Stockton holds vigil for shooting victims |
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Photo by Annie Barker for Stocktonia/CatchLight Local/Report for America |
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People light candles and gather flowers at a vigil for victims of a mass shooting in Stockton that occurred on Nov. 29, 2025. |
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Reward in Stockton shooting case swells to $130,000, with national and federal support |
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Photo by Annie Barker for Stocktonia/CatchLight Local/Report for America |
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A memorial with candles, balloons and other tributes grew nearly a week later at the site of a shooting that occurred on Nov. 29, 2025 in Stockton. |
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What’s in your analog bag? |
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Photo by Julie Zigoris for Gazetteer SF |
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The “analog bag” of Katlyn Benton, a high school biology teacher, contains a knitting project and a paperback copy of J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Fellowship of the Ring. |
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Tucked in a vineyard, a field of dreams where immigration fears fade away |
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Photo by Brian L. Frank for The New York Times |
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At Balletto Vineyards, in the heart of California’s wine country, local farmworkers and tradespeople come to this “field of dreams,” maintained by the local community and the players themselves, to play baseball. |
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Tucked in a vineyard, a field of dreams where immigration fears fade away |
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Photo by Brian L. Frank for The New York Times |
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On a sunny Sunday in October, while taking a break from the local grape harvest in the area, The Amigos Baseball team, a Latino ball club made up of primarily Mexican players from Santa Rosa played the Nicoyas, a team of Nicaraguan players from wine country. |
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As enforcement intensifies, churches become sanctuaries for immigrants seeking peace |
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Photo by Gustavo Hernandez for KQED |
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Faith in Action East Bay members join a candlelight procession outside St. Jarlath’s Church during an Oct. 28, 2025 vigil for immigrant families in Oakland. Across the Bay Area, faith communities are creating spaces for immigrants to find dignity and solace as ICE enforcement intensifies. |
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‘Emerging threat’: An invasive species is upending life in the Delta, with no help on the way
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Photo by Fred Greaves for CalMatters |
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An underwater view of golden mussels growing on a dock at a Delta boatyard in Stockton on Oct. 23, 2025. |
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A queer climate movement takes root along the Russian River
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Photo by Gina Castro for KQED |
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Nick Schwanz, center, hands Freddie, 6, a bouquet of dahlias, at Solar Punk Farms in Guerneville on Nov. 1, 2025. |
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