Good morning, Stockton.

Local events peak from today through Sept.

20 as Stockton and Lodi host festivals including a musical play at Stockton Civic Theatre, Lodi’s historic carnival with live entertainment, a free fair at Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Plaza, and a classic film screening at Bob Hope Theatre (featuring community fun).

Mary-Elizabeth Eberhardt was named the 2026 ATHENA Leadership Award recipient for her work as Bank of Stockton's vice president and director of community banking — she was honored in a surprise ceremony on Sept.

11 at the University of the Pacific and will be recognized at a Nov. 19 luncheon.

KCRA 3 welcomed multimedia journalist Monique Davis who will cover the Stockton area.

Davis returns to the Golden State after two years at WICS in Springfield, Illinois — a move that strengthens local media coverage.

The original Temple Israel, built in 1855, is the oldest building on Stockton's register and the state's oldest surviving wooden synagogue.

It once served the early Jewish community before being moved and converted into multi-family apartments, preserving a vital chapter of local Gold Rush history.

Crews in South Stockton are using cranes to lift factory-built apartment modules at Fairview Terrace (a development with 76 permanently affordable homes for seniors aged 55 and older) where residents are expected to move in about one year.