A slight afternoon breeze moved through the shrubs, succulents and other vegetation at Port Stockton Nursery, as nursery manager Gianna Cummins rang up a customer transaction, while owner Jeffrey Nelson tended to the rows and rows of plants. “We’re trying to make it,” said Nelson, 77, who has run the nursery since 1987. “It’s 24 hours a day, seven days a week.” Part of the nursery’s seemingly around-the-clock schedule includes from 6 a.m. to 6 p.m., grafting fruit trees, pro

Armed with trash bags, gloves, food, and an encouraging word, more than 400 volunteers from LifeSong Church of Stockton descended on Kentfield, Gleason, and American Legion parks Saturday morning to clean up and to help residents in need. “We want to show our love to Stockton,” said Sonia Allen. “We want to do all we can to make it happen.” LifeSong’s efforts were part of Serve Day, an international volunteer movement by churches to serve their communities. The volunteers cle

As Stockton faced its 10th day over 100 degrees this year, Gerald Wallace and Elsa Pina rested in chairs Tuesday North Commerce and West Oak streets. “The Supreme Court says they can remove us,” Wallace said. “But are they at least going to give us options?” Wallace is referring to the June 28 U.S. Supreme Court ruling striking down a lower court’s ruling that found that cities enacting and enforcing punitive measures, such as issuing fines or making arrests, against homeless