By Reed Fujii Record Staff Writer October 27, 2010 12:00 AM STOCKTON – Federal, state and local officials broke ground Tuesday in Stockton on a $30 million marine highway project intended to ease regional highway congestion by moving cargo by barge instead of truck. The Port of Oakland currently handles nearly 100 percent of cargo...Read More

Stockton Record September 8, 2010 By Michael Fitzgerald Record columnist Stockton’s selection as the site of new prison facilities is a done deal. But the feisty Stockton litigants who fought the prison czar have fired a parting shot to the U.S. Supreme Court. The Greater Stockton Chamber of Commerce has filed an amicus curiae (friend...Read More

Sacramento Bee August 23, 2010 Two valley lawyers from the Herum Crabtree firm, Steve Herum and Brett Jolley, have been honored by legal publications. Herum Crabtree represents clients on land use and environmental issues. Herum, for the fifth straight year, has been named a Northern California Super Lawyer by Law & Politics Magazine. The magazine...Read More

Stockton Record August 17, 2010 By Reed Fujii Record Staff Writer August 17, 2010 12:00 AM STOCKTON – Highlighting the potential for job creation and economic stimulus, Stockton port officials celebrated Monday the acquisition of the last 60 acres of Rough and Ready Island in ceremonies outside the former Navy base’s commander’s house. Stockton native...Read More

Stockton Record August 3, 2010 Peace pact signed City, county, chamber ink deal for prison hospital Federal receiver J. Clark Kelso shakes hands Monday with Stockton Mayor Ann Johnston as San Joaquin County Supervisor Carlos Villapudua watches. Months of acrimonious dispute ended Monday with the signing of a deal that will allow for the construction...Read More

Stockton Record August 2, 2010 August 02, 2010 12:01 AM They’ll gather today to put a little mutual ink to paper, smile for the cameras and declare in unison that all’s well that ends well. It will be a contrast to more than a year of bitter tugs-of-war. Today will be the unofficial ribbon cutting,...Read More

Stockton Record July 8, 2010 By Zachary K. Johnson Record Staff Writer July 08, 2010 12:00 AM STOCKTON – On the second day of two-day campaign sweep through California, U.S. Sen. Barbara Boxer stopped at the Port of Stockton to highlight job-creation projects she supported while speaking to local officials and supporters. The port location,...Read More

Stockton Record June 12, 2010 By Joe Goldeen The Record, Stockton, Calif. Publication: The Record (Stockton, California) Date: Saturday, June 12 2010 Jun. 12–STOCKTON — In a generous surprise, $300,000 in leftover funds following the settlement and payout of a Stockton-based class-action lawsuit was donated to three nonprofit health care providers that are well-known for...Read More

Stockton Record June 9, 2010 By Michael Fitzgerald Metro Columnist June 09, 2010 12:40 AM If there’s a bully in California government, it is the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation. The CDCR likes to pick on Stockton by dumping prison facilities here. Unfair? Costly to you? San Joaquin County groans with three prisons already? Too...Read More

Stockton Record June 8, 2010 By Scott Smith Record Staff Writer June 08, 2010 12:00 AM STOCKTON – Local leaders today are expected to approve the final details of a settlement resolving their lawsuit against state correctional officials and prison health care receiver J. Clark Kelso over construction of an inmate medical facility near Stockton....Read More