The federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives is now investigating a three-alarm fire that destroyed a downtown business last week.

Sheriff Baxter Dunn, under investigation by the FBI for alleged civil rights violations, claims investigators are out to get him - that the high-profile probe is a form of retaliation based on the contention that the popular sheriff had openly criticized and embarrassed two federal offices.

Sheriff Baxter Dunn, under investigation by the FBI for alleged civil rights violations, claims investigators are out to get him - that the high-profile probe is a form of retaliation based on the contention that the popular sheriff had openly criticized and embarrassed two federal offices.

The president of the San Joaquin Farm Bureau Federation said Friday that it could be as long as six months before a replacement for outgoing executive director Russ Matthews is found.

The well that once housed over 1,000 bones that was labeled as "Loren's Boneyard" by convicted killer Wesley Shermantine Jr. has been sealed once again.

Now that he has been sentenced for his role in a terrorism investigation, where will Lodi resident Hamid Hayat go to serve out his 24-year prison term?

Digging for the remains of victims of Wesley Shermantine Jr. and Loren Herzog resumed in Linden on Tuesday.

STOCKTON - Authorities arrested 51 alleged gang members and seized $400,000 worth of drugs in a six-month investigation aimed at dismantling drug trafficking and gang activity in Stockton, police said.

State and county investigators serving search warrants in Lodi and Modesto seized 100 pounds of methamphetamine, most of it in Lodi, and arrested five men Friday.

The rumor mill is working overtime on this FBI investigation at the San Joaquin County Courthouse. We urge readers not to jump to conclusions about what agents might someday discover once they've turned over the political rocks in Stockton and Tracy. It might be nothing at all. However, this is a good moment to reflect on the vital work the FBI performs occasionally in state and local politics.

The rumor mill is working overtime on this FBI investigation at the San Joaquin County Courthouse. We urge readers not to jump to conclusions about what agents might someday discover once they've turned over the political rocks in Stockton and Tracy. It might be nothing at all. However, this is a good moment to reflect on the vital work the FBI performs occasionally in state and local politics.

The Federal Bureau of Investigation has opened an investigation into the beatings at the California Youth Authority facility in Stockton in January.

OAKLAND TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) — The FBI saw enough merit in a reputed Mafia captain's tip to once again break out the digging equipment to search for the remains of former Teamsters union leader Jimmy Hoffa, last seen alive before a lunch meeting with two mobsters nearly 40 years ago.

FBI personnel and technical experts continued to excavate an old well in the Linden area Monday to potentially recover long-missing victims of convicted murderer Wesley Shermantine Jr., and his deceased partner in crime, Loren Herzog. Thus far, no human remains have been discovered, according to FBI spokeswoman Gina B. Swankie.

Progress has been slow, but investigators have reached about 40 feet below grade within the well, Swankie said.

The FBI’s Evidence Recovery Team will be involved in future searches for human remains of possible victims of Wesley Shermantine Jr. and Loren Herzog.

Twenty-five days into excavation efforts on agricultural property in Linden, FBI personnel and technical experts have dug to a depth of approximately 65 feet below grade within the old well site.

FBI personnel and technical experts completed the fourth day of site preparation at an old well in Linden today.

Tuesday’s San Joaquin County Board of Supervisors meeting was canceled. The entire agenda will be forwarded to next Tuesday’s meeting, which will begin at 9 a.m. in the board chambers, 44 N. San Joaquin St., Stockton.

A Lodi man was sentenced Tuesday to nine years in federal prison for having almost 1,000 videos of child pornography on his home computer.

A federal appeals court on Wednesday upheld the conviction of a Lodi man who was sentenced to 24 years in prison for attending an al-Qaida terrorist training camp and plotting against targets in the United States.

Does a popular Acampo winery violate California’s Williamson Act, which has provided tax breaks to preserve agriculture since 1965?

A Thornton man was sentenced to six years in prison Monday after he was convicted of possessing child pornography.