The salon joins a growing number of business owners in Stockton refusing to comply with a state stay-at-home directive. Lodi and Stockton’s chambers of commerce joined a coalition of businesses organizations across California pushing back against the state s most recent round of sweeping COVID-19 stay-at-home orders even as California hit and quickly passed a staggering 2 million virus cases. Local cases are skyrocketing, too: Just as soon as it started back up again, University of the Pacific’s men’s basketball program had to suspend activities for the second time this season after another positive COVID-19 test.
Slaying deaths continue to mount
Bob Highfill
STOCKTON – When Shoaib Mohammed was 19 years old, he left his family and life in Pakistan to pursue his slice of the American dream.
He studied finance at California State University, Chico, and in 1998, opened his first Pizza Guys franchise on Plymouth Road east of Interstate 5 in Stockton. He opened a second location the following year on Waterloo Road in Stockton and last month, the 53-year-old from Karachi, Pakistan, opened a third location at West and Hammer lanes in Stockton.
“We’ve had very good response from the community, so far,” Mohammed said about his new store. “We have a lot of new customers. A lot of people were excited to see us open in this area.”
Last week, the publication released its picks of the best from around the world. At 9 a.m., the notification came. Felten-Jolley scrolled anxiously, hoping hers would be the first Lodi winery ever to make the list since its inception in 1988. And there at No. 94 was the 2019 Klinker Brick Winery Grenache Blanc, Lodi, 90 points, and this tasting note:
“Yellow apple, bright Bartlett pear and tangerine flavors are pure and lush, set on a medium frame, with crisp acidity. Shows impressive focus and purity of flavor. Fresh finish. Drink now. 750 cases made – MW.”
What a nice early Christmas present and well-deserved recognition for Felten-Jolley, her husband, Stefan Jolley, and her parents, owners Lori and Steve Felten, fifth-generation Lodi wine grape growers who successfully have vertically integrated their farming operation into a national wine brand that exports to nine countries.
FAIRFIELD-SUISUN, CALIFORNIA
Klinker Brick first Lodi winery to make Wine Spectator’s Top 100 Wines list [The Record, Stockton, Calif]
LODI – Farrah Felten-Jolley checked her cellphone frequently for Wine Spectator’s Top 100 Wines this year.
Last week, the publication released its picks of the best from around the world. At 9 a.m., the notification came. Felten-Jolley scrolled anxiously, hoping hers would be the first Lodi winery ever to make the list since its inception in 1988. And there at No. 94 was the 2019 Klinker Brick Winery Grenache Blanc, Lodi, 90 points, and this tasting note:
“Yellow apple, bright Bartlett pear and tangerine flavors are pure and lush, set on a medium frame, with crisp acidity. Shows impressive focus and purity of flavor. Fresh finish. Drink now. 750 cases made – MW.”
FAIRFIELD-SUISUN, CALIFORNIA
New jobless numbers are out, and here’s what’s ahead for Stanislaus County residents [The Modesto Bee]
Dec. 21 Unemployment numbers in Stanislaus County dropped to 8.3% in November, marking another month of decrease since the COVID-19 pandemic hit.
But due to the nature of month-by-month unemployment data, economist Jeff Michael, the director of the Center for Business and Policy Research at the University of the Pacific, warns that what looks like steady recovery may in reality be masking a “stall.”
“Usually unemployment starts to pick back up in the Modesto area for seasonal factors, as the (agriculture) sector starts winding down for the year,” Michael said. “This year, the unemployment rate has declined because we’ve seen people withdraw from the labor force in November at a faster rate than (there has been) employment, and so the unemployment rate is a very deceptive indicator at the moment.”