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• Social pollution

• Officials: Lodi Electric Utility getting better

• The fight against blight: Chamber trying to rid downtown Lockeford of waste, graffiti

• State better at alerting cities when sex offenders move in

• Government: Tests of suspect pet food killed 7

• 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

• Regional Roundup

• Delta College trustees again collide over stipend committee

• 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

• Bad bugs, weeds are hot topics at Grape Day

February 2nd, 2010

• Big rig plows 7 cars

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

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

• Jumpers across California

• Correction

• Regional Roundup

• No snow leopards, otters for Micke Grove

• McNerney leads in campaign cash

• Police: Train victim was a Lodi teen

February 1st, 2010

• Find cuddly alpacas not too far from Lodi

• Public Meetings

• Patients can expect faster, better service when Lodi Memorial Hospital's new emergency room opens

• Man killed by Amtrak train in Lodi

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

• Will terrorists be given Miranda warnings? (70)
• President Obama's first year (67)
• Lodi Unified School District president issues warning to speakers over cuts (64)
• Local business leaders say tourism, Costco, Home Depot may play roles in city's future (60)
• Islamic symbol in mosaic — what is all the fuss? (49)
• Writer comments on Neely column (42)
• The Home Depot hopes to join Costco at Reynolds Ranch (41)
• Many reject the politics of 'no' (37)
• Police: Train victim was a Lodi teen (31)
• We need to conduct respectful conversations (30)

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Regional Roundup

Congressman McNerney announces new Web site

A new Web site for Rep. Jerry McNerney, D-Pleasanton, is up and running, replacing the placeholder site that had been available since his inauguration.

The Web site includes McNerney's voting record, constituent services and how to schedule tours while visiting Washington, D.C. The address is http://mcnerney.house.gov.

Diocese breaks ground for hospital expansion

Bishop Stephen Blaire presided over Monday's groundbreaking for the expansion of St. Joseph's Hospital in Stockton.

"Breaking ground for Saint Joseph's expansion continues the great tradition of Catholic health care in our community," Blaire said. "I wish to acknowledge, with gratitude to God, the medical care from Saint Joseph's that continues the healing ministry of Christ in the church for the wider populace, and the enormously generous amount of community services and charity provided by St. Joseph's."

Builders sue Manteca over development fees

MANTECA — Developers sued the city after fees to build new homes jumped from $350 to $4,702 per house.

City officials began charging developers the fee in 1986 to cover the cost of constructing new government buildings. The City Council voted in September to increase it by more than 13 times to reflect modern-day costs.

"They had the benefit of the low fees all those years. They've forgotten that," Councilman Jack Snyder said. The City Council commissioned a two-year review before deciding on the increase, the first phase of which took effect Jan. 1.

The lawsuit filed this month in San Joaquin County Superior Court by the Building Industry Association of the Delta claims the fee exceeds the necessary amounts and asks the court to overturn the fee.

"Quite frankly, from our perspective, we're concerned with housing affordability," said Kevin Sharrar, executive officer of the association. "And all fees, of no matter what amount, all work into the sales price at the end of the day."

The developers hope to reach a resolution outside of court, but filed the lawsuit to meet a deadline preserving the right to sue, Sharrar said.

UC Merced student found dead outside dorm

MERCED — A freshman engineering student found dead outside a dorm at the University of California, Merced, had a head wound and officials were investigating his death as suspicious, the Merced County sheriff said.

Hector Hugo Barrera-Barraza, 18, of Moorpark was found by students on their way to the cafeteria Saturday.

He had no pulse and was pronounced dead at Mercy Medical Center Merced, said Merced County Sheriff Mark Pazin. No cause of death was immediately known, but an autopsy was planned.

Barrera-Barraza left campus on Friday night to go out with friends in Merced and was later seen back on campus, said spokeswoman Patti Waid Istas.

About 370 of UC Merced's 1,200 students live in university housing.