The Stockton Cambodian Buddhist Temple (Wat Dhammararam) is an active temple that has more than 90 huge colorful statues inlaid with precious stones that celebrate the life and history of the Cambodian Buddha. It’s hard to believe without seeing with your own eyes… but the temple has a 15 meters long reclining Buddha statue. This…
The idea to build the Children’s Museum came after the tragic shootings at Cleveland School in 1989. As a result of the shooting from an assault weapon, 5 children were killed and another 30 people, including a teacher, were injured. The injured teacher was Janet Geng, founding director of the Children’s Museum of Stockton. After…
Southern California can probably be considered the “Happiest Place on Earth”, but Northern California also has some amazing places to see. You’ve probably already heard of popular parks like California’s Great America or Six Flags, but there are some lesser-known places in the state that are worth visiting. One of them is Pixie Woods. Tucked…
Stockton Arena is a multi-purpose sporting and event center where the Stockton Heat and Stockton Kings play their home games. The purpose of its construction was to improve the quality of life in the region. Stockton Arena is part of a waterfront entertainment complex called Stockton Waterfront Events Centre, which also includes Banner Island Ballpark,…
The University of the Pacific is an elite private higher education institution located in Stockton near San Francisco, California, in the southern part of the United States. Its foundation date is considered to be 1851, when California Wesleyan College was established in Santa Clara. Later, in 1871, it was transferred to San Jose, and since…
The San Joaquin Pioneer and Historical Society, an initiative group of the city of Stockton, was going to open a museum. However, they suffered from a money shortage. Then Robert McKee, a native of Stockton, approached the members of the society with an offer of thirty thousand dollars on the condition that the institution would…
Banner Island Ballpark is an unofficial stadion’s name used by fans and the Port of Stockton authority. However, the city owns the right to name the stadium, and until this privilege is lost, the sports facility is officially listed everywhere as Stockton Ballpark. The baseball field is informally called Banner Island Ballpark due to the…
The Stockton State Hospital was built as an insane asylum in 1851. It occupied a 100-acre (0.40 square km) area on a plot donated by Captain Charles Maria Weber. The existing medical facilities could not cope with the treatment of a large number of people with mental and emotional disorders caused by the California Gold…