Esteban Reynoso

1 week ago | cbsnews.com | Esteban Reynoso

LODI - The City of Lodi is facing a $1.6 million deficit in its upcoming budget. Wednesday was day two of budget presentations by each department. CBS Sacramento has learned that during day one of those budget meetings, in closed session, the city council was notified of an April 12 letter sent by City Manager Scott Carney's attorney, claiming he was a whistleblower and that there could be retaliation.

1 week ago | cbsnews.com | Esteban Reynoso

Stockton interim city manager faces questions over hired consultant STOCKTON — Public documents show that Stockton Interim City Manager Steve Colangelo is authorizing $11,000 a month of city funds for an advisor. The advisor is Lathrop City Manager Stephen Salvatore. Stockton's District 3 representative, Michael Blower, the longest tenured city councilmember, says this news came as a shock.

2 weeks ago | cbsnews.com | Esteban Reynoso

EL DORADO HILLS - In El Dorado Hills, an evacuation drill was conducted to get everyone up to speed as red flag conditions were at the top of everyone's minds. The wind this past week and the heat picking up bring this high on the priority list. El Dorado County first responders went door to door for an evacuation drill. People who live here are preparing for the real thing. "I think in general these last few years we've had in California, that's jolted me," said homeowner Curtis Lee.

3 weeks ago | cbsnews.com | Esteban Reynoso

San Joaquin County food bank navigates feeral funding cuts STOCKTON — In San Joaquin County, roughly one in ten people are food insecure. To get help, families line up at local food banks to stock up, but because of federal cuts, one food bank says they've lost about 500 boxes of food a week. Another organization we spoke with got a big boost from the county board of supervisors, so the director says they could make their payroll.

3 weeks ago | cbsnews.com | Esteban Reynoso

STOCKTON — The Stockton City Council voted unanimously Tuesday night to start from scratch, pulling a street vendor ordinance off its agenda. After public outcry, the city is looking for new solutions and will seek public input. Stockton Vice Mayor Lee says the city wants to move forward in the right way. "The decision by the council was not to just go back to the legislative committee to have a conversation where staff can look further into the details," he said.