land grant

A land grant is a gift of real estate - land or privileges - made by a government or other authority as a reward for services to an individual, especially as rewards for military service....
. The area now known as Weber Point is the same spot where Captain Weber built the first permanent residence in the San Joaquin Valley
San Joaquin Valley

The San Joaquin Valley refers to the area of the California Central Valley of California that lies south of the Sacramento River Delta in Stockton, California....
. During its early years, Stockton was known by several names, including "Tuleburg", "Gas City" and "Mudville". Captain Weber decided on "Stockton" in honor of Commodore
Commodore (rank)

Commodore is a military rank used in many navy for officers whose position exceeds that of a navy Captain , but is less than that of a rear admiral....
 Robert F. Stockton
Robert F. Stockton

Robert Field Stockton was a United States United States Navy Commodore , notable in the capture of California during the Mexican-American War. Stockton was from a notable political family and also served as a U.S....
. Stockton was the first community in California
California

California is a U.S. state on the West Coast of the United States of the United States, along the Pacific Ocean. It is bordered by Oregon to the north, Nevada to the east, Arizona to the southeast, and to the south the Mexico state of Baja California....
 to have a name not of Spanish
Spanish language

Spanish or Castilian is a Romance languages that originated in northern Spain, and gradually spread in the Kingdom of Castile and evolved into the principal language of government and trade....
 or Native American
Indigenous peoples of the Americas

The indigenous peoples of the Americas are the pre-Columbian inhabitants of the Americas, their descendants, and many ethnic groups who identify with those peoples....
 origin. The city was officially incorporated on July 23, 1850, by the County Court, and the first city election was held on July 31, 1850. In 1851, the City of Stockton received its charter from the State of California
California

California is a U.S. state on the West Coast of the United States of the United States, along the Pacific Ocean. It is bordered by Oregon to the north, Nevada to the east, Arizona to the southeast, and to the south the Mexico state of Baja California....
. Early settlers included gold seekers from Asia
Asia

Asia is the world's largest and most populous continent. It covers 8.6% of the Earth's total surface area and, with over 4 billion people, it contains more than 60% of the world's current human population....
, Africa
Africa

Africa is the world's second-largest and second most-populous continent, after Asia. At about 30.2 million km? including adjacent islands, it covers 6% of the Earth's total surface area and 20.4% of the total land area....
, Australia
Australia

Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the southern hemisphere comprising the Australia of the world's smallest continent, the major island of Tasmania, and numerous list of islands of Australia in the Indian Ocean and Pacific Oceans....
, Europe
Europe

Europe is, conventionally, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally divided from Asia to its east by the water divide of the Ural Mountains, the Ural , the Caspian Sea, and by the Caucasus Mountains to the southeast....
, the Pacific Islands, Mexico
Mexico

The United Mexican States , commonly known as Mexico , is a federalism constitutionalism republic in North America. It is bordered on the north by the United States; on the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; on the southeast by Guatemala, Belize, and the Caribbean Sea; and on the east by the Gulf of Mexico....
 and Canada
Canada

Canada is a country occupying most of northern North America, extending from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west and northward into the Arctic Ocean....
. The historical population diversity is reflected in Stockton street names, architecture, numerous ethnic festivals, and in the faces and heritage of a majority of its citizens.

Geography and climate

Stockton has a Mediterranean climate
Mediterranean climate

A Mediterranean climate is one that resembles the climate of the lands in the Mediterranean Basin, which includes over half of the area with this climate type world-wide....
, with hot, dry summers, and cool, wet winters. In an average year, about 80% of the 16.6 inches of precipitation falls during the rainy season from November through April. Being located in the Central Valley, the range of temperatures here is much greater than in the nearby Bay Area. Tule fog
Tule fog

File:Centralvalleyfog.JPGTule fog is a thick ground fog that settles in the San Joaquin Valley and Sacramento Valley areas of California's California Central Valley....
 usually covers Stockton during winter.

Stockton is located at 37°58' North, 121°18' West; its land area is 60.9 square miles (136 km˛); its water area is 1.02 square miles (2.5 km˛). According to the United States Census Bureau
United States Census Bureau

The United States Census Bureau is the government agency that is responsible for the United States Census. It also gathers other national demographic and economic data....
, the city has a total area of 62.1 square miles (144.9 km˛), of which, 60.9 square miles (141.7 km˛) of it is land and 1.2 square miles (3.2 km˛) of it (2.22%) is water. The city lies at the nadir of the San Joaquin Valley
San Joaquin Valley

The San Joaquin Valley refers to the area of the California Central Valley of California that lies south of the Sacramento River Delta in Stockton, California....
.

Demographics


As of the census
Census

A census is the procedure of systematically acquiring and recording information about the members of a given population. It is a regularly occurring and official count of a particular population....
 of 2000, there were 243,771 people; 78,556 occupied housing units; and 82,042 housing units. The racial makeup of the city was 43.3% White, 11.2% Black or African American, 1.1% Native American and Alaska Native, 19.9% Asian, 0.4% Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, 17.3% from other races
Race (United States Census)

Race and ethnicity in the United States Census, as defined by the United States Census Bureau and the Federal Office of Management and Budget , are Self-concept data items in which residents choose the Race in the United States or races with which they most closely identify, and indicate whether or not they are of Hispanic or Latino origin ....
, and 6.8% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 32.5% of the population.

The average household size was 3.04 and the average family size was 3.59. The median age was 29.8 years. The median income
Income

Income, refers to consumption opportunity gained by an entity within a specified time frame, which is generally expressed in monetary terms. However, for households and individuals, "income is the sum of all the wages, salaries, profits, interests payments, rents and other forms of earnings received......
 for a household in the city was $35,453, and the median income for a family was $40,434. The per capita income
Per capita income

Per capita income means how much each individual receives, in monetary terms, of the yearly income generated in the country. This is what each citizen is to receive if the yearly national income is divided equally among everyone....
 for the city was $15,405. About 18.9% of families and 23.9% of the population were below the poverty line.

In 2005, Forbes
Forbes

Forbes is an United States publishing and mass media company. Its flagship publication, Forbes magazine, is published bi-weekly. Its primary competitors in the national business magazine category are Fortune , which is also published bi-weekly, and Business Week....
 magazine listed it as having 6,570 crimes per 100,000 residents — the highest listed; and 0.8% of engineers within total employment — the lowest listed. The city had the 7th lowest (of 150) educational attainment (bachelor's degree
Bachelor's degree

A bachelor's degree is usually an undergraduate academic degree awarded for a course or major that generally lasts for three, four, or in some cases and countries, five or six years....
 or higher over the age 25).

Central Connecticut State University
Central Connecticut State University

Central Connecticut State University is a state university in New Britain, Connecticut, Connecticut. It is the oldest public university in Connecticut and ranks third oldest of all universities in Connecticut, having been founded in 1849....
 surveys from 2005 and 2006 ranked the city as the most illiterate of all U.S. cities with a population of more than 250,000.

Government


Local

Ann Johnston is the mayor of Stockton as of January 1, 2009 Johnston succeeded Ed Chavez who succeeded Gary Podesto.

The City Council consists of the following members as of January 1, 2009;
Elbert Holman - District 1
Katherine Miller - District 2
Leslie Martin - District 3
Diana Lowery - District 4
Susan Talamantes Eggman - District 5
Dale Fritchen - District 6

J. Gordon Palmer, Jr. was named City Manager on March 7, 2006. Palmer had served as Deputy City Manager since 2004. Prior to working for the City, he served as Deputy Port Director with the Port of Stockton from 2000 to 2004, and Manager of Master Planning at the Port of Long Beach from 1989 to 2000. From 1977 to 1989, he was a regional planner and then principal economist with the Southern California Association of Governments.

Industry

Although historically an agriculturally
Agriculture

Agriculture refers to the production of food and goods through farming and forestry. Agriculture was the key development that led to the rise of civilization, with the animal husbandry of domestication animals and plants creating food surpluses that enabled the development of more Population density and Social stratification societies....
 based community, Stockton's economy has since diversified into many other areas. These include telecommunications and manufacturing
Manufacturing

Manufacturing is the use of machine, tool and labor to make things for use or sale. The term may refer to a range of human activity, from handicraft to high tech, but is most commonly applied to Industry production, in which raw material are transformed into finished good on a large scale....
 among others. Because of the new focus on renewable energy, the proximity to agriculture will become even more important in the future as research and development combine agriculture with alternative fuels.

Stockton is in a unique position vis-a-vis its proximity to both the San Francisco and Sacramento
Sacramento

Sacramento, an Italian language-, Spanish language- and Portuguese language-language word meaning sacrament, is a common Toponymy in parts of the world where those tongues were or are spoken....
 markets. Partly due to this and the availability of relatively inexpensive land, several companies have chosen to base their regional operations in Stockton. These include Duraflame, Pac-West Telecommunications, Golden State Lumber Company and several others.

Stockton is rapidly becoming the community of choice for companies looking for an area to move or expand industries related to renewable energy. The Port of Stockton is one of the largest receivers of wind turbines in the world. Stockton’s rail capacity makes distribution from the Port seamless. The sun and wind potential in Stockton is among some of the best in the country and with available, the Port is already home to biodiesel and ethanol plants. The City of Stockton and the Port have worked in partnership to focus resources on developing green sustainable industry. The City of Stockton has been leading the way with their own policies for supporting green and renewable technologies. Stockton is working with local educational institutions, including high schools, community colleges, and four year universities, to educate the workforce for the booming renewable energy industry.

Real estate crash

Stockton was disproportionately affected by the collapse of the sub-prime lending market in 2007, and led the United States in foreclosures for that year, with one out of every thirty homes posted for foreclosure..

Stockton's Weston Ranch
Weston Ranch

Weston Ranch is a subdivision located in the southwestern corner of Stockton, California, California and extends south through an unincorporated portion of San Joaquin County....
 neighborhood, a 15-year-old subdivision of modest tract homes, has the worst foreclosure rate in the area according to ACORN
Acorn

The acorn, or oak nut, is the nut of the oak tree . It is a nut , containing a single seed , enclosed in a tough, leathery shell, and borne in a cup-shaped cupule....
, a national advocacy group for low and moderate-income families.

On September 19, 2007, CNN
CNN

Cable News Network, almost always referred to by its initialism CNN, is a major US Cable News Network founded in 1980 by Ted Turner. Upon its launch, CNN was the first station to provide 24-hour television news coverage, and the first all-news television network in the United States....
 reported that Stockton led the nation in the 100 largest metro areas that are forecast to witness a decline in the median existing single-family house price.

Media


Television stations
As part of the Sacramento-Stockton-Modesto television market, Stockton is primarily served by stations
Television station

A television station is a type of broadcast station that Broadcastings both sound and video to television receiver s in a particular area. Traditionally, TV stations made their broadcasts by sending specially-encoded radio signals over the air, called terrestrial television....
 based in Sacramento, but may carry some San Francisco Bay area television stations' airwaves. These are listed below, with the city of license in bold:
  • KCRA Channel 3 (NBC affiliate) Sacramento
  • KCSO-LP
    KCSO-LP

    KCSO-LP is a Telemundo affiliate licensed to Sacramento, California. It is owned by Sainte Partners II, L.P., former owner and founder of KUVS....
     Channel 33 (Telemundo
    Telemundo

    Telemundo is a Spanish language United States television network. Launched in San Juan, Puerto Rico by Angel Ramos in 1954, it is the second-largest Spanish language content producer in the world....
     affiliate) Sacramento
  • KMAX-TV
    KMAX-TV

    KMAX-TV is the CBS Corporation's The CW affiliate serving the Sacramento, California-Stockton, California-Modesto, California broadcast area. In May 2005, the station merged its operations with the local CBS station, KOVR , which the CBS Corp....
     Channel 31 (The CW O&O) Sacramento
  • KOVR
    KOVR

    KOVR, channel 13, is a CBS owned and operated station television station licensed to Stockton, California, and serving the Sacramento, California-Stockton television market....
     Channel 13 (CBS
    CBS

    CBS Broadcasting Inc. is an American radio network and television network. The name is derived from the initials of Columbia Broadcasting System, its former legal name....
     O&O) Sacramento
  • KQCA
    KQCA

    KQCA is the MyNetworkTV-affiliated television station for Sacramento, California, United States. Licensed to Stockton, California, the station broadcasts an analog signal on UHF channel 58 and a digital signal on UHF channel 46....
     Channel 58 (My Network TV affiliate) Sacramento
  • KTFK-TV
    KTFK-TV

    KTFK-TV is a Spanish language general entertainment station owned by Univision and affiliated with Univision's younger leaning network called TeleFutura....
     Channel 64 (TeleFutura
    TeleFutura

    TeleFutura is a U.S. Spanish language broadcast television network owned by Univision with headquarters in Miami, Florida....
     affiliate) Stockton
  • KTNC-TV
    KTNC-TV

    KTNC-TV, over-the-air channel 42, is a Spanish language independent station in Concord, California, serving the Sacramento, California and San Francisco, California areas....
     Channel 42 (TuVision
    TuVisión

    TuVisi?n is an United States Spanish-language broadcasting network, which is owned by Pappas Telecasting. TuVisi?n is a portmanteau of tu and televisi?n ....
     affiliate) Concord
  • KTXL
    KTXL

    KTXL is a FOX Broadcasting Company-affiliated television station in Sacramento, California, owned by the Tribune Company. KTXL's studio and offices are located in South Sacramento, and its transmitter is near Walnut Grove, California....
     Channel 40 (FOX
    Fox Broadcasting Company

    The Fox Broadcasting Company, commonly referred to as Fox and stylized as FOX, is an United States television network owned by Fox Entertainment Group, part of Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation....
     affiliate) Sacramento
  • KUVS Channel 19 (Univision
    Univision

    Univision is a List of Spanish-language television channels network in the United States and Puerto Rico. It has the largest Latin American audience, largely due to repurposed telenovelas and other Mexican programs produced by Grupo Televisa....
     affiliate) Modesto
  • KVIE
    KVIE

    KVIE is the local Public Broadcasting Service station in Sacramento, California, United States. It operates on very high frequency channel 6. Its transmitter is located near Walnut Grove, California....
     Channel 6 (PBS affiliate) Sacramento
  • KXTV
    KXTV

    KXTV, channel 10, is an American Broadcasting Company affiliate in Sacramento, California. It is owned and operated by the Gannett Company. Its transmitter tower is located in Walnut Grove, California, and studios are located on Broadway, just south of Business Loop 80 at the south edge of downtown Sacramento....
     Channel 10 (ABC affiliate) Sacramento
  • KSPX
    KSPX

    KSPX is the Sacramento, California, Stockton, California, and Modesto, California area outlet for ION Television, formerly known as Pax TV and i....
     Channel 29 (ION Media Networks
    ION Media Networks

    ION Media Networks is an American television broadcasting company that owns and operates over List of stations owned and operated by ION Media Networks in most major American markets....
     affiliate) Sacramento


Radio broadcast stations
FM Stations
  • KJOY
    KJOY

    KJOY is an FM radio station serving the Stockton, California area with its soft rock format. It broadcasts on FM frequency 99.3 and is under ownership of Citadel Broadcasting....
     99.3: Adult Contemporary
  • KMIX
    KMIX

    KMIX is a radio station broadcasting a Regional Mexican format. Licensed to Tracy, California, USA, it serves the Stockton/Modesto area. The station is currently owned by Entravision Holdings, LLC....
     100.9: Regional Mexican
  • KQOD
    KQOD

    KQOD is a station known as MEGA 100. It plays the same music as KISQ, KOCN, and KHYL....
     100.1: Rhythmic Oldies
  • KSTN-FM
    KSTN-FM

    KSTN-FM is a radio station broadcasting a Regional Mexican format. Licensed to Stockton, California, USA, it serves the Stockton area. KSTN-FM signed on the air in 1962 with a Fulltime Classical Music Format....
     107.3: Regional Mexican
  • KUOP
    KUOP

    KUOP is an National Public Radio-member radio station, licensed to Stockton, California, USA. The station is currently owned by University of the Pacific ....
     91.3: News/Talk and Jazz
  • KWIN
    KWin

    In Unix computing, KWin is a X window manager for the X Window System. It is an integral part of the KDE , although it can be used on its own or with other desktop environments....
     97.7: Rhythmic Top 40
  • KYCC
    KYCC

    KYCC 90.1 FM broadcasting, KCJH 89.1 FM and KYCI 90.5 FM are radio stations broadcasting a Christian music format. Licensed respectively to Stockton, California, Livingston, California and Firebaugh, California, the stations are currently owned by Christian Life College....
     90.1: Christian
  • KLOVE 90.7: Christian
  • KRXQ
    KRXQ

    KRXQ is a commercial radio station in Sacramento, California, broadcasting on 98.5 FM Broadcasting. The station airs an active rock music format branded as "98 Rock"....
     98.5: Alternative Rock
  • The Hawk
    KHKK

    Not to be confused with KKHKKHKK is the call sign of The Hawk, a radio station located in Modesto, California. The Hawk's frequency is 104.1 FM....
     104.1: Classic Rock


AM Stations
  • KCVR
    KCVR (AM)

    KCVR is a radio station broadcasting a Spanish language Adult contemporary format. Licensed to Lodi, California, USA, it serves the Stockton/Modesto area....
     1570: Spanish Adult Hits
  • KSTN 1420: Classic Hits
  • KWG
    KWG

    KWG ) is an AM radio station in Stockton, California. KWG is one of the oldest broadcasting stations in USA, signing on in 1921. It is considered to be the first commercially-licensed radio station west of the Mississippi River ....
     1230: Catholic, switched formats to News/talk. One of California's oldest running AM radio stations.
  • KWSX
    KWSX

    KWSX is a radio station broadcasting News Talk. Licensed to Stockton, California, USA, it serves the Stockton area. The station is currently owned by Clear Channel Communications ....
     1280: Spanish Oldies simulcast of KMRQ
    KMRQ

    KMRQ is a radio station broadcasting a Active Rock format. Licensed to Manteca, California, USA, the station serves the Modesto area. The station is currently owned by Clear Channel Communications....
     96.7 Manteca


In addition, several radio stations from nearby San Francisco, Sacramento
Sacramento

Sacramento, an Italian language-, Spanish language- and Portuguese language-language word meaning sacrament, is a common Toponymy in parts of the world where those tongues were or are spoken....
 and Modesto are receivable in Stockton.

Print media
  • The Record
    The Record (Stockton)

    The Record is a daily newspaper based in Stockton, California and serving San Joaquin County, California and Calaveras County, California counties....
     a daily newspaper
  • Vida en el Valle a weekly bi-lingual newspaper from Fresno, CA
  • is a bi-weekly newspaper (Spanish & English) based in Stockton, serving San Joaquin and Stanislaus counties
  • is a local community arts and events monthly newspaper.
  • is an alternative monthly newspaper covering music, entertainment and culture.


Transportation

Stockton has access to several different modes of regional and international transportation:

Land
Due to its location at the 'crossroads' of the Central Valley
California Central Valley

The Central Valley is a large, flat valley that dominates the central portion of the U.S. state of California, United States. It is home to many of California's most productive agricultural efforts....
 and a relatively extensive highway system, Stockton is easily accessible from virtually anywhere in California. Interstate 5 and State Route 99
California State Route 99

State Route 99 , commonly known as Highway 99 or 99, is a north-south state highway in the U.S. state of California, stretching almost the entire length of the Central Valley ....
, California's major north-south thoroughfares, pass through city limits. In addition, Stockton is minutes away from Interstate 80, Interstate 205
Interstate 205 (California)

Interstate 205 is a short route of the Interstate Highway System, connecting I-5 with I-580 in the San Joaquin Valley of the U.S. state of California....
 and Interstate 580
Interstate 580 (California)

Interstate 580 is an Interstate Highway in Northern California California. The heavily traveled, 80-mile long spur route of Interstate 80 connects the San Francisco Bay Area to Interstate 5 in the state's Central Valley ....
.

Stockton is also connected to the rest of the nation through a network of railways. Amtrak
Amtrak

The National Railroad Passenger Corporation, doing business as Amtrak , is a government-owned corporation that was organized on May 1, 1971 to provide Inter-city rail train#Passenger trains service in the United States....
 and Altamont Commuter Express
Altamont Commuter Express

The Altamont Commuter Express is a regional rail service in California connecting Stockton, California with San Jose, California.It is named for the Altamont Pass, through which it travels....
 (ACE) both make stops in Stockton, with Amtrak providing passenger access to the rest of the nation. Moreover, Union Pacific meets the cargo rail needs of the city. Recently, BNSF Railway
BNSF Railway

The BNSF Railway , often referred to as the Burlington Northern and Santa Fe Railway, headquartered in Fort Worth, Texas, Texas, is one of the four remaining transcontinental railroads and one of the largest railroad networks in North America....
 opened a much needed $150 million intermodal freight transport
Intermodal freight transport

Intermodal freight transport involves the transportation of cargo in a containerization or vehicle, using multiple modes of transportation , without any handling of the freight itself when changing modes....
 facility in southeast Stockton, which satisfies long-haul transportation needs.

Air
Stockton is served by Stockton Metropolitan Airport
Stockton Metropolitan Airport

Stockton Metropolitan Airport is a public airport located three miles southeast of the central business district of Stockton, California, a city in San Joaquin County, California, California, United States....
, located on county land just south of city limits. The airport has been designated a Foreign Trade Zone and is mainly used by manufacturing and agricultural companies for shipping purposes. Since airline deregulation, passenger service has come and gone several times. Most recently, domestic service resumed in June 2006 with service to Las Vegas
Las Vegas metropolitan area

The Las Vegas metropolitan area includes the Las Vegas Valley, a 600-square-mile basin, and surrounding areas, that is part of Clark County, Nevada in southern Nevada....
 by Allegiant Air
Allegiant Air

Allegiant Air is an United States Low-cost carrier airline owned by Allegiant Travel Co. headquartered in Enterprise, Nevada, Nevada, United States....
, and the days of service/number of flights were expanded a few months later due to demand. Also in 2006, Aeromexico
Aeroméxico

Aerov?as de M?xico, S.A. de C.V., operating as AeroM?xico, is an airline based in Mexico City, Mexico. It operates scheduled domestic services and international services to Asia, Canada, Europe, Central America, South America and United States....
 had planned to provide service to and from Guadalajara
Guadalajara, Jalisco

Guadalajara is the capital city of the Mexico state of Jalisco, and the seat of the municipality of Guadalajara. The city is located in the central region of the state and in the western-Pacific area of Mexico....
, Mexico
Mexico

The United Mexican States , commonly known as Mexico , is a federalism constitutionalism republic in North America. It is bordered on the north by the United States; on the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; on the southeast by Guatemala, Belize, and the Caribbean Sea; and on the east by the Gulf of Mexico....
, but the airport's plan to build a customs station at the airport was initially rejected by the customs service. However, the possibility of building this station is currently a continuing matter of negotiation between the airport and the customs service, and Aeromexico has indicated a continuing interest in eventually providing service. Ground transportation is available from Hertz, Enterprise, Yellow Cab and Aurora Limousine. Air service to Phoenix
Phoenix, Arizona

Phoenix is the capital and largest city in the U.S. state of Arizona, as well as the fifth most populous city in the United States. Phoenix is home to 1,552,259 residents, and is the anchor of the Phoenix Metropolitan Area with 4,179,427 residents....
 began in September 2007.

Water
The Port of Stockton
Port of Stockton

The Port of Stockton is a major inland deep water port in Stockton, California located on the San Joaquin River before it joins the Sacramento River to empty into Suisun Bay, eighty miles inland....
 is a fully operating seaport approximately 75 nautical miles (120 km˛) east of the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco
San Francisco, California

The City and County of San Francisco is the fourth most populous city in California and the List of United States cities by population in the United States, with a 2007 estimated population of 799,183....
. Set on the San Joaquin River
San Joaquin River

The San Joaquin River , 330 miles long, is the second-longest river in California, United States. The average unimpaired runoff of the main stem of the river at Millerton Lake is about 1.8 million acre feet per year ....
, the port
Port of Stockton

The Port of Stockton is a major inland deep water port in Stockton, California located on the San Joaquin River before it joins the Sacramento River to empty into Suisun Bay, eighty miles inland....
 operates a 2,000 acre (8.5 km˛) transportation center with berthing space for 17 vessels
Ship

A ship is a large watercraft that floats on water. Ships are generally distinguished from boats based on size. Ships may be found on lakes, seas, and rivers and they allow for a variety of activities, such as the ferry or cargo ships, fishing, cruise ship, Coast guard, and warship....
. The port
Port of Stockton

The Port of Stockton is a major inland deep water port in Stockton, California located on the San Joaquin River before it joins the Sacramento River to empty into Suisun Bay, eighty miles inland....
 also includes 1.1 million square feet (102,000 m˛) of dockside transit sheds and shipside rail trackage and 7.7 million square feet (715,000 m˛) of warehousing. Adjacent to the port
Port of Stockton

The Port of Stockton is a major inland deep water port in Stockton, California located on the San Joaquin River before it joins the Sacramento River to empty into Suisun Bay, eighty miles inland....
 is "Rough and Ready Island," which served as a World War II
World War II

World War II, or the Second World War , was a global military conflict which involved a Participants in World War II, including all of the great powers, organised into two opposing military alliances: the Allies of World War II and the Axis powers....
-era naval supply base until it was decommissioned as a result of BRAC
Base Realignment and Closure

Base Realignment and Closure is a process of the United States US federal government directed at the administration and operation of the United States Armed Forces, used by the United States Department of Defense and Congress of the United States to close excess military installations and realign the total asset inventory in order to save m...
 1995.

Education


Primary and Secondary

Stockton is home to three public school districts, Stockton Unified School District
Stockton Unified School District

Stockton Unified School District, is a school district headquartered in Stockton, California, California.Most of the city of Stockton is served by SUSD....
, Lodi Unified School district, and Lincoln Unified School District
Lincoln Unified School District

Lincoln Unified School District is located in Stockton, California, California and serves more than 8,500 students at 14 "learning centers" throughout the northwestern region of the city....
.There are over 30 private schools which include St. Mary's High School, Presentation Catholic School, and Annunciation Catholic School.

Post-Secondary


Stockton is home to several institutions of higher education. The largest is the University of the Pacific, which moved to Stockton in 1924 from San Jose. The university campus has been used in the filming of several Hollywood films (see below), partly due to its aesthetic likeness to East Coast Ivy League
Ivy League

The Ivy League is an athletic conference comprising eight private institutions of university in the Northeastern United States. The term is most commonly used to refer to those eight schools considered as a group....
 universities. The university's most notable appearance was in Steven Spielberg
Steven Spielberg

Steven Allan Spielberg, KBE is an American film director, screenwriter and film producer. Forbes magazine places Spielberg's net worth at $3.1 billion....
's Raiders of the Lost Ark
Raiders of the Lost Ark

Raiders of the Lost Ark is a action film-adventure film directed by Steven Spielberg, produced by George Lucas and starring Harrison Ford....
.

Also located in Stockton are National University
National university

A national university is a university created or run by a national government and may not be autonomous from government interference. Some national universities are closely associated with national cultural or political aspirations....
 (the second largest private university in the state), Maric College of Stockton, San Joaquin Delta College
San Joaquin Delta College

San Joaquin Delta College is a community college in Stockton, California, California. It is currently going through a major renovation and expansion project....
, Humphreys College and School of Law which has its main campus in Stockton and a branch campus in Modesto, CA, Heald College
Heald College

Heald College is a for-profit, business-career college with multiple campuses in the Western United States.The college was founded in San Francisco, California, by Edward Payson Heald, on August 8, 1863....
, MTI Business College, and University of Phoenix.

San Joaquin Delta College is currently expanding and features Distance Learning Education and Internet Classes. Additional sites are being set up to expand access to education in distant locations.

California State University, Stanislaus
California State University, Stanislaus

California State University, Stanislaus, also known as Stanislaus State or simply Stan State is a campus in the California State University system which was established in 1957 in Turlock, California....
 established its Stockton campus on the grounds of the former Stockton State Hospital, which was founded in 1853 and closed in 1996. The hospital was the first state mental institution in California.

Events of historical significance


Completion of port and deepwater channel

The extensive network of waterways in and around Stockton were fished and navigated by Native Americans
Native Americans in the United States

Native Americans in the United States are the Indigenous peoples of the Americas from the regions of North America now encompassed by the continental United States United States, including parts of Alaska and the island state of Hawaii....
 for centuries. Even prior to the California Gold Rush
California Gold Rush

The California Gold Rush began on January 24, 1848, when gold was discovered by James W. Marshall at Sutter's Mill, in Coloma, California, California....
, the San Joaquin River
San Joaquin River

The San Joaquin River , 330 miles long, is the second-longest river in California, United States. The average unimpaired runoff of the main stem of the river at Millerton Lake is about 1.8 million acre feet per year ....
 was navigable by ocean-going vessels, making Stockton a natural inland seaport. From the mid 19th century onward, Stockton was the region's transportation hub, dealing mainly with agricultural products. Modernization of the port
Port of Stockton

The Port of Stockton is a major inland deep water port in Stockton, California located on the San Joaquin River before it joins the Sacramento River to empty into Suisun Bay, eighty miles inland....
 and deepening of the Stockton Deepwater Channel to San Francisco Bay
San Francisco Bay

San Francisco Bay is a shallow, productive estuary through which water draining from approximately forty percent of California, flowing in the Sacramento River and San Joaquin River rivers from the Sierra Nevada mountains, enters the Pacific Ocean....
 were completed in 1933, giving rise to commercial opportunities that have fueled the city's growth ever since, and paving the way for the Rough and Ready Island naval base which placed Stockton in a strategic position during the Cold War
Cold War

The Cold War was the continuing state of conflict, tension and competition that existed between a number of world powers, including the United States, the Soviet Union, People's Republic of China, France, United Kingdom and those countries' respective allies from the mid-1940s to the early 1990s....
.

Charles Manson Family Members Living in Stockton

Lynette Fromme
Lynette Fromme

Lynette Alice "Squeaky" Fromme is a former member of Charles Manson's "Family," convicted of attempting to assassination U.S. President Gerald Ford in 1975....
, Also known as "Squeaky Fromme", moved to Stockton, California, with friends Nancy Pitman and Priscilla Copper, a pair of ex-convicts named Michael Monfort and James Craig, and a couple, James and Lauren Willett. When the Willetts died within days of each other in 1972, the housemates were taken into custody on suspicion of murder. However, she was released due to a lack of evidence.

The 1989 Cleveland Elementary School shooting

On January 17, 1989, the Stockton Police Department received a threat against Cleveland Elementary School from an unknown person. Later that day Patrick Purdy, a mentally ill resident, opened fire on the school's playground with a semi-automatic rifle, killing five children, all Cambodian and Vietnamese refugees, and wounding twenty-nine others and a teacher, before taking his own life. This event received national news coverage and is sometimes referred to as the Stockton Massacre
Stockton massacre

The Stockton massacre was an incident of mass murder that occurred on January 17, 1989, at Cleveland Elementary School in Stockton, California, California, United States....
.

Then-Mayor Barbara Fass' subsequent work on gun control received national attention and sparked nationwide efforts that sought to ban semi-automatic military-style rifles like the one used in the shooting.

Closure of Stockton's naval reserve center

In September 1996, the Base Closure and Realignment Commission
Base Realignment and Closure

Base Realignment and Closure is a process of the United States US federal government directed at the administration and operation of the United States Armed Forces, used by the United States Department of Defense and Congress of the United States to close excess military installations and realign the total asset inventory in order to save m...
 announced the final closure of Stockton's Naval Reserve Center on Rough and Ready Island, which had served as a major communications outpost for submarine activities in the Pacific during the Cold War. While many other base closures in the region were seen as largely negative due to job loss, Stockton residents welcomed the newsfact
Fact

A fact is something said to be true or supposed to have happened, example: Kiira is mean, FACT. An idea becomes a fact after competent people have tested a hypothesis through the scientific method....
. The site is currently being considered for commercial development.

Awards and Honors

Stockton received an All-America City
All-America City Award

The All-America City Award is given by the National Civic League annually to ten cities in the United States.The award is the oldest community recognition program in the nation and recognizes communities whose citizens work together to identify and tackle community-wide challenges and achieve uncommon results....
 award from the National Civic League
National Civic League

The National Civic League is an organization founded in 1894 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania at a meeting of politicians, policy-makers, journalists, and educators to discuss the future of United States city....
 twice, in 1999 and 2004. 2004's award was based on a 60-member delegation's presentation titled "The Dream Lives On!", and featured three community-driven projects: Community Partnership for Families, Downtown Alliance, and the Peace Keeper Program. The 1999 award recognized the Apollo Night Talent and Performing Series, the conversion of the Stockton Developmental Center into an off-campus center for the California State University at Stanislaus, and the LEAP (Let Education Attack Pollution) program.

Sunset magazine named Stockton Best Tree City in the western United States in March 2002., and "Best of the West Food Fest" in March 2000.

Stockton boasts 49 city, state, and national historical landmarks
Stockton landmarks

The city of Stockton boasts numerous historical buildings and sites, several of which are on the National Register of Historic Places and California Historical Landmark lists....
, dating as far back as 1855.

The Stockton Fire Department has held a Class 1 ISO rating since 1971.

In February of 2009, Stockton was named "America's Most Miserable City," reflecting Stockton's issues with commuting times, violent crime rates, income tax levels, and unemployment rates. Stockton was placed second in this listing in 2008.

Downtown revitalization

Beginning in the late 1990s under the mayorship of Gary Podesto, Stockton's downtown has experienced a dramatic turnaround and revitalization. Although much work yet remains, over the past decade downtown Stockton has, without question, transformed from a crime-ridden eyesore to a family-friendly destination. Newly built or renovated buildings include:

  • The Bob Hope Theater
  • Regal City Centre Cinemas
  • San Joaquin RTD
    San Joaquin Regional Transit District

    San Joaquin Regional Transit District provides bus service to the city of Stockton, California and the surrounding communities of Lodi, California, Ripon, Thornton, California, French Camp, California, Lathrop, California, Manteca, California, Tracy, California, Escalon, California, and Modesto, California....
     Downtown Transit Center
  • Sheraton Hotel
  • Hotel Stockton
  • Stockton Arena
    Stockton Arena

    Stockton Arena is an indoor arena in Stockton, California. It is primarily used for ice hockey, indoor soccer and arena football. It is the home arena of the Stockton Thunder ECHL Hockey team, Stockton Cougars Professional Arena Soccer League team and Stockton Lightning af2 Arena football team....
  • Banner Island Ballpark
    Banner Island Ballpark

    Banner Island Ballpark is a baseball stadium located in Stockton, California, which seats over 5,300 people. It is the home field of the Stockton Ports, a minor league baseball affiliate of the Oakland Athletics in the Class A California League....
     (Stockton Ballpark)


A new Downtown Marina and adjacent promenade (as of January 1, 2009) are under construction along the South Shore of the Stockton Deep Water Channel.

Projects (as of January 1, 2009)either in the planning stages or under consideration by the city council
City council

A city council is a form of local government, usually covering a city or other urban area, such as a town. The system of government has roots back at least to the Roman Empire....
 include South Shore housing, the revitalization of the Robert J. Cabral neighborhood, bridges across the Stockton Deep Water Channel, and a high-rise building that may include condominiums.

Professional sports

Stockton is home to several minor league
Minor league

Minor leagues are professional sports leagues which are not regarded as the premier leagues in those sports. Minor league teams tend to play in smaller, less elaborate venues, often competing in smaller cities....
 franchises:
  • Stockton Cougars - (PASL
    Premier Arena Soccer League

    The Premier Arena Soccer League is the flagship league that was started in 1997. Having just completed its 10th year, PASL-Premier is the largest International indoor/arena soccer league in the world....
     soccer team)
  • Stockton Ports
    Stockton Ports

    The Stockton Ports are a baseball team in Stockton, California, United States. The Ports play in the Northern Division of the Class A Advanced California League and are a Minor league baseball affiliate of the Oakland Athletics....
     - (High-A California League
    California League

    The California League is a Class A Advanced minor league baseball league which operates throughout the state of California. Before 2002, it was classified as a "High-A" league, indicating its status as a Class A league with the highest level of competition within that classification, and the fifth step between Rookie ball and the Major League...
     baseball
    Baseball

    Baseball is a bat-and-ball sport played between two team sport of nine players each. The goal of baseball is to score run by hitting a thrown Baseball with a baseball bat and touching a series of four markers called base arranged at the corners of a ninety-foot square, or diamond. Players on one team take turns hitting against...
     team; affiliate of the Oakland Athletics
    Oakland Athletics

    The Oakland Athletics are a professional baseball based in Oakland, California. The Athletics are a member of the American League West of Major League Baseball's American League....
    )
  • Stockton Thunder
    Stockton Thunder

    The Stockton Thunder are a minor league professional ice hockey team from Stockton, California. The Thunder are a member of the ECHL, and began play in the 2005?06 season....
     - (ECHL
    ECHL

    The ECHL is a mid-level professional ice hockey league based in Princeton, New Jersey, with teams scattered across the United States and Canada, generally regarded as a tier below the American Hockey League....
     ice hockey
    Ice hockey

    Ice hockey, often referred to simply as hockey, is a team sport played on ice. It is a fast paced and physical sport. Ice hockey is most popular in areas that are sufficiently cold for natural reliable seasonal ice cover such as Canada, the northern United States, Scandinavia and Russia, though with the advent of indoor artificial ice r...
     team)
  • Stockton Lightning
    Stockton Lightning

    The Stockton Lightning are a professional arena football team. They are a 2006 expansion member of the af2, the minor league of the Arena Football League....
     - (af2
    Af2

    af2 is the name of the Arena Football League's minor league, which started play in 2000. The rules are the same as for the parent league. af2 plays its season from April to July....
     arena football
    Arena football

    Arena football is a sport based upon American football. It is played indoors on a smaller field than American football, resulting in a faster and higher-scoring game....
     team)


The Stockton Ports play their home games at Banner Island Ballpark
Banner Island Ballpark

Banner Island Ballpark is a baseball stadium located in Stockton, California, which seats over 5,300 people. It is the home field of the Stockton Ports, a minor league baseball affiliate of the Oakland Athletics in the Class A California League....
, a 5,000 seat facility built for the team in downtown Stockton. A 10,000 seat arena, the Stockton Arena
Stockton Arena

Stockton Arena is an indoor arena in Stockton, California. It is primarily used for ice hockey, indoor soccer and arena football. It is the home arena of the Stockton Thunder ECHL Hockey team, Stockton Cougars Professional Arena Soccer League team and Stockton Lightning af2 Arena football team....
, located in downtown Stockton, is the home of the Stockton Cougars, Stockton Thunder and Stockton Lightning.

University of Pacific was the summer home of the San Francisco 49ers Summer Training Camp from 1998 til 2002.

Entertainment and Culture


Music

  • The Stockton Symphony
    Stockton Symphony

    The Stockton Symphony Association is an United States orchestra based in Stockton, California. It was founded in 1926 by Manlio Silva and is the third oldest orchestra in California....
     is the third-oldest professional orchestra in California (founded in 1926), after the San Francisco Symphony
    San Francisco Symphony

    The San Francisco Symphony is a leading orchestra based in San Francisco, California. The current music director is Michael Tilson Thomas, who has held the position since September 1995....
     and the Los Angeles Philharmonic
    Los Angeles Philharmonic

    The Los Angeles Philharmonic is an United States orchestra based in Los Angeles, California, California, United States. It has a regular season of concerts from October through June at the Walt Disney Concert Hall, and a summer season at the Hollywood Bowl from July through September....
    .
  • University of the Pacific is known for its music conservatory and for being the home of the Brubeck Institute, named after Dave Brubeck
    Dave Brubeck

    David Warren Brubeck , better known as Dave Brubeck, is an United States Jazz piano. Regarded as a jazz icon, he has written a number of jazz standards, including "In Your Own Sweet Way" and "The Duke"....
    , a Pacific alum and jazz piano legend. The institute maintains an archive of Brubeck's work and offers a fellowship program for young musicians. The Brubeck Institute Jazz Quartet is composed of Pacific students and tours widely.
  • San Joaquin Delta College
    San Joaquin Delta College

    San Joaquin Delta College is a community college in Stockton, California, California. It is currently going through a major renovation and expansion project....
     has a growing jazz program and is home to several official and unofficial jazz bands composed of Delta
    San Joaquin Delta College

    San Joaquin Delta College is a community college in Stockton, California, California. It is currently going through a major renovation and expansion project....
     and Pacific students and faculty.
  • Seminal punk rock band the Authorities was formed in Stockton in 1978 by Brian Thalken and Nick Kappos.
  • Indie-rock band Pavement
    Pavement (band)

    Pavement was an United States indie rock musical band in the 1990s. Although they experienced only moderate commercial success, they achieved a significant cult following and were one of the more popular and influential Lo-fi music rock bands of the 1990s....
     was formed in Stockton in 1989 by Stephen Malkmus
    Stephen Malkmus

    Stephen Joseph Malkmus is an indie rock musician and a former member of the band Pavement ....
     and Scott Kannberg
    Scott Kannberg

    Scott Kannberg is a former guitarist of the influential 1990s indie-rock band Pavement ; he is also a childhood friend of lead singer Stephen Malkmus....
    . Much of their early material was recorded in Stockton. They refer to themselves in the song Unfair
    Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain

    Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain is an album released by Pavement in 1994. With this album, the band abandoned the lo-fi sound displayed on Slanted & Enchanted ....
     as "the last psychedelic
    Psychedelic rock

    CharacteristicsThe musical style typically features electric guitars, 12 strings being preferred for their 'jangle'; elaborate studio effects - backwards taping, panning , phasing, long delay loops and extreme reverb; exotic instrumentation, with a particular fondness for the sitar and tabla; A strong keyboard presence, especially Hammond, Far...
     band, from Stockton, Northern Cal".
  • Singer Chris Isaak
    Chris Isaak

    Christopher Joseph Isaak is an United States rock music musician and occasional actor....
     was born in Stockton in 1956.
  • The Apollo Night talent show draws about 1,500 people to the Stockton Civic Auditorium annually to watch performances by aspiring Northern California musicians.
  • Stockton-based producers Hallway Productionz have created beats for well-known musicians, including Blackalicious. The duo produced several tracks on Ice Cube's 2006 album "Laugh Now, Cry Later" which sold over 500,000 copies as well as T-Bone's "Bone-A-Fide," which was nominated for a Grammy in 2007. Hallway Productionz-produced tracks also appeared in the movies "Waist Deep," "Freedom Writers"and "XXX: State of the Union. The Duo's second major Project came with the release of WC's 2007 album "Guilty By Affiliation" Producing 6 of the 14 tracks on the album.
  • R&B singers Bear and Erin Jennae appeared on the Billboard charts in 2006 and 2007, respectively.
  • In 2006 Tim Sovinec, a Stockton youth pastor and guitarist for the Christian rock band everybodyduck, became the first local resident to perform at the arena.
  • In 2006 Latin Magic Band became the first local act to perform at both the arena and the 2,000-seat Bob Hope Theatre.
  • Rapper Okwerdz received an Australian Gold record in 2008 for his work with the Hilltop Hoods.
  • Erik Kristan Mallory, born and raised in Stockton, is the guitarist for the Rock N Roll band Endeverafter
    Endeverafter

    Endeverafter is an American rock band from Sacramento, California....
     (Razor And Tie Records)
  • Izzy Gallegos, former member of the band US5
    US5

    US5 is a multinational boy band pop music band, first established in 2005. The group's launch to fame was financed by Lou Pearlman, an Orlando confidence trickster who made millions with a penny stock "pump and dump" scheme and a fraudulent savings program....
    , was born on 19 September 1983 in Stockton.


Auditoriums and concert halls

Stockton boasts several concert halls, including the following:
  • The Stockton Arena
    Stockton Arena

    Stockton Arena is an indoor arena in Stockton, California. It is primarily used for ice hockey, indoor soccer and arena football. It is the home arena of the Stockton Thunder ECHL Hockey team, Stockton Cougars Professional Arena Soccer League team and Stockton Lightning af2 Arena football team....
     is home to several sports teams, and has hosted nationally known entertainers such as Gwen Stefani
    Gwen Stefani

    Gwen Ren?e Stefani is an American recording artist and fashion designer. Stefani serves as lead vocalist for the rock music band No Doubt. Formed with influences ranging from punk rock to new wave music, their third wave ska oriented third studio album Tragic Kingdom propelled them to stardom, selling 16 million copies worldwide....
    , Rob Zombie
    Rob Zombie

    Robert Bartleh Cummings , better known by his stage name, Rob Zombie, is an American musician, film director, screenwriter and film producer....
     and Ozzy Osbourne
    Ozzy Osbourne

    John Michael "Ozzy" Osbourne is a Grammy Award winning England singer-songwriter, whose career has now spanned four decades. Osbourne rose to prominence as lead vocalist of pioneering English heavy metal music band Black Sabbath, and eventually achieved a multi-RIAA certification solo career which revolutionized the heavy metal genre....
    , Josh Groban
    Josh Groban

    Joshua Winslow Groban is a Grammy-nominated American singer-songwriter. He has concentrated his career so far mostly in concert singing and recordings, although he has stated that he wishes to pursue musical theater in the future....
    , and Bob Dylan.
  • The historic theatre (formerly known as the Fox California Theatre) in downtown Stockton is one of several 'movie palace
    Movie palace

    A movie palace or picture palace is a term used to refer to the grand cinemas of the 1910s to early 1960s.There are three building types in particular which can be subsumed under the label movie palace....
    s' in the Central Valley. Bob Hope
    Bob Hope

    Bob Hope, Order of the British Empire, Order of St. Gregory the Great , was an British-born American comedian and actor who appeared in vaudeville, on Broadway theatre, and in radio, television and movies....
     often came to Stockton to visit close friend and billionaire tycoon Alex Spanos
    Alex Spanos

    Alexander Gus Spanos, is an United States real estate developer and self-made billionaire of Greeks origin who owns the San Diego Chargers....
    , who donated much of the money to revitalize the theater after Hope's death.


Visual art

  • The Stockton Arts Commission, a city organization, offers grants to local visual and performing artists. The commission also hosts an annual arts awards program and open studios tours.
  • Stockton has an extensive public art program. Public art projects include 'Stockton Rising," a sculpture by Scott Donahue located outside of the Stockton Arena. Nearby, a work by Napa artist Gordon Huether features 30,000 Mattell cars attached to the west side of the Stockton Arena parking garage. Approximately 15 downtown manhole covers also were designed by local artist Molly Toberer.
  • Murals depicting the city's history decorate the exteriors of many downtown buildings.
  • In addition to its history galleries, The Haggin Museum, located in Victory Park, displays fine art of late 19th and early 20th century artists such as Jean Beraud, Albert Bierstadt, Rosa Bonheur, William Bouguereau, Paul Gauguin, Jean-Leon Gerome, Childe Hassam, George Inness, Daniel Ridgway Knight, Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Jehan-Georges Vibert, and Jules Worms. It also hosts temporary touring exhibitions.
  • In 2005, the Downtown Stockton Alliance began sponsoring a monthly art walk during the summer. The event features local artists exhibiting their work at downtown businesses and galleries as well as in some otherwise vacant storefronts. Musicians also perform throughout downtown as part of the event.
  • Critically-acclaimed silhouette artist Kara Walker
    Kara Walker

    Kara Walker is a contemporary African American artist who explores Race , gender, human sexuality, violence and cultural identity in her work. She is best known for her room-size tableaux of black cut-paper silhouettes....
     was born in Stockton.
  • Stan Lee
    Stan Lee

    Stan Lee is an United States comic book writer, editor, and the former president and chairman of Marvel Comics.Lee is considered the father of comic books....
     named Stockton the birthplace of the Fantastic Four
    Fantastic Four

    The Fantastic Four is a fictional superhero team appearing in comic books published by Marvel Comics. The group debuted in The Fantastic Four #1 , which helped to usher in a new naturalism in the mass media....
     in 1986, after Joe Field successfully petitioned Marvel Comics to change it from the fictional "Central City."
  • The popular western TV series The Big Valley
    The Big Valley

    The Big Valley is an American television series Western fiction which ran on American Broadcasting Company from 1965 to 1969. It was created by A.I....
     was set just outside Stockton.


Museums

Stockton is home to several museums. These are:
  • features collections and exhibits related to local history and California history, and owns important works by late 19th and early 20th century artists. Notable among them is Albert Bierstadt, who was well-known for interpreting the towering grandeur of Yosemite and much of California's magnificent Sierra Nevada mountains.
  • features the work of local artists.
  • is maintained by the Stockton Art League.
  • The University of the Pacific’s and San Joaquin Delta College’s feature contemporary work by students and local and nationally-known artists.
  • is housed in a former warehouse on the Downtown waterfront, and boasts many interactive displays.
  • The Filipino American National Historical Society
    Filipino American National Historical Society

    The Filipino American National Historical Society was created out of a need to document Filipino American history for succeeding generations. Before Fred Cordova and his wife Dorothy Laigo Cordova took up the task, there was a paucity of information available about the Filipino American community's history in the United States....
     has proposed the construction of the National Pinoy Museum in the Little Manila
    Little Manila

    Little Manila is term that refers to a community with a large Filipino expatriate and descendant population....
     district. The museum would be dedicated to the history of Filipino-Americans. Stockton once had one of the largest population of Filipinos in the United States.


Performing arts

Founded in 1951, offers an annual series of musicals, comedies and dramas. It maintains a 300-seat theater in the Venetian Bridges neighborhood. The company also hosts the annual Bravo awards for the local performing arts.

Festivals

Stockton hosts several annual festivals celebrating the rich cultural heritage of the city. These include:
  • Lunar New Year (Jan or Feb)
  • (Opening January 2009)
  • (April)
  • The Brubeck Festival (April)
  • The Earth Day Festival (April)
  • Cambodian New Year (April)
  • (May)
  • (June)
  • The Stockton Obon Bazaar (July)
  • The Stockton Quilting Bee (July)
  • The Filipino Barrio Fiesta (August)
  • Bacon-wrapped Asparagus Celebration (August)
  • Penny Day At The Park For Literacy Awareness (August)
  • Black Family Day (Sept)
  • The Greek Festival (September)
  • The Chapman Family Days Picnic (September)
  • Hmong New Year (November)
  • The Stockton Festival of Lights and Boat Parade (December)
  • The Record's Family Day at the Park


Motion Pictures

A number of motion pictures have been filmed in Stockton. Over the years, filmmakers have used Stockton's waterways to stand in for the Mississippi delta, the surrounding farmland as the American plains
Great Plains

The Great Plains are the broad expanse of prairie and steppe which lie west of the Mississippi River and east of the Rocky Mountains in the United States and Canada....
 and Midwest, and UOP's campus as an Ivy League
Ivy League

The Ivy League is an athletic conference comprising eight private institutions of university in the Northeastern United States. The term is most commonly used to refer to those eight schools considered as a group....
 college. Some of the movies filmed in Stockton include:
  • All the King's Men
    All the King's Men (1949 film)

    All the King's Men is a 1949 in film drama film film based on the Robert Penn Warren novel All the King's Men. It was directed by Robert Rossen and starred Broderick Crawford in the role of Willie Stark....
     (1949)
  • Always
    Always (film)

    Always is a 1989 in film romantic drama directed by Steven Spielberg, and starring Richard Dreyfuss, Holly Hunter, John Goodman and Brad Johnson ....
  • Atlanta Child Murders
    Atlanta child murders

    The Atlanta child murders, known locally simply as the "missing and murdered children case", were a series of murders committed in Atlanta, Georgia , United States from the summer of 1979 until the spring of 1981....
     (1985)
  • The Big Country
    The Big Country

    The Big Country is a 1958 United States Western film directed by William Wyler. It stars Gregory Peck, Jean Simmons, Carroll Baker, Charlton Heston, Burl Ives, Charles Bickford, and Chuck Connors....
     (1958)
  • Big Stan
    Big Stan

    Big Stan is a comedy film directed by and starring Rob Schneider. Although released in some overseas markets during the fall of 2008 in film, it is slated for U.S....
     (2007)
  • Bird
    Bird

    Birds are wing, Bipedalismal, endothermic , vertebrate animals that lay egg . There are around 10,000 living species, making them the most numerous tetrapod vertebrates....
     (1988)
  • Blind Man Sees First
  • Blood Alley
    Blood Alley

    Blood Alley is a 1955 seafaring adventure movie starring John Wayne and Lauren Bacall. Set in China, Wayne plays a Merchant Marine captain in a role originally intended for Robert Mitchum prior to an altercation with the producers ....
     (1955)
  • Bound for Glory (1976)
  • Cabana Time
  • Coast to Coast (1980)
  • Cool Hand Luke
    Cool Hand Luke

    Cool Hand Luke is a Cinema of the United States drama film starring Paul Newman and directed by Stuart Rosenberg. The screenplay was adapted by Donn Pearce and Frank Pierson from the novel by Pearce....
     (1967)
  • Coyote
    Coyote (disambiguation)

    A coyote is a mammal of the order carnivora found throughout North America.Coyote may refer to:* Coyote , a Native American trickster god...
     (1997)
  • Day of Independence
    Day of Independence

    Day of Independence is a short film, broadcast as a half-hour PBS television special. It is a drama, set during the Japanese American internment of World War II, produced by Cedar Grove Productions with Visual Communications as fiscal sponsor....
     (2003)
  • Dead Man on Campus (1998)
  • Death Machines (1976)
  • Dirty Mary, Crazy Larry
    Dirty Mary, Crazy Larry

    Dirty Mary, Crazy Larry is a cult film 1974 in film car chase film starring Peter Fonda, Susan George , Adam Roarke, and Vic Morrow. The film was directed by John Hough....
     (1974)
  • Dreamscape
    Dreamscape (film)

    Dreamscape is a 1984 in film science fiction film directed by Joseph Ruben and written by David Loughery, with Chuck Russell and Ruben co-writing....
     (1984)
  • Fat City
    Fat City (film)

    Fat City is an United States boxing drama film directed by John Huston. The picture stars Stacy Keach, Jeff Bridges, and Susan Tyrrell.The movie, one of John Huston's later films, is based on the boxing novel Fat City by Leonard Gardner, who also wrote the screenplay....
     (1972) , based on Leonard Gardner
    Leonard Gardner

    Leonard Gardner is an United States novelist, Short story, and screenwriter. His writing has appeared in The Paris Review, Esquire , The Southwest Review, and other publications, and he has been awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship....
    's acclaimed 1969 novel Fat City
    Fat City (novel)

    Fat City is a novel by Leonard Gardner published in 1969. Though the only novel he published, its prestige has grown considerably since its publication to critical acclaim from the likes of Joan Didion and Walker Percy among others....
    . It is set in Stockton in the late 1950s, and was filmed by director John Huston
    John Huston

    John Marcellus Huston was an United States film director and actor. He was known for directing the films, The Maltese Falcon , The Asphalt Jungle , The Treasure of the Sierra Madre , Key Largo , The African Queen , The Misfits , and The Man Who Would Be King ....
    .
  • Flubber (1997)
  • Friendly Fire
    Friendly Fire (1979 film)

    Friendly Fire is an American television movie first broadcast on the American Broadcasting Company network on April 22, 1979. Watched that night by an estimated 64 million people, Friendly Fire went on to win four Emmy Award, including Outstanding Drama Special....
     (1979)
  • Funky Fresh
  • Glory Days
    Glory Days

    Golden Years was a 1998 in television television comedy one-off sitcom episode starring the United Kingdom The Office and Extras star Ricky Gervais....
     (1988)
  • God's Little Acre
    God's Little Acre

    God's Little Acre is a 1933 novel by Erskine Caldwell, which was made into God's Little Acre in 1958.The novel was so controversial that a literary board in New York attempted to censor it, leading to the author's arrest and trial for obscenity....
     (1958)
  • High Time
    High Time (film)

    High Time is a 1960 in film collegiate comedic film, directed by Blake Edwards and starring Bing Crosby. The film is told from the perspective of a middle-aged man who enters the world of a new generation of postwar youth....
     (1960)
  • Hot Shots! Part Deux
    Hot Shots! Part Deux

    Hot Shots! Part Deux is a 1993 comedy Parody film, and a sequel to the 1991 comedy Hot Shots!Directed again by Jim Abrahams, the film again stars Charlie Sheen, Lloyd Bridges, Valeria Golino, Richard Crenna, Brenda Bakke, Miguel Ferrer, Rowan Atkinson, and Jerry Haleva....
     (1993)
  • Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
    Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade

    Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade is a 1989 American adventure film directed by Steven Spielberg from a story co-written by executive producer George Lucas....
     (1989)
  • Inventing the Abbotts
    Inventing the Abbotts

    Inventing the Abbotts is a 1997 in film drama film and romance film directed by Pat O'Connor , starring Joaquin Phoenix, Billy Crudup, Liv Tyler, Jennifer Connelly, and Michael Keaton....
     (1997)
  • Oklahoma Crude (1973)
  • Pop Dat Booty
  • Porgy & Bess (1959)
  • Raiders of the Lost Ark
    Raiders of the Lost Ark

    Raiders of the Lost Ark is a action film-adventure film directed by Steven Spielberg, produced by George Lucas and starring Harrison Ford....
     (1981)
  • Rampage
    Rampage (film)

    Rampage is a 1987 movie directed by William Friedkin. It was filmed in Stockton, California in 1986 and received nation-wide American release in 1992....
     (1988)
  • Return Fire/Jungle Wolf II (1988)
  • R.P.M. (1970)
  • Skipping
  • The Strawberry Statement
    The Strawberry Statement

    The Strawberry Statement is a non-fiction book by James Simon Kunen, written when he was 19, which chronicled his experiences at Columbia University from 1966?1968, particularly the Columbia University protests of 1968 and takeover of the office of the dean of Columbia by student protesters....
     (1970)
  • The Sure Thing
    The Sure Thing

    The Sure Thing is a 1985 romantic comedy directed by Rob Reiner and written by Stephen L. Bloom and Jonathan Roberts . It features John Cusack, Daphne Zuniga, Anthony Edwards, Tim Robbins, Boyd Gaines, and Nicollette Sheridan....
     (1985)
  • Valentino's Return (1989)
  • The World's Greatest Athlete
    The World's Greatest Athlete

    The World's Greatest Athlete is a 1973 in film American feature film released by the Walt Disney Company. It starred John Amos, Roscoe Lee Browne, Tim Conway, Dayle Haddon, and Jan-Michael Vincent....
     (1973)


Stockton was also the setting of the 1960s Western TV series The Big Valley
The Big Valley

The Big Valley is an American television series Western fiction which ran on American Broadcasting Company from 1965 to 1969. It was created by A.I....
 which starred Barbara Stanwyck
Barbara Stanwyck

Barbara Stanwyck was an United States actor, a star of film and television, known during her 60-year career as a consummate and versatile professional with a strong screen presence, and a favorite of directors such as Cecil B....
.

Sister cities

Stockton has seven sister cities
Town twinning

Town twinning, also known as sister cities, is a concept whereby towns or city in geographically and politically distinct areas are paired, with the goal of fostering human contact and cultural links between their inhabitants....
 worldwide:
  • - Shizuoka
    Shizuoka, Shizuoka

    is the capital cities of Japan of Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan. It is a city designated by government ordinance ....
    , Japan
    Japan

    Japan is an island country in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, People's Republic of China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south....
  • - Iloilo City
    Iloilo City

    The City of Iloilo is the capital of, but independent from, the province of Iloilo. It is the economic hub of the Western Visayas region, as well as the center of the Metro Iloilo-Guimaras....
    , Philippines
    Philippines

    The Philippines, officially known as the Republic of the Philippines, is a country in Southeast Asia with Manila as its capital city. It comprises 7,107 islands in the western Pacific Ocean....
  • - Empalme, Mexico
    Mexico

    The United Mexican States , commonly known as Mexico , is a federalism constitutionalism republic in North America. It is bordered on the north by the United States; on the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; on the southeast by Guatemala, Belize, and the Caribbean Sea; and on the east by the Gulf of Mexico....
  • - Foshan
    Foshan

    Foshan is a prefecture-level city in central Guangdong province of China, People's Republic of China. The city has jurisdiction over an area of about 3,840 km? and a population of 5.4 million of which 1.1 million reside in the city proper ....
    , China
    China

    China is a Culture of China, an ancient civilization, and, depending on perspective, a national or multinational entity extending over a large area in East Asia....
  • - Parma
    Parma

    Parma is a city in the Italian region of Emilia-Romagna famous for its architecture and the fine countryside around it. It is the home of the University of Parma, one of the oldest universities in the world....
    , Italy
    Italy

    Italy , officially the Italian Republic , is a country located on the Italian Peninsula in Southern Europe and on the two largest islands in the Mediterranean Sea, Sicily and Sardinia....
  • - Battambang
    Battambang

    Battambang founded during the height of the Khmer empire in the 11th century , is Cambodia's second-largest city and the capital of Battambang Province....
    , Cambodia
    Cambodia

    The Kingdom of Cambodia is a country in South East Asia with a population of over 13 million people. The kingdom's capital and largest city is Phnom Penh....
  • - Asaba
    Asaba, Nigeria

    Asaba is the capital of Nigeria's Delta State, and has an estimated population of 123,745 ....
    , Nigeria
    Nigeria

    Nigeria, officially the Federal Republic of Nigeria, is a federation constitutional republic comprising States of Nigeria and one Federal Capital Territory, Nigeria....


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