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• National Weather Service issues heat advisory

• $3 million credit line OK'd for Lodi utility

• Judge to decide whether care home sex case goes to trial

• Deputies recover 744 stolen cemetery vases at recycling center

• S.J. education board member talks academics, time travel

• City unloads tons of ground-up asphalt

• Former S.J. Sheriff Deputy Monte McFall denied new trial

• Regional Roundup

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)
• Public health care is a Christian option (77)
• Sarah Palin's book hits the shelves: Locals react (73)
• Lodi City Council plans to cap number of taco trucks at 22 (52)
• The haves should help the have-nots (31)
• Tokay in, traveling to unbeaten No. 3 Grant for football playoffs (25)
• Government-run health care is a bad idea (25)
• Young woman fatally shot at Acampo home (18)
• Sierra Adventure store to close after four years in Downtown Lodi (17)

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National Weather Service issues heat advisory

Power demand expected to set another record late today

The National Weather Service in Sacramento has issued a heat advisory for the Northern San Joaquin Valley and Southern Sacramento Valley.

"The combination of a very hot air mass and monsoonal moisture will create very hot and humid conditions through Saturday evening," the Weather Service says in the advisory. "Places that are most impacted by this advisory are inland locations away from any Delta influence."

The advisory is in effect until 9 p.m. Saturday.

A heat advisory means the daytime heat index will be 105 degrees or higher and the nighttime index will be 80 degrees or higher for two consecutive days. The heat index is the measure of the effect of combined temperature and humidity on the body.

Places close to the Delta should cool into the middle 70s overnight but those farther inland will cool off only into the lower 80s at night, the Weather Service said.

Most Foothills locations below 2,000 feet are expected to cool only to between 80 and 85 degrees again tonight. The heat index for today and Saturday will be near or above 105 degrees.

Meanwhile, the unusual and unrelenting heat wave that has gripped California for a week is driving yet another potential new record peak demand for power.

Energy demand is trending above forecast and is expected to beat Monday's record of 46,561 megawatts later today. Thursday's peak was just short of that at 46,465.

The California Independent System Operator is urging consumers to conserve power through Monday.