Jaime Garcia,
Contributor
January 10, 2017
Stockton is a city in the Bay Area with a population of approximately 315,592, as of 2016. It is the 13th largest city in California
and the 64th largest city in the United States. Stockton’s seaport was built during the Gold Rush and allowed for trade and
transportation to southern gold mines. Over 40 movies have been filmed in the city, including Cool Hand Luke and Flubber.
The city also hosts an annual Asparagus Festival, which attracts over 100,000 attendees each year.
If you are from Stockton or watch U.F.C. then you will know who this person is and his famous saying “I’m not surprised”. I had to end it off with Stockton's hometown hero this was put up after he beat Conner McGraggor in a U.F.C. match and Stockton was put on the map. After this was put up that’s all people talked about and brought so much happiness and pride to the people of Stockton and everyone celebrated and were happy just to see one of their own had made it from this dark and negativity of a place. This man is Nate Diaz a Stockton native who grew up here his whole life and he still lives here and you can always find him hanging out in the Stockton. So as you can see The beauty behind the beast and what this city is about and what it has to offer.