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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

February 9th, 2010

• Middle College High School rated one of the best — and a bargain, to boot

• Lodi decathlon boasts top team in county

• Man who sparked counterfeit case pleads guilty

• Local businessman will visit Haiti to look for family

• Man who claimed to be Yosemite Sam pleads guilty to meth charge

• David Harmer seeks Republican congressional nod

• Lack of evidence in case against suspect in 'drug deal' stabbing

• Regional Roundup

February 8th, 2010

• Public Meetings

• Locals pick best, most memorable Super Bowl commercials

• Regional Roundup

February 6th, 2010

• The Home Depot hopes to join Costco at Reynolds Ranch

• Meet Larry, Curly and Moe

• Baboon business

• Regional Roundup

• Several Lodi venues let you watch the Super Bowl in style

• Lodi Library celebrates 100 years of serving the community

• Culinary craft

February 5th, 2010

• Kids, teachers help Haiti by collecting pennies for Learning Link

• Lodi, Galt students reach out to help Haiti earthquake survivors

• Tasered suspect claims he is Yosemite Sam

• Hours of sweat and work go into putting on crab feeds

• Things looking up for state's real estate

• Correction

• Regional Roundup

• Stray bullet strikes Lodi home; police suspect gang activity may be factor

February 4th, 2010

• Managers at Geweke Toyota answer questions about recall

• Lodi City Council votes to replace play structure at Century Park

• Lodi extends ban on pot shops for another year

• Mokelumne River triathlon set for June

• Family, friends to run half-marathon in memory of Galt family

February 3rd, 2010

• Correction

• Delta College trustees again collide over stipend committee

• Bad bugs, weeds are hot topics at Grape Day

• Lodi-area senators Dave Cox, Lois Wolk admit to gifts; Tom Berryhill case pending

• Lodi Unified School District president issues warning to speakers over cuts

• Galt City Council avoids budget cuts — for now

• New Lodi Memorial Hospital emergency room opens to the public without a hitch

• Regional Roundup

February 2nd, 2010

• Local business leaders say tourism, Costco, Home Depot may play roles in city's future

• Correction

• Former Lodian Erica Davis is first paraplegic woman to summit Kilimanjaro

• Regional Roundup

• No snow leopards, otters for Micke Grove

• McNerney leads in campaign cash

• Police: Train victim was a Lodi teen

• Big rig plows 7 cars

• Jumpers across California

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• Will terrorists be given Miranda warnings? (75)
• Lodi Unified School District president issues warning to speakers over cuts (64)
• President Obama's first year (45)
• Many reject the politics of 'no' (45)
• Islamic symbol in mosaic — what is all the fuss? (44)
• Writer comments on Neely column (42)
• The Home Depot hopes to join Costco at Reynolds Ranch (41)
• Time to shed the convenient sham of 'Don't ask, don't tell' policy (34)
• We need to conduct respectful conversations (30)
• Tasered suspect claims he is Yosemite Sam (25)

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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