Storm updates: Stockton schools close Monday after power outages

Ben Irwin, The Record
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A car splashes through a large puddle left by recent storms on Hammer Lane near Alexandria Place in Stockton on Thursday, Jan. 5, 2023.
A car splashes through a large puddle left by recent storms on Hammer Lane near Alexandria Place in Stockton on Thursday, Jan. 5, 2023.

The latest storm to bring rain, wind and power outages to Stockton also brought a wave of school closures Monday.

Stockton Unified School District canceled classes Monday due to “extreme weather and power outages.” SUSD spokesperson Melinda Meza said in a statement power is expected to be restored Monday afternoon, and the district is in direct communication with state and local emergency officials to keep parents updated.

Lincoln Unified School District canceled classes and closed campus at just one school, Tully C. Knoles, after a downed power pole cut the power to the elementary school. All other Lincoln Unified schools were in session on Monday.

Lodi Unified shut down school at five campuses —Dorothy Mahin, Live Oak Elementary, Middle College High, Morada Middle and Turner Academy — due to power outages, the district said in a statement.

San Joaquin Delta college also shuttered their campuses for the day, though the spring semester does not begin until next week.

As of 11 a.m. on Monday, Pacific Gas & Electric Co. reported 6,836 outages in Stockton; PG&E did not have a report for outages in all of San Joaquin County at the time, but a representative said most are contained to Stockton and the Motherlode.

Stockton has accumulated over an inch of rain in the last 24 hours, most falling early Monday morning with 41 mph wind gusts, according to National Weather Service readings from the Stockton Metropolitan Airport.

The weather service has issued a flood watch for Stockton through Wednesday. More rain and possible thunderstorms were expected Monday night and into Tuesday.

Stockton has seen more streets close due to fallen trees or flooding:

  • Argonaut Street at Second Street

  • North Argonaut Street between West Flora Street and West Poplar Street

  • Carrington Circle (5300 block) near Tam O'Shanter Drive/Access Street

  • Cedar Ridge Drive between Quail Lakes Drive and Alexandria Place

  • Center Street at Magnolia Street (partial closure)

  • Cordova Lane between Villa Drive and Kermit Lane (partial closure)

  • Country Club Boulevard at Manchester Avenue

  • Eight Mile Road at Trinity Parkway

  • Fresno Avenue at Navy Drive

  • Fremont Street at Orange Street (partial closure)

  • Henry Long Boulevard at Star Street (partial closure)

  • Inglewood Avenue between West Benjamin Holt Drive and Quincy Street

  • Kermit Lane at Elaine Drive

  • East Los Felis Avenue between North El Dorado Street and San Pasqual Way

  • Lower Sacramento Road at Ponce de Leon Avenue

  • Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard at B Street (partial closure)

  • Orange Street between Middlefield Avenue and Country Club Boulevard

  • Pacific Avenue between Benjamin Holt Drive and Lincoln Road (partial closure)

  • Pacific Avenue at Rivara Road (partial closure)

  • Rose Street between North San Jose Street and North Yosemite Street

  • Stanislaus Street between Lindsay Street and Fremont Street

  • Stoney Gorge Drive at A G Spanos Boulevard

  • Vine Street between North Pershing Avenue and North Orange Street

This article originally appeared on The Record: Storm update: Stockton power outages, school closures Monday