San Joaquin County Local News: Art, Culture & Media

01/25/2024
A combination of tax credits, revenue sharing and coupons could bring stability, writes Steven Waldman, president of Rebuild Local News.

01/09/2024
Pasadena is the only California city named a travel destination for 2024 by The New York Times. This comes despite the Los Angeles-area city being just the 45th-largest city in the state.

01/08/2024
Philadelphia-based Audacy, which has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy with $1.9 billion in debts, owns six radio stations in the Bay Area. These include 95.7 The Game, KCBS and 102.1 Jams.

12/27/2023
Under new state laws, five cities will test cameras to catch speeding drivers and cruising bans will be lifted statewide. The first is supposed to improve road safety, but critics of the second say it will endanger the public.

12/25/2023
State audits of the University of California and the California State University found both systems have failed to comply with decades-old state and federal laws mandating the return of Native ancestral remains and cultural artifacts. Only UCLA and Cal State Long Beach have returned a majority of their collections.

12/18/2023
It has been an unprecedented year at CapRadio. And one of extreme hardship.  This summer, CapRadio laid off 12% of its staff. And that was just the start of its financial challenges.

12/04/2023
In conversations about the history and present of Sacramento’s LGBTQ+ communities, the Lavender Heights district in Midtown is often the first area to come to mind.

12/01/2023
The Tracy Arts Commission has opened a recruitment to fill two openings on the board. The application window will close on Dec. 14.

11/24/2023
Tracy Unified School District has officially renamed the Kimball High theater, with TUSD superintendent Rob Pecot bestowing the new name of the Geri Neylan Performing Arts Theatre.

11/20/2023
With its hilly terrain, parts of Los Angeles aren’t always the easiest to build in. But that didn’t stop an architect from building a unique structure in Silver Lake.

11/14/2023
Hmong people from around the area gathered with their families at the San Joaquin County Fairgrounds recently to celebrate the New Year and Hmong culture with food, dance competitions, volleyball and more.

10/31/2023
The San Diego Union-Tribune, which has operated for 154 years, sold to controversial Alden Global Capital last year. It’s not looking great for the paper’s future.

10/30/2023
Robert Irwin, an artist and MacArthur genius grant recipient, died in San Diego at 95 on Oct. 25. Michael Govan, who heads the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, offers a colorful retrospective on Irwin's work.

10/27/2023
A video released by comic Hasan Minhaj, who grew up in Davis, tackles elements of a critical article that left the impression he had made up or exaggerated racism in his life.

10/26/2023
Through this new program, artists, culture bearers, and California Native American tribes will be eligible to receive funding to create artwork throughout state and local parks.

10/25/2023
After 18 years of operations, Stockton Arena has a new name. The facility, opened in 2005, was officially named Adventist Health Arena during a ceremony in front of the brand-new 360-degree LED center-hung display board.

10/20/2023
Written by Center for Biological Diversity scientist Tiffany Yap and illustrated by artist Meital Smith, “Tales of the Urban Wild: A Puma’s Journey” takes the reader through diverse habitats, across busy freeways and inside science labs to learn about one mountain lion’s survival story.

10/13/2023
A new voice speaks poetically for Stockton for the next two years. Jazmarie LaTour was born and raised in Stockton.

10/12/2023
The changes come one week after 14 board members resigned, many citing a lack of support and communication from the university.