SACRAMENTO – Small businesses in San Joaquin and Stanislaus counties can apply for low-interest federal disaster loans to reduce losses because of the drought.

STOCKTON – Four San Joaquin County transit projects will receive funding from about $350 million in state grants.

More than a dozen states across the country want what California has got – milk.

SAN RAFAEL – An eighth-grader from Elkhorn School in the Lodi Unified School District recently took second-place overall in the California State Junior High Spelling Bee Championship.

SACRAMENTO – Motorists in San Joaquin and Stanislaus counties taking advantage of the California Low Cost Automobile Insurance Program will see a cut in premiums beginning this week.

Gov. Jerry Brown Monday morning released his revision of California’s budget that now stands at $91 billion.

STOCKTON – Two St. Joseph’s Medical Center nursing officials recently were named to help guide an organization that strives to improve patient care and promote nursing in California.

LOS ANGELES – San Joaquin County Office of Education students fared well at the 2012 California State Science Fair.

California’s homebuilders have pulled permits for fewer new single-family and multifamily homes so far this year compared to last year and the home construction industry is expected to stay relatively flat through most of 2012.