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Stockton, California
Official seal of Stockton, California
Seal
Nickname: California's Sunrise Seaport
Motto: "Stockton's Great, Take A Look!"
Location in San Joaquin County and the state of California
Location in San Joaquin County and the state of California
Coordinates: 37°58′32″N 121°18′03″W / 37.97556, -121.30083
Country United States
State California
County San Joaquin
Incorporated 1850
Government
 - Mayor Edward J. Chavez
 - City Manager J. Gordon Palmer, Jr.
Area
 - City 62.1 sq mi (150.9 km²)
 - Land 60.9 sq mi (147.7 km²)
 - Water 1.2 sq mi (3.2 km²)  2.22%
Elevation 13 ft (4 m)
Population (2007)
 - City 325,308
 - Density 5,341.6/sq mi (2,062.4/km²)
 - Metro 625,892
Time zone Pacific (PST) (UTC-8)
 - Summer (DST) Pacific (PDT) (UTC-7)
ZIP code 952xx
Area code(s) 209
FIPS code 06-75000
GNIS feature ID 1659872
Website: http://www.stocktongov.com/

Stockton is a city in California and the seat of San Joaquin County (the 5th largest agricultural county in the United States). According to 2007 estimates by the California Department of Finance, Stockton has a population of 325,308 (689,689 MSA) and is the 13th largest city in California far as in population.[1] Stockton is also the fifth largest inland city in California [2], behind Fresno, Sacramento, Bakersfield, and Riverside

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Stockton got its start when Captain Charles Maria Weber, a German immigrant, decided to try his hand at gold mining in late 1848, but soon discovered that serving the needs of gold-seekers was a more profitable opportunity [3]. It was for this reason that he founded Stockton in 1849 when he purchased over 49,000 acres (200 km²) of land through a Spanish land grant. The area now known as Weber Point is the same spot where Captain Weber built the first permanent residence in the San Joaquin Valley.[4]

Stockton has boasted several names over the years, including Tuleburg, Gas City and Mudville, but Captain Weber decided on Stockton in honor of Commodore Robert F. Stockton. Stockton was the first community in California to have an English name; every other community up until that point was Spanish or Native American in 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.

Early settlers included gold seekers from Asia, Africa, Australia, Europe, the Pacific Islands, Mexico and Canada. 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.

Edward J. Chavez was elected mayor of Stockton in 2004 and officially began his term on January 1, 2005 [5]. Chavez succeeded Gary Podesto to the mayorship. His term expires December 31, 2008. Chavez joined the Stockton Police Department in August 1973 as an undercover officer. Working his way up, he was appointed Chief of Police in August 1993 and served until his retirement in 2003.

J. Gordon Palmer, Jr. was named City Manager on March 7, 2006. Palmer has served as Deputy City Manager with the City of Stockton 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.

Stockton is the first Valley city to elect a self identified lesbian, Susan Talamantes Eggman, to the city council. [6]

Although historically an agriculturally based community, Stockton's economy diversified into industrial sectors, with companies like Diamond of California and Hickinbotham Bros. basing their operations there. Some corporations have also shifted their regional headquarters to the city, including the Duraflame Log factory [1] and Central Valley Grain.[citation needed]

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. [7].

Stockton's Weston Ranch neighborhood, a 15-year-old subdivision of modest tract homes, has the worst foreclosure rate in the area, according to ACORN, a national advocacy group for low and moderate-income families.

On September 19, 2007, CNN reported that Stockton led the nation in the 100 largest metro areas by population that are forecast to witness a decline in the median existing single-family house price, bottoming out in the last quarter of 2008 with a 25% total loss of housing value. [2]

Stockton is served by television stations mostly based in Sacramento. It is part of the Sacramento television market (#19 according to Nielsen) along with Modesto since most stations transmit between Stockton and Sacramento, giving Stockton decent coverage as well. Three of the stations listed below are licensed to Stockton.

  • KJOY 99.3: Adult Contemporary
  • KMIX 100.9: Regional Mexican
  • KQOD 100.1: Rhythmic Oldies
  • KSTN-FM 107.3: Regional Mexican
  • KUOP 91.3: News/Talk and Jazz
  • KWIN 97.7: Rhythmic Top 40
  • KYCC 90.1: Christian
  • KLOVE 90.7: Christian
  • KRXQ 98.5: Alternative Rock
  • The Hawk 104.1: Classic Rock

AM Stations

  • KCVR 1570: Spanish Adult Hits
  • KSTN 1420: Classic Hits
  • KWG 1230: Catholic
  • KWSX 1280: Spanish Oldies simulcast of KMRQ 96.7 Manteca

Plus several radio stations from Modesto, Sacramento and the Bay Area are receivable in Stockton

  • Eyes of Argus.net, a blog that covers the Practical application of Local Government leadership in Sacramento, Elk Grove, Stockton, Lodi and other surrounding counties since 2005. Argus is edited by local Elk Grove political activist, Jason Daniel

Stockton has seven sister cities worldwide:

Stockton does not have a lightrail or subway system and employs busing as its only method of municipal public transportation. The bus service of Stockton is not all that good the are in and around stockton is long over due for a Light rail are Heavy rail system. These services are provided through the San Joaquin Regional Transit Districtwhich also provides limited regional transportation. Local routes run every hour on average and fares are $1.25 for adults with 25c transfers, $1.00 for children over 5 years of age.

The San Joaquin RTD also operates limited express routes to Livermore, the Dublin/Pleasanton BART station, Mountain View, Palo Alto, and San Jose (the latter connecting to Santa Clara VTA light-rail). Tickets are sold on a subscription basis with reserved seating, with fares based on distance travelled.

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

Due to its location at the 'crossroads' of the Central Valley and a relatively extensive highway system, Stockton is easily accessible from virtually anywhere in California. Interstate 5 and State Route 99, California's major north-south thoroughfares, pass through city limits There are also 26 Heading towards linden and 88 heading north east towards Jackson. Also, Stockton is just minutes away from Interstate 205 and Interstate 580.

Stockton is also connected to the rest of the nation through a network of railways. Amtrak and Altamont Commuter Express (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 opened a much needed $150 million intermodal freight transport facility in southeast Stockton, which satisfies long-haul transportation needs.

Stockton is served by Stockton Metropolitan Airport, 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 by Allegiant Air, and the days of service/number of flights were expanded a few months later due to demand. Also in 2006, Aeromexico had planned to provide service to and from Guadalajara, 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 available from Hertz, Enterprise, Yellow Cab and Aurora Limousine. In September, 2007, air service to Phoenix began.

The Port of Stockton is a large inland port set on the San Joaquin River, which provides a direct route to the Pacific Ocean and other port cities around the world. The Port of Stockton is the third largest landholder seaport in California and has also been designated a Foreign Trade Zone. The Port of Stockton operates a 2,100 acre (8.5 km²) transportation center with berthing space for 14 vessels. In addition, 6.5 million square feet (600,000 m²) of warehouse storage space is available. The Port of Stockton is currently competing with HSMPS (Historic Ships Memorial at Pacific Square) for the rights to dock the USS Iowa (BB-61) as a permanent museum and memorial. The Port of Stockton plans to donate 1,000 feet (93 m²) of dock space to make the USS Iowa available to visitors, a 90,000 square foot (8,000 m²) building to be used as a museum and ten acres (40,000 m²) of land for parking. Adjacent to the Port is Rough and Ready Island, which served as a US Naval Base from just prior to World War II until its decommissioning in the mid 1990s.

The Port of Stockton is also a home for the Stockton Rowing Club. Stockton Rowing can trace its history back more than 100 years. Its modern expansion began in the early 1980s.

University of the Pacific
University of the Pacific

Stockton is home to several institutions of higher education. The largest is the University of the Pacific (UOP), which moved to Stockton in 1924 from San Jose. The UOP campus has been used in the filming of several Hollywood films (see below), partly due to its aesthetic likeness to East Coast Ivy League universities. UOP's most notable appearance was in Steven Spielberg's Raiders of the Lost Ark.

Also located in Stockton are Maric College - Stockton, San Joaquin Delta College, Humphreys College and School of Law, Heald College, MTI Business College, National University, and University of Phoenix.

Stockton used to be the site of a California State Hospital, the oldest in the state system, founded only a few years after statehood. Stockton State Hospital was closed in 1996 and has since been converted into the Stockton branch campus of California State University, Stanislaus.

The river port and deepwater channel to San Francisco Bay 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.

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 [8].

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.

In September 1996, the Base Closure and Realignment Commission 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 news.fact The site is currently being considered for commercial development.

Since the completion of the Weber Point Events Center, revitalization in downtown Stockton has slowly been on the rise. Newly built or renovated buildings include the Bob Hope Theater, Downtown Transit Center,Regal Cinema's City Centre Cinemas, Sheraton Hotel, Hotel Stockton, and The Stockton Arena and Banner Island Ballpark. Projects being considered or to be built include a marina, south-shore housing, the revitalization of the Robert J. Cabral neighborhood, bridges across the channel, and a high-rise that may include condos. Stockton has also started bringing Rock acts to the Stockton Civic Center and Arena including Deftones and most recently Ozzy Osbourne.

Stockton is home to several minor league franchises:

The Stockton Ports play their home games at Banner Island Ballpark, a new 5,000 seat facility built for the team in downtown Stockton. A new 10,000 seat arena, the Stockton Arena, has recently been completed in downtown Stockton, which houses the California Cougars, Stockton Thunder and Stockton Lightning.

See also Category:People from Stockton, California

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  • The Port of Stockton is the easternmost inland port in California and the largest inland port.
  • Prior to its incorporation in 1850, Stockton had several names, including Tuleburg (named for the grassy plants so common in the region's rivers and delta waterways called tules), Gas City and Mudville (because of the frequent annual flooding). It is claimed that Stockton was the inspiration for Ernest Thayer's famous 1888 poem Casey at the Bat about a notoriously ill-fated baseball team. The Stockton Ports played for two seasons under the name Mudville 9.
  • An article written in 1856 by the Stockton Directory (a paper long since disbanded) told about Stockton's major advantages over all inland California cities:
"The City of Stockton is situated on a beautiful prairie at the head of the Stockton Slough, a wide and deep arm of the San Joaquin River, which extends eastward some three miles (5 km) from the river into the plain. As a harbor, in point of capacity, Stockton possesses advantadges over all inland cities of California [in that] there is sufficient depth and breadth of water, at all seasons of the year, for all purposes of moorage and navigation."
  • With over 100,000 trees, Stockton was thrice named Best Tree City in the western United States by Sunset magazine.
  • In 2005, Forbes magazine listed it as having 6,570 crimes per 100,000 residents [9] — the highest listed[10]; and 0.8% of engineers within total employment[11] — the lowest listed[10]. The city had the 7th lowest (of 150) educational attainment (bachelor's degree or higher over the age 25)[12].
  • Citing high unemployment, crime, cost of living along with low educational attainment, Bert Sperling ranked Stockton-Lodi as second worst out of 331 U.S. metropolitan areas in his book, "Cities Ranked and Rated" (2004).[16]
  • Stockton had the third-highest auto theft rate in the nation in 2005[17] and second-highest in 2006.[18]
  • Until levees were completed on the delta waterways just west of the city as well as flood control dams on the rivers in the foothills to the east, parts of Stockton would flood almost every year. Many of the levees date back to the 19th century, but serious flooding was still a real threat in certain Stockton neighborhoods as late as the 1950s. Many of the houses built on these floodplains during that era have large stairways or stoops leading down to ground level because the main structures are actually up on stilts, which are covered and enclosed and frequently used as basements or crawl spaces.
  • The first American to break the 4-minute mile did so in Stockton[3]. Don Bowden, a UC Berkeley student at the time, ran a mile in 3 minutes 58.7 seconds during the Pacific Association Amateur Athletic Union track meet at UOP's Baxter Stadium on June 1, 1957. (Englishman Roger Bannister ran the world's first sub 4-minute mile on May 6, 1954.)
  • Several major motion pictures have been filmed in and around Stockton (see below).
  • Stockton was once called the "City of Trees", this title was later stolen by Sacramento around the 70's.

Stockton is well known as having the third oldest professional orchestra in California, the Stockton Symphony, behind the San Francisco Symphony and the Los Angeles Philharmonic.

The Haggin Museum 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 most well-known for interpreting the towering grandeur of Yosemite and much of California's magnificent Sierra Nevada mountains.[19]

The Children's Museum of Stockton Children's Museum of Stockton is housed in a former warehouse on the Downtown Waterfront, and boasts many interactive displays.

There are a few proposed museums, including the effort to bring the USS Iowa to the Port of Stockton as a naval museum. The Filipino American National Historical Society has proposed the construction of the National Pinoy Museum in the Little Manila 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. There have also been efforts to convert the San Joaquin Street home of Moses Rogers, a former slave, into a non-profit museum dedicated to Stockton's African-American community.

The Stockon Chorale, Stockton Symphony and Orchestra, and the Stockton Youth Chorale, which regularly perform in the area are all musical organizations open to public audition. In addition, local high schools and colleges featuring world famous ensembles such as the Lincoln High School Chamber Ensemble, The Delta Singers, and the Amos Alonzo Stagg High School Madrigal Singers also give public performances.

The city also is home to thriving underground rock and rap scenes. Local musicians perform at the Blackwater Cafe, Torino's, the Stockton Empire Theatre and Bradley's, among other venues.

Annual festivals celebrating the rich cultural heritage and values of Stockton's diverse population and the city's agricultural importance include:

  • The Stockton Asparagus Festival - world-renowned, award winning (April)
  • Black Family Day (Sept)
  • The Brubeck Festival (April)
  • The Earth Day Festival (April)
  • Cambodian New Year (April)
  • The Filipino Barrio Fiesta (August)
  • The Greek Festival (September)
  • The Jewish Food Fair (June)
  • The Stockton Festival of Lights and Boat Parade (December)
  • The Stockton Obon Bazaar (July, Bhuddist)
  • The Record's Family Day at the Park
  • San Joaquin Film Festival (Opening June 2008)
  • The Chapman Family Days Picnic (Third Sunday of September)
  • Lunar New Year (Jan or Feb)

  • The historic Bob Hope Theatre (formerly Fox California Theatre) in downtown Stockton is one of several 'movie palaces' in the Central Valley. Bob Hope often came to Stockton to visit close friend and successful businessman Alex Spanos who donated much of the money to revitalize the theater after Hope's death.
  • Stan Lee named Stockton the birthplace of the Fantastic Four in 1986, after Joe Field successfully petitioned Marvel Comics to change it from the fictional "Central City."
  • Leonard Gardner's acclaimed 1969 novel Fat City is set in Stockton in the late 1950's. It was made into a 1972 movie which was filmed in Stockton by director John Huston.
  • A popular 1965-1969 television western called The Big Valley starring Barbara Stanwyck, Lee Majors, and Linda Evans was set in 19th century Stockton, but was never filmed there. The show concerned the adventures of the fictional Barkley family, wealthy owners of a sprawling ranch just outside of Stockton. The show has long been lauded for its historic accuracy, in terms of the social mores, politics and customs of 1800s California.
  • In the movie This Is Spinal Tap, the low point for the fictional heavy-metal band's U.S. tour was their appearance at a Stockton amusement park. Their billing read: "Puppet Show — and Spinal Tap." The movie was not filmed in Stockton, but director Rob Reiner did film portions of his later film The Sure Thing on the UOP campus in Stockton.
  • The music video Bebot by the Black Eyed Peas was shot in Little Manila in Stockton. Spanish pop artist Ignacio Dela Cruz also choose the asparagus fields located in the Stockton delta for scenes in his latest music video entitled "Los Trabajadores".

A surprisingly large number of major motion pictures have been filmed in Stockton[5]. One of the earliest, All the King's Men, won Academy Awards for Best Picture, Best Actor (Broderick Crawford), and Best Supporting Actress (Mercedes McCambridge). In subsequent years filmmakers have used Stockton's waterways[6] to stand in for the Mississippi delta, the surrounding farmland as the American plains and midwest, and UOP's picturesque campus[7] as an Ivy League college. Rob Schneider's 2007 film Big Stan was filmed in a prison near Stockton and, as with several of the movies made in the region, many Stocktonians appeared in the film as extras. Other movies filmed in and around Stockton include:

[36]

Stockton boasts 49 historical landmarks, dating as far back as 1855.


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  6. ^ http://www.eggman4council.com/pressReleases/pressRelease09_17_06.htm
  7. ^ http://money.cnn.com/2007/08/14/real_estate/California_cities_lead_foreclosure/index.htm
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  9. ^ Badenhausen (editor), Kurt (2005-05-05). Worst crime rate. Forbes. Retrieved on 2006-04-30.
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  11. ^ Badenhausen (editor), Kurt (2005-05-05). Least engineers. Forbes. Retrieved on 2006-04-30.
  12. ^ Badenhausen (editor), Kurt (2005-05-05). Educational attainment. Forbes. Retrieved on 2006-04-30.
  13. ^ Miller, John W. (2005). America's most literate cities, 2005. Central Connecticut State University. Retrieved on 2006-04-30.
  14. ^ Torres, Jennifer (2005-12-26). Literacy letdown. Stockton Record. Retrieved on 2006-04-30.
  15. ^ Miller, John W. (2006). America's most literate cities, 2006. Central Connecticut State University. Retrieved on 2006-12-15.
  16. ^ Think your city is best? See the latest rankings. MSNBC (March 30, 2004). Retrieved on 2006-12-15.
  17. ^ For Car Thieves, the West is Best. National Insurance Crime Bureau (May 9, 2006). Retrieved on 2006-12-15.
  18. ^ Vehicle thefts dropped in 2006. Recordnet.com (April 25, 2007). Retrieved on 2007-04-25.
  19. ^ City of Stockton
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