The Stockton Record

LODI - A 3-month-old guide dog in training is home after missing for a week, marking a happy ending for the puppy and his teenage trainer. Full Story »

SALT SPRINGS RESERVOIR - Calaveras County sheriff's detectives traveled Monday to a remote section of the Mokelumne River Canyon to recover human remains found there over the weekend. Full Story »

STOCKTON - A Mountain Ranch man was killed in a solo-vehicle crash Sunday afternoon on Highway 99 south of Stockton. Full Story »

STOCKTON - The torture that 16-year-old Kyle R. endured inside a Tracy home came as the result of "perverse satisfaction," a judge said Monday, denying arguments attorneys for the alleged abusers made in court. Full Story »

ANGELS CAMP - New Melones Lake, Yosemite National Park and other federally operated recreation sites in the region will admit visitors for free Wednesday in honor of Veterans Day. Full Story »

STOCKTON - The group seeking to recall Stockton Unified School Board President Dan Castillo has submitted a petition with 2,452 signatures to county elections officials, Registrar of Voters Austin Erdman said Monday afternoon. Full Story »

There were 46 bookings at the San Joaquin County Jail in the 24 hours ending at 8 a.m. Monday. At that time, there were 1,373 people held at the jail, which has an official capacity of 1,411. Full Story »

The following deaths have been reported in the last 24 - 48 hours. Full Story »

STOCKTON — A plastic surgeon with ties to Stockton pleaded not guilty today, nine months after accusations began to surface that he sexually battered dozens of women in his Tracy office. Full Story »

Interstate 238 north between interstates 880 and 580 will be closed early Tuesday morning for construction, the California Department of Transportation said. Full Story »

STOCKTON - Police have arrested a transient suspected in a beating in south Stockton that left a man in critical condition in the hospital. Full Story »

KILLEEN, Texas (AP) — The attorney for a man suspected in a deadly shooting spree at Fort Hood, Texas, says he's heading to San Antonio to meet his client. Full Story »

STOCKTON — The governor today announced the appointment of a long-time Stockton resident and former teacher at Lincoln High School as secretary of for the California Department of Veterans Affairs. Full Story »

STOCKTON – A judge today refused to toss out any of the charges against four people accused of holding a 16-year-old boy named Kyle R. captive in a Tracy home for more than a year and torturing him. Full Story »

LODI -- A missing three-month-old black Labrador retriever was reunited with Alexis Green, his trainer, after a week on Friday. Full Story »

RICHMOND (AP) — Three more vehicles have been torched in an area of Contra Costa County that has already seen 11 vehicles go up in flames. Full Story »

A Mountain Ranch man was killed in a car crash Sunday afternoon on Highway 99 south of Stockton. Full Story »

STOCKTON - A man was shot during a scuffle with a would-be robber Sunday night in south Stockton. He was treated at the hospital and his wound is not considered life threatening. Full Story »

CLEVELAND (AP) — Authorities are investigating whether the Cleveland man who owned the home where several bodies were found is connected to any killings in places he lived while in the military. Full Story »

WASHINGTON (AP) — The chairman of the House Education and Labor Committee wants an investigation into the risk of deadly E. coli getting into school lunches. Full Story »

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court is considering whether sentencing a juvenile to life in prison with no chance of parole is cruel and unusual punishment, particularly if the crime is less serious than homicide. Full Story »

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A trucker is dead after his big-rig plummeted 200 feet off the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge early Monday. Full Story »

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — A senior Iranian prosecutor says three Americans detained on the border with Iraq have been accused of espionage. Full Story »

STOCKTON - Is it time to declare martial law? Full Story »

STOCKTON - It seems like somebody forgot to tell Humphreys College that times are tough. Full Story »