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• $2.5 million for Eastside is 'a start'

• Galt takes steps toward exluding 'big box' stores

• North San Joaquin's water future on the table at hearing Thursday

• North San Joaquin has spent nearly 60 years of working with water issues

• Water district's 'plan b'

• Regional Roundup

• Going green: Lodi schools to get all-you-can-eat salad bars

• Parent accuses principal of misconduct

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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New diet drug helps promote weight loss

Pharmacist Dennis McComb at Lakewood Drugs said they are selling alli, the first FDA-sanctioned diet drug to be sold over the counter, and have sold all the starter kits and have placed orders for more. He said there has been interest in it and the interest has been there all along.

McComb said a more potent version, Xenical, had been sold but the sales were not as good due to the price point and the dosage. Now because of the lower dosage and the fact it is more accessible, it will help increase sales. He said the important thing about the drug is that people are being educated about it.

"There is a big media push to make sure people get a diet book and good dietary counseling. It is very well done," he said.

McComb recommends following the guidelines listed in the paperwork included with the medication. It must be taken within an hour of meals and if the person is eating a non-fat meal, it should not be taken. A vitamin supplement must be taken at bedtime and not taken at the same time as medication.

If guidelines are not followed or if diets are high in fat, McComb said a side effect can be a liquidy stool.

Overall, McComb said as long as people are educated about the pill, it should be beneficial to those who use it.

"Hopefully, it will be a good product and it will be promoted in the proper way and we'll get some good weight loss from it."

Denise Morford, from the Diet Center, has a different view of the pill.

"There's no magic pill out there. If there was, everyone would know about it," she said. She recommends the best way for weight loss is to find the right diet program and exercise. She said diet is 99 percent of the problem for many, but exercise will help long term.