Here's your local news at a glance for Thursday, the 27th of August.
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🏘️ Community
Stockton will host a rededication ceremony Saturday, Aug.
29 at the Maya Angelou Branch Library (2324 Pock Lane) for the Helen Keller Centennial Bench and Mural, which replaces the bench stolen last year and offers a chance to meet mural artist Diana M. Buettner from noon to 12:45 p.m.
🎓 Education
After the death of Dolly Parton Tuesday, Stockton’s Read to Me program continues to deliver 15,700 monthly books to young readers through the Imagination Library— a partnership that began in 2011 following a backstage meeting at a Concord concert.
Country music icon Dolly Parton died this week and her legacy boosts literacy in Stockton as Read to Me, Stockton uses her Imagination Library to give free books to young children.
The nonprofit has mailed more than 1.1 million books and now serves nearly 16,000 kids since 2011.
🌲 Environment
Stockton sky watchers can see an almost blood moon as a deep partial lunar eclipse begins tonight at 7:33 p.m.—peaking at 9:12 p.m. and ending by 10:51 p.m.—without needing any special equipment to view it.
🏥 Health
San Joaquin General Hospital in French Camp faced staffing shortages and spent $9.4 million on temporary contracts to fill roles including CT techs + respiratory therapists, as lower pay hindered recruiting compared to other facilities.
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