Hotels in Stockton, California

A little about Stockton...

Stockton is a city in California and the seat of San Joaquin County (the 5th largest agricultural county in the United States). According to 2005 estimates by the California Department of Finance, Stockton has a population of 289,800 and is the 13th largest city in California. Stockton is also the fourth largest inland city in California, behind Fresno, Sacramento and Bakersfield. According to the California State Department of Finance January 6, 2006 estimate, 668,265 people live in the Stockton Metropolitan Statistical Area.

Annual festivals celebrating the rich cultural heritage and values of Stockton's diverse population and the city's agricultural importance include:
The Stockton Asparagus Festival - world-renowned, award winning (April)
The Brubeck Festival (April)
The Earth Day Festival (April)
The Filipino Barrio Fiesta (August)
The Greek Festival (September)
The Jewish Food Fair (June)
The Stockton Festival of Lights and Boat Parade (December)
The Stockton Obon Bazaar (July, Bhuddist)

Stockton is home to several institutions of higher education. The largest is the University of the Pacific (UOP). The UOP campus has been used in the filming of several Hollywood films, partly due to its aesthetic likeness to East Coast Ivy League universities. UOP's most notable appearance was in Steven Spielberg's Raiders of the Lost Ark.

Also located in Stockton are San Joaquin Delta College, Humphreys College and School of Law, Heald College, MTI Business College, National University, Weber Institute of Science and Technology, and University of Phœnix.

Stockton State Hospital was closed in 1996 and has since been converted into the Stockton branch campus of California State University, Stanislaus.

Stockton is well known as having the third oldest professional orchestra in California, the Stockton Symphony, behind the San Francisco Symphony and the Los Angeles Philharmonic.