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• Lodi-area nurses to help hurricane victims

• Rising gas prices keep some Lodians home Labor Day weekend

• Rosen nominated to Lodi Hall of Fame for devotion to education, agriculture

• San Joaquin ambulance techs return home after being caught in Katrina

• Galt City Council to review major road changes at meeting

• Regional Roundup

November 19th, 2009

• Logbook

• Water surges in Mokelumne River yield more salmon

• Suspect arrested after hiding in fridge

• Lodi City Council plans to cap number of taco trucks at 22

• Operation: Christmas

• Corrections

• Sales tax hike yields dividends: 5 new officers join Galt Police

• Chase ends in crash

• Lodi Unified School District board votes to cancel summer school for 2010

• Lodi City Council will consider redevelopment next June

• Galt Joint Union High School Distric hires new superintendent

November 18th, 2009

• Congress allocates money for local water projects

• Lodi man finds wife's ashes during police display of stolen property

• Sarah Palin's book hits the shelves: Locals react

• Regional Roundup

• Galt City Council rejects study on rent stabilization

• Paranormal group conducts second investigation of building

November 17th, 2009

• Lodi Budget and Finance Committee to look into ways to save money on employee benefits

• Redevelopment to be discussed by Lodi City Council again

• Paying tribute to a Lodian

• Regional Roundup

• Court reinstates death penalty for killer of Lodi grad

• Clements gets free water rescue boat

• Clarification

• Decision on summer school expected at tonight's Lodi Unified School District meeting

November 16th, 2009

• Sierra Adventure store to close after four years in Downtown Lodi

• Regional Roundup

• Correction

• Lodi's First Sip event showcases area wineries' latest vintages

• City Council 'triple-dog dared' to ditch cars, use Lodi buses

• Three members of Lodi-area family fall ill after eating poisonous mushrooms they reportedly found at Lodi Lake

• Public Meetings

November 14th, 2009

• Regional Roundup

• Despite an increase in homeless students, school districts look to bolster enrollment, raise revenue

• A first look at 2009 vintages at Lodi's First Sip wine-tasting event

• Watchful neighbor in Lodi helped bust suspected burglars

• New Galt city manager juggles job, family

• Galt school district narrows superintendent search to one

• Despite budget cuts, some Lodi Unified School District salaries continue to rise

November 13th, 2009

• What to expect with new homebuyer tax credit

• Lodi Muslim: Local mosque not involved

• Regional Roundup

• Burglary suspects are under arrest

• Lodi veteran recounts close calls in Vietnam

• Mayor Larry Hansen points out Lodi's economic progress

• First phase of Lockeford park by 2011?

November 12th, 2009

• Logbook

• Correction

• Robotics team at Jim Elliot invited to compete in Israel

• City of Lodi begins annual leaf removal program Monday

• Liberty Ranch construction at standstill as state pulls funds

• Will Lodi adopt a program that will allow volunteers to work at parks?

• With song and speech, veterans are recognized in Lodi

• 20 years later, Acampo man remembers the fall of the Berlin Wall

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• Despite budget cuts, some Lodi Unified School District salaries continue to rise (49)
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Regional Roundup

Two stabbings over holiday weekend

Two people were stabbed, but not seriously injured, during separate incidents over the weekend.

At Blakely Park off Stockton and Poplar streets, a 21-year-old man was punched, kicked and stabbed in the back after being attacked by several men dressed in red, Lodi police said.

The incident took place at 7:10 p.m. Sunday when Daniel Bravo, 21, and Antonio Hernandez, 39, both from Lodi, left a restroom in the park, Lodi police Lt. J.P. Badel said.

The men reportedly asked Bravo and Hernandez if they were gang members. Both said no, but the men in red assaulted them, Badel said. Hernandez was given stitches at Lodi Memorial Hospital after being cut in the forehead by a broken beer bottle, police said. Bravo was treated and released at Lodi Memorial for his stab wound, Badel said.

There have been no arrests.

In an incident a few hours later, Drake Betinger, 31, a parolee from Lodi, received minor stab wounds in the upper chest after reportedly being stabbed at 1:55 a.m. Monday at Stooges, 105 W. Pine St., Badel said.

Betinger ran from Lodi Memorial after he learned that hospital personnel notified police that a stabbing took place, Badel said. Officers found Betinger at his residence and took him back to the hospital, police said. He was not arrested.

Seven arrested during DUI checkpoint

The Lodi Police Department arrested seven people on suspicion of drunken driving during a sobriety checkpoint at two locations over a period of more than six hours.

Officers stopped 1,414 drivers between 7:45 p.m. Saturday and 2:15 a.m. Sunday. The checkpoint was in the 300 block of East Lodi Avenue and moved to the 1100 block of West Kettleman Lane.

The seven drivers arrested were booked in Lodi jail, their cars were towed and they were served with a notice that their license would be suspended, according to Sgt. Steve Carillo.

The sobriety checkpoint was the third of three checkpoints funded through a grant from the California Office of Traffic Safety's "You drink, you drive, you lose" campaign.

Galt City Hall taking donations for Red Cross

The Galt City Clerk's office is accepting cash-only contributions to the Hurricane Katrina relief fund. Money will be delivered to the Sacramento chapter of the American Red Cross.

City Hall is located at 380 Civic Drive.

No plans for aerial spraying at this time

Rural areas west and south of Lodi, along with eastern Acampo, will be sprayed from airplanes to combat mosquitoes carrying the West Nile virus, but officials from the San Joaquin County Mosquito and Vector Control District haven't determined when spraying operations will begin.

Meanwhile, mosquito district officials plan to spray tonight in southern San Joaquin County,

In Galt, Sacramento-Yolo Mosquito and Vector Control District officials haven't decided whether to conduct aerial spraying in the Galt area. Last week, ground crews sprayed along farmland west of Galt.