Chris Woodyard
Writer and Reporter at Freelance
Chris Woodyard is USA TODAY's former Los Angeles bureau chief, a veteran reporter and editor who always has an eye out for news.
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2 days ago |
stocktonia.org | Chris Woodyard
San Joaquin County growers are finding nothing cheery about the cherry harvest that starts this month. Both the county and pretty much the entire San Joaquin Valley are expected to see crop totals that could be half the quantity of what would be seen in a banner year, said James Chinchiolo, first vice president of the San Joaquin County Farm Bureau Federation. “The volume is down.
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2 days ago |
timesofsandiego.com | Chris Woodyard
Gov. Gavin Newsom on Monday called for California cities and counties to ban homeless encampments, a move that may embolden San Diego to take tougher steps when it comes to the issue. “There’s nothing compassionate about letting people die on the streets,” Newsom said in a statement. “The time for inaction is over.
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3 days ago |
stocktonia.org | Chris Woodyard
Gov. Gavin Newsom on Monday called for California cities and counties to ban homeless encampments, a move that could embolden Stockton and San Joaquin County to take stronger action to confront the issue. “There’s nothing compassionate about letting people die on the streets,” Newsom said in a statement.
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3 weeks ago |
stocktonia.org | Chris Woodyard
The University of the Pacific has joined the growing list of colleges where international students have had their visas revoked by the Trump administration. “To date, University of the Pacific is aware of two individuals connected with the university whose visas have been impacted. We are working closely with both,” university spokesperson Erica Hechtkopf told Stocktonia. Neither the students’ identities nor their nationalities were released, and the university had no further comment.
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3 weeks ago |
stocktonia.org | Chris Woodyard
For the second time in four days, trains have brought death to those who wandered onto the tracks in Manteca. This time, it was a 53-year-old unhoused man who was badly injured Sunday in a desperate attempt to save his dog, whose leash had become caught on a railroad tie as an oncoming train approached, Manteca police said in a news release. Despite the man’s efforts, he was unable to free the dog, and the train struck both him and his canine companion.
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A dog's leash snagged on a railroad tie as a train approached. A homeless man rushed in to try to save the dog -- and was severely injured in the process. https://t.co/0G0TgYT58N
A group of @USNavy #veterans and other volunteers have done a remarkable job of restoring a 1950s #minesweeper with hopes of bringing the retired #warship to downtown Stockton. My story on the USS Lucid: https://t.co/7GuSFwXDav
Back when the @ABCSharkTank judges were mere minnows, Super Soaker inventor @LonnieGJohnson cranked out scores of innovations and worked tirelessly to see them to market. My profile of him for Investor's Business Daily: https://t.co/RXP2c8iCjA
