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• Police identify driver in fatal wreck

• Three Tokay High teens killed in accident

• Lodi council speculating on Grape Bowl upgrade funding

• Financial planners: Nothing to worry about

• Regional Roundup

November 2nd, 2009

• Deputies name suspect in fatal Acampo shooting

November 6th, 2009

• Short sales make up nearly half of Lodi market

• Regional Roundup

• Lodi man accused of smuggling drugs, weapons for inmates at state prison

• 'I-5 Strangler' sentenced to 6 terms of life

• Jury convicts Acampo man of torture, assault of his girlfriend

• Young girl is 200,000th person to assemble AIDS, HIV care kit

• Woman in wheelchair struck by car

November 5th, 2009

• San Joaquin County considers moratorium on new Williamson Act contracts

• Speakers address Lodi Unified School District budget shortfalls, plea to keep programs

• Armed robbers still targeting Lodi shops

• Regional Roundup

• California voters have final say over $11 billion water bond

• Paul Tebbel shines spotlight on sandhill cranes

• Your complete guide to Sandhill Crane Festival

• David Diskin is first to give an invocation under new city of Lodi policy

• Man wanted in Acampo homicide gives up to San Joaquin County Sheriff's detectives

• Weekend bus service to continue until Lodi City Council makes decision

• A lower Lodi Lake

• Streetside scarecrows

November 4th, 2009

• San Joaquin County sues state over prison hospital planned for Stockton

• California sends Democratic loyalist John Garamendi to Congress

• Candle fire

• Rep. Jerry McNerney sets telephone town hall for Thursday

• Jason Behrmann is unanimously named Galt's city manager

• Regional Roundup

• Lodi City Council weighs raising fares to restore some bus service

• Bicycling father raising awareness of teen suicide

• Galt City Council argues over ordinance hiring residents

• Big win for Allen Baroni in reclamation election

November 3rd, 2009

• Clarification

• Correction

• Galt considers ordinance that would require city contractors to hire locally

• Regional Roundup

• Have you seen a missing guide dog puppy in Lodi?

• Jason Behrmann is top candidate for Galt city manager

• Deputies name suspect in fatal Acampo shooting

• 500 attend service for Kyle Coumas

• Galt man dies after weekend Highway 12 crash

November 2nd, 2009

• 27-year-old man shot to death Saturday night in front of Acampo home

• Public Meetings

• Correction

• Kyle Coumas funeral today

• Regional Roundup

• Group investigates reports of haunting

• Sandhill Cranes Festival comes to Lodi next weekend

• Lamborghini lovers gather for show, fine wine, luncheon in Woodbridge

• Lodi's 'Biggest Loser' Christy Richesin runs 5K Halloween race

• Downtown Lodi trick or treat

October 31st, 2009

• Izzy Laviola and Seth Siddle-Mitchell crowned Tokay homecoming queen and king

• Tokay High evacuation

• Finishing touches on Hill House replica

• Regional Roundup

• Lodi-area Halloween events

• Lodi a reflection of Halloween's retail emergence

• Area schools have no plans of closing due to H1N1 virus

• In remembrance of Kyle Coumas

• Gated communities in Lodi

• City of Lodi settles case of mistaken identity

October 30th, 2009

• Officials hope new Highway 12 stoplight will make road safer

• Red Ribbon Week

• Logbook

• Roundup of Lodi-area Halloween events

• Lockeford soldier Kyle Coumas' funeral set for Monday

• Lodi sales tax revenue less than expected

• Regional Roundup

• Local reaction to economic growth

• Get an early start trick-or-treating in Downtown Lodi

• When there's something strange ...

• Stockton breaks ground on Delta Water Supply Project

• Possible extention of first-time homebuyer tax credit?

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Regional Roundup

McNerney, Cardoza decry lack of transportation funding

In a joint statement Tuesday, Reps. Jerry McNerney, D-Pleasanton, and Dennis Cardoza, D-Merced, criticized the California Transportation Commission staff for opposing transportation projects in San Joaquin and Stanislaus counties.

In a letter to the commission, McNerney and Cardoza pointed to needed improvements to Highway 99, Interstates 5 and 205, and Marrow Road.

One reason the lawmakers say these projects should be funded by the state is that San Joaquin and Stanislaus county voters overwhelmingly supported Proposition 1B, the state transportation bond, and Measure K, the half-percent sales tax dedicated to transportation projects in San Joaquin County.

"As final allocations in the Corridor Mobility Improvement Account are considered for projects throughout California, we strongly urge you to make it a priority to provide San Joaquin County with additional resources to alleviate congestion and increase safety," McNerney and Cardoza said in their letter.

Stockton gang member gets life for killing teen

STOCKTON — A Stockton teenager was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole for killing a 15-year-old and injuring three others at a party in an apparent gang turf dispute.

David Lewis, 17, was sentenced in San Joaquin County Superior Court on Monday, after a jury convicted him as an adult of first-degree murder in the 2004 death of Eric Castillo. Lewis also was found guilty on three counts of attempted murder and belonging to a criminal street gang.

Castillo was killed at a party when Lewis and three other members of the Northside Gangster Crips gang shot into a crowd of people, prosecutors said.

Two of the injured — the party host and his daughter — suffered minor but permanent mobility problems, said District Attorney Michael Mulvihill. A third victim has since recovered.

Another shooter, Jimmy Lee Benson, 19, was convicted as an adult on three counts of attempted murder and will be sentenced next week, Mulvihill said.

Jesse Zamora, 20, was sentenced to 39 years in prison after pleading guilty to three counts of attempted murder and belonging to a gang. He testified against Benson and Lewis.

A fourth Crip, Andrew Thompson, 21, pleaded guilty to being in a gang. He was sentenced to 16 months in prison.

First published: Wednesday, February 28, 2007