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CBS News
31 minutes ago
- Entertainment
- CBS News
Stockton photographer snaps portraits of strangers to showcase city's diversity, uniqueness
They say a picture is worth a thousand words, but for Stockton photographer Mike McClintic, it's worth a thousand interactions with strangers. "I love photography and I had the idea where I saw someone on Instagram taking pictures of random people," McClintic shared. "I showed my wife and she's like, 'You got to do that.'" Every week, McClintic takes the streets of downtown Stockton and waits for his subject to pass him by. "Just say, 'Hey, I'm Mike, I got a camera. I'm taking pictures of people. Would you like your photo taken?'" he explained. "Some people love it. I get it's not for everybody, right? Having some random guy put a camera in your face, it's not for everybody." Once they agree to have their portrait taken, he sets them up in the perfect lighting and starts snapping. "It's just a kind of a kind of a passion project and a hobby of mine, and just, you know, kind of showing people as they are every day," McClintic said. After a few sessions, he decided to create an Instagram account to show off his work and his new project, "Faces of Stockton." One of his goals for the passion project is to change the perception of the city. "I think to kind of break the stigma that Stockton has behind it, kind of this rough and tough city," McClintic explained. "There are a lot of beautiful people, beautiful personalities here." What started as a passion turned into a three-year project of capturing the uniqueness and diversity of Stockton. For McClintic, he's just getting started. "I partnered with the local organization, Red Rabbit Advocacy, and they really help homeless and unhoused people try to get back on their feet," he said. It's not just the recognition that keeps him going; it's the people he meets along the way, one snapshot at a time. "The genuine, like, kind of awe in their eyes when they see their photograph, it's like, wow," he shared. "You know, it's just people as they are. They're not getting all dolled up or fancy, whatever. It's just everyday people."
CBS News
31 minutes ago
- General
- CBS News
Stockton residents help others dispose trash amid second week of Republic Services strike
As the Republic Service strike enters its second week and trash in Stockton piles up, some residents are taking the matter into their own hands. "I'm sure it won't take too long before we start to see, you know, I hate to say, maggots and things of that sort in the, in the food," Republic Services Customer Margaret Guzman said. Rotten trash continues to pile up across parts of Stockton. "They apologized for the inconvenience and they're going to do what they can do," Guzman continued. "I don't know what that's going to be, you know, or what they're going to do." The Republic Services strike is now in its second week. This means it's also been two weeks of abnormal and sporadic pickups and overflowing cans. Because of this and the smell that lingers in some neighborhoods, residents are starting to take action. "We were here at church the other night and noticed that our garbage can was overflowing, and realized it was the same service that isn't being picked up that we've been hearing around town," Stephanie Khan said. "I told members, just throw it into the trailer and we'll go take care of it." Khan is just one Stocktonian taking matters into her own hands. She is now posting online, offering to take her trailer to homes across the city and pick up trash. "We noticed that a lot of other people are experiencing the same thing, so we put our services out there saying we'll come pick up your trash for you and go dump it," she said. Khan said they've been getting 50 to 75 requests for trash pickup per day. While she wants to help as many people as she can, her and her family's services come at a cost. "Obviously, we would love to help everyone out but we do have to charge a fee because there's gas. We do pay a fee at the dumps," she explained. "The money that we're raising is to put these kids through their boxing classes." After making multiple trips to the dump every day, Khan sees the problem piling up firsthand. "They at least have anywhere from five to 10 bags on the outside of the garbage can," she continued. "I think everyone is just trying to help in their community, their surroundings, and trying to help all those that are affected." A sanitation strike with no end in sight, leaving people with few options. While Khan has been helping dozens of people, the city does not recommend residents pay anyone who is not vetted to pick up trash. This is because they don't know if these volunteers are disposing of trash properly at a dump site or discarding garbage in other neighborhoods. Stockton Mayor Christina Fugazi put out a statement Wednesday saying Republic Services is not fulfilling its contract. She said if they don't send employees back to work, the company will no longer have a contract with the city.
CBS News
9 hours ago
- Politics
- CBS News
Vintage ship sinking, leaking oil into San Joaquin Delta to be removed
A former Royal Canadian Navy Minesweeper, sent to a salvage yard in the San Joaquin Delta and later abandoned, is sinking. The U.S. Coast Guard said the over 140-foot ship, the Chaluer, will be dismantled and removed this week. Officials said it has spilled over 2,500 gallons of oil into the delta. "Abandoned and derelict vessels in the delta are ticking timebombs. A lot of these boats are 50, 60, even 100 years old," said Rep. Josh Harder. Built in the 1950s, the Chauler has been in the waters for decades, but just a few years ago, it started leaking oil. To date, Harder said it's spilled over 2,500 gallons of hazardous material into the delta, threatening the water supply. "This particular boat is less than half a mile from one of the main intake pipes that supplies the entire city of Stockton. This is a big deal," he said. The ship is halfway underwater at this point, with equipment surrounding it like that yellow buoy from the U.S. Coast Guard, to keep any more oil from leaking out. This area is almost exactly where the Aurora, another former warship, was leaking oil, too. "Make sure we don't have any more Auroras, Chaluers, leaking oil into the delta," Harder said. Harder has introduced a new bill pushing for boat owners of over 40-year-old ships longer than 35-feet to have insurance and be responsible for any sinking and cleanup costs. Harder said that for the Chaluer's cleanup, no local taxpayer dollars have been spent. "We have to fix this from preventing these boats from getting derelict in the first place," Harder said. "There are a very small amount of boat owners who are ruining this for everybody else." The Chaluer is set to be cut up into four separate pieces and dismantled. The whole demolition is expected to take three to four weeks.
USA Today
12 hours ago
- Sport
- USA Today
Gunner Stockton agrees with Stetson Bennett comparison, explains why
Georgia quarterback Gunner Stockton caught up with us one-on-one about the Stetson Bennett comparisons surrounding him. The Manning Passing Academy has long been a rite of passage for the nation's best quarterbacks, and its staff members have fond and unique memories of each of them. On one occasion, a staffer said he saw someone in the building who appeared to be an autograph-seeking fan. It turned out to be Stetson Bennett, who would go on to win two national titles for the Georgia Bulldogs. One quarterback at the 2025 MPA event who drew uncannily similar remarks was Gunner Stockton. Stockton's unassuming appearance and humble personality drew comparisons to the former UGA quarterback After Carson Beck's season-ending injury in 2024, Stockton stepped in and instantly reminded observers of Bennett with his style of play. When I caught up with Stockton one-on-one in Louisiana in June, he agreed with the comparison. "I see a lot of similarities between us. The way he played, the way he styled things, the way he carried himself on the field, I think a lot of that between us in that is the same," Stockton said. It goes beyond that in Stockton's eyes, though. "And then, also with the mobility, he's quick and can get in and out of the pocket," he said. "He's got good pocket movement... and he had a lot of swagger (like I see in myself)." That last part is something shared between Bennett and Stockton is this natural moxie and desire to show moxie, with Stockton saying he modeled himself after Baker Mayfield. That outward, apparent moxie something that JT Daniels and Carson Beck didn't exactly emulate. Though there are two approaches to leadership when it comes to quarterbacking, whether it be fiery or more quiet, there isn't a specifically "correct" one. Head coach Kirby Smart seems to prefer the former, saying at one point that he wanted to see more of it from Beck, though he recognized it is not who Beck is. 'That's not comfortable for him. That's just not who he is," Smart said at the time. "But his teammates need to see that fire and grit sometimes too." I asked Beck during the 2024 season about his leadership approach, to which he said he hasn't changed his identity but had grown in that area. "I think the big thing is that's just not really me," Beck told me. "That's never going to be me. Otherwise, it's fake. But I think there is a level if you're rating it from one to 10 where you can get a plus two of that emotion. That looks different, that shows different. I think I've done a good job of that." Spending time behind Bennett and Beck, Stockton said he learned a lot intangibly as the Blackshear, Georgia native rose into the spotlight. "It's hard to be a quarterback in the SEC," Stockton said. "Just watching the week by week toll and how it affected Stetson and what he did about it was another thing. And Carson (Beck), his mechanics and the way he watched film and tried to replicate the NFL stuff. It was neat to watch him do that." But what does it truly mean to be the next Stetson Bennett? And does Stockton have the ability to actually fulfill that, or is the early comparison from fans just a hopeful longing for another quarterback like Bennett to be at the helm again? One of the biggest things to consider when answering that question is what Stetson Bennett's journey was and how he came to be so recognized. Part of that has to do with performance, while perhaps equally if not more so, it has to do with his underdog journey and how that is quantified. But the two stories are a bit different. Unlike Bennett, Stockton was a much more highly touted recruit, a 4-star who was ranked as the No. 110 player in the nation. Bennett played out one year of his career at Jones College (a JUCO) and held just one FBS offer from Middle Tennessee during his recruiting process. While Stockton may eventually go down as an "overlooked" prospect depending on how his career plays out, he was in no way under the radar the way the "Mailman" was. But, just like Bennett, Stockton did not have the best overall first impression. Despite turning some heads when he initially took the reins in the SEC Championship Game after Beck went down with an elbow injury, he had significant issues and the line of scrimmage and his lack of reps shone through clearly in the 23-10 Sugar Bowl loss at Notre Dane. Bennett also had his positive moments during the first title run Georgia made with him as the quarterback, but he faltered at critical times to the point some consider the Bulldogs to have taken that Natty home in spite of Bennett. Bennett didn't lack any self-awareness when I spoke to him about that, either. 'It wasn't my best, but it wasn't awful,' Bennett told me of his personal performance when I spoke with him at the Manning Passing Academy. "But in the fourth quarter when we needed it, we turned it on." But another aspect of why Bennett is looked at the way he is looked at is because of who and what he was up against. Bennett beat out JT Daniels, who is the most recent quarterback to be named Gatorade National Player of the Year and is considered by many analysts to this day to be the best high school football player in history, despite his discombobulated college career. It seems to have almost been forgotten the caliber of quarterback in which Daniels was as a Heisman Trophy candidate. There's a strong argument for that if he was able to stay healthy, that he would have ultimately proven to be the superior quarterback to Bennett... who is heralded as the best quarterback one of the best players in school history. And, even with Stockton taking over for Beck, he never technically "beat out" Beck for the job. He also didn't get the chance to, and likely will never get the chance to, show that is something he is capable of doing after Beck transferred to Miami for the 2025 season. Plus, even if Stockton had done so, it's hard to say right now whether Beck is the same caliber as Daniels showed he could be at his peak. There are a million hypotheticals to consider here, but there's only one way Stockton can ultimately be called "the next Stetson Bennett" or anything remotely close to that. And that's to go out there and win a title coming off of two postseason appearances with some significant highs and lows. Despite not being officially named the starter, it's something Stockton seems confident he can do. "I want to be known as a captain. I'm excited about our guys and looking forward to the season, enjoying this opportunity and being a quarterback at the University of Georgia."
BBC News
17 hours ago
- Business
- BBC News
Decision on Stockton market's future set to be put on hold
A decision on the fate of a market hall could be delayed after pressure from concerned business owners and at Stockton Shambles said having to move could mean "the end of the road" after they were notified that Stockton Council's cabinet was due to vote on proposals to market the hall as a "food and beverage opportunity".Matt Vickers, Conservative MP for Stockton West, raised the issue in the Commons on Tuesday claiming it was an "absolute disgrace".Councillor Richard Eglington, cabinet member for regeneration, said he would recommend the decision on Thursday be delayed until "thorough engagement" had taken place. Vickers said the council's proposal was "a shameful betrayal" of hard-working businesses who had kept the high street alive, according to the Local Democracy Reporting service."To be told out of the blue that they are being thrown out of their premises, with barely a day's notice of the meeting, is an absolute disgrace," he said. 'Unclear future' Chris McDonald, Labour MP for Stockton North, has also written to council leader Lisa Evans, requesting a "pause and review". He said the issue had "rightly" become emotive, with a "significant" toll on business owners."These are businesses who've served our town loyally through tough years," he said."Many of them feel anxious about what comes next and, in several cases, unclear on whether they have any real future in the town centre at all."The proposal was set to be considered with a raft of other plans for the town and the council said it remained committed to the regeneration of the authority added that it would provide "tailored support" to the six affected traders to explore relocation options and help develop their business said: "We appreciate the uncertainty that the businesses will be feeling at the moment but we want to reassure them that there is plenty of time for us to work constructively together and help them develop plans for the future." Follow BBC Tees on X, Facebook, Nextdoor and Instagram.
