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• Wet weather sends Lodi into record books

• From nuns to labradoodles — calendars have something for everyone

• Calendars at City Hall

• More people reaching for goals, rather than New Year's resolutions

• Not all resolutions need to be made Jan. 1

• Regional Roundup

• San Joaquin County supervisors want governor to declare emergency

• Delta College adds new courses at Tracy Center

• Logbook

November 21st, 2009

• Logbook

• Holiday drive spreads cheer to U.S. troops

• Galt High students want board to approve open-campus policy

• Poisoning victims remain hospitalized

• Expert: Half a mushroom cap can be deadly

• Tokay grad files claim over Lodi's Grape Bowl

• Lodi Middle School holds annual Turkey Trot

• Regional Roundup

• No motive or suspect in shooting

• Sacramento cop arrested for alleged kidnapping

November 20th, 2009

• Acampo woman killed

• Salvation Army Kettle Kickoff

• Advocacy groups sue East Bay Municipal Utility District over Pardee expansion

• Regional Roundup

• Galt plans to help residents with energy-efficient projects

• Stable southeast of Lodi approved

• One year after a heart attack, Lodi's Judy Mims thanks rescuers

• National Guard troops return home in time for the holidays

• Real estate market gets on more solid ground

November 19th, 2009

• Operation: Christmas

• Logbook

• Suspect arrested after hiding in fridge

• Chase ends in crash

• Galt Joint Union High School Distric hires new superintendent

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

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

• Water surges in Mokelumne River yield more salmon

• Lodi City Council will consider redevelopment next June

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

• Corrections

November 18th, 2009

• Regional Roundup

• Paranormal group conducts second investigation of building

• Congress allocates money for local water projects

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

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

• Galt City Council rejects study on rent stabilization

November 17th, 2009

• Paying tribute to a Lodian

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

• Regional Roundup

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

• Clements gets free water rescue boat

• Redevelopment to be discussed by Lodi City Council again

• Court reinstates death penalty for killer of Lodi grad

• Clarification

November 16th, 2009

• Correction

• Public Meetings

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

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

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

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

• Regional Roundup

November 14th, 2009

• Galt school district narrows superintendent search to one

• Regional Roundup

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

• Watchful neighbor in Lodi helped bust suspected burglars

• New Galt city manager juggles job, family

• 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

The following stories have received the most reader comments during the last 7 days.

• The country's mess is our fault (170)
• Obama is not a moderate (130)
• Sarah Palin's book hits the shelves: Locals react (73)
• Lodi City Council plans to cap number of taco trucks at 22 (50)
• Public health care is a Christian option (50)
• The haves should help the have-nots (30)
• Tokay in, traveling to unbeaten No. 3 Grant for football playoffs (25)
• Government-run health care is a bad idea (22)
• Young woman fatally shot at Acampo home (17)
• Sierra Adventure store to close after four years in Downtown Lodi (16)

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Police staff wear new centennial badges

The city of Lodi turns 100 this year, and Lodi police officers and staff members are wearing new badges as a way of celebrating.

The shiny silver badges have seven points and have "1906 — Centennial — 2006" inscribed on them, as well as the employee's number.

Officers began wearing them at 12:01 a.m. Sunday and will wear them until midnight Dec. 31, Lt. Bill Barry said.

For the next year, the badges, which are modeled after Lodi badges worn in the 1920s and '30s, replace the department's regular oval badges.

Lodi's first officer, City Marshall H.B. Coleman, was sworn in the same year Lodi became a city.

The star-shaped badges were paid for by donations from employee associations and department members, and each employee will get to keep the badge after Dec. 31, according to Barry.

The project was coordinated by Detective Sierra Brucia, president of the Police Officers Association of Lodi.

Murder trial postponed

A trial for the last of four murder suspects charged in the death of Lodi High School student Adrian Cortez was postponed Tuesday due to attorney scheduling.

Orlando Delatore, 15, had been scheduled to stand trial in San Joaquin County Superior Court on Jan. 9. However, defense attorney Charles Pacheco is in another trial, so the trial was rescheduled for April, Deputy District Attorney Thomas Ziegler said.

Delatore, who is charged as an adult and could face life in prison if convicted, remains jailed without bail. Motions are scheduled to be heard March 13, and jury selection is expected to begin April 17, Ziegler said.

Three other suspects have since pleaded guilty in connection with the Oct. 2, 2004, drive-by shooting on East Elm Street. Delatore, who was 14 at the time, refused a deal that would have sent him to prison for 28 years.

Funding available for arts, cultural projects

The City of Lodi's Division of Arts and Culture is now accepting applications for its 2005-2006 Mini-Grants program. The program offers financial support of not more than $2,000 for promising arts and cultural projects that serve the interests of the people of Lodi.

Mini-grant applications are accepted year-round, with all applications reviewed in the month following their receipt. Financial support is contingent on project merit as well as availability of funds. Minimal funds are currently available so organizations are urged to submit their applications as soon as possible.

Grant applications can be obtained by calling 333-5511, or by visiting http://www.lodiarts.org.

Maggio arraignment Thursday

The twice-postponed arraignment for murder defendant Salvatore Carmelo "TC" Maggio is scheduled for 8:30 a.m. Thursday in Sacramento County Superior Court. The hearing will be held in Department 63, which is on the first floor of the county jail, 653 I St.

Maggio, 20, is charged with the murder of Galt High sophomore Aaron Brooks, who is believed to have died on Oct. 26. Brooks' body was found in 18 inches of water adjacent to Emerald Vista Park in Galt.

Maggio has not entered a plea.

Two identified in fatal crashes

Two people who died this weekend after unrelated Highway 99 crashes in heavy rain were identified by authorities Tuesday as Stockton residents.

Jamie Joshua Tarango, 26, died Saturday morning near Liberty Road. Two days later, 41-year-old Anasisilila Reyna Anzo died after a collision between Woodbridge and Acampo roads. Both were identifed by the San Joaquin County Coroner's Office.

Tarango was driving a pick-up truck north at 2:42 a.m. when he lost control, swerved off the road and sruck a tree, the California Highway Patrol said. He was pronounced dead at the scene, but a final cause of death is pending toxicology tests, said Sgt. Bill Fellers with the Coroner's Office.

Then at 5:55 a.m. Anzo was riding as a passenger in a Nissan Pathfinder driven by her husband, George Anzo, when the vehicle spun and hit a tree off the right shoulder.

She was taken to St. Joseph's Hospital in Stockton, where she died at 7:25 a.m., Fellers said. An autopsy revealed the cause of death as shock and hemmorage due to multiple blunt force injuries.

62 1-acre lots proposed for Galt area

San Joaquin County Planning Commissioners will consider on Thursday a request by Fred and Alice Gudel to create 62 1-acre residential lots at the southeast corner of Lower Sacramento and Liberty roads.

The Gudels' proposal is to subdivide two parcels totaling 80.8 acres. The subdivision would include two domestic well sites and a road.

In other action Thursday, the county Planning Commission will review requests regarding projects in Morada, Lockeford and Escalon. They include:

• To construct 11 1-acre lots on 14.87 acres southeast of Highway 99 and Eight Mile Road in Morada.

• A one-year time extension to expand Lockeford Winery on Highway 88, east of Disch Road in Lockeford. The winery would produce up to 99,000 gallons of wine annually.

• An 1,800-square-foot church in rural Escalon.

Thursday's commission meeting will begin at 6:30 p.m. at the county Public Health/Planning auditorium, 1601 E. Hazelton Ave., Stockton.