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• Over 225 homes destroyed

• Area firefighters join fight against Lake Tahoe fire

• 'A balancing act'

• Lodi business targeted again by metal thieves

• Lodi projects included on McNerney's funding 'wish list'

• Regional Roundup

• Board to discuss Tokay mold

• Blue Cross and Lodi Memorial still at odds

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

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• The country's mess is our fault (170)
• Obama is not a moderate (130)
• Sarah Palin's book hits the shelves: Locals react (73)
• Lodi City Council plans to cap number of taco trucks at 22 (50)
• Public health care is a Christian option (50)
• The haves should help the have-nots (30)
• Tokay in, traveling to unbeaten No. 3 Grant for football playoffs (25)
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• Young woman fatally shot at Acampo home (17)
• Sierra Adventure store to close after four years in Downtown Lodi (16)

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Regional Roundup

Local bank robbery charge dismissed

Local prosecutors on Monday dropped charges against a man accused of robbing a Lodi bank because he was indicted on federal charges that carry a stiffer penalty.

Robert Anthony McClary, 36, of Pittsburg, has been jailed since April 13, 2006, shortly after three masked men robbed Bank of the West, 229 S. Church St., and threatened to kill tellers if they didn't turn over money. A Lodi police officer spotted McClary allegedly shedding clothing near the bank, and he has remained jailed on a robbery charge, as well as a charge of violating his parole for second-degree robbery in Contra Costa County.

A robbery charge in state court carries a maximum penalty of nine years in prison.

According to a federal indictment handed down earlier this month against McClary, he faces as much as 25 years in federal prison.

Local prosecutors dismissed the charges so McClary would face the heftier federal punishment, said Deputy District Attorney Cindy DeSilva.

McClary and Neal Edward Peterson Jr., 24, were both indicted on June 7 in connection with the Lodi bank robbery. Peterson and two other men were also indicted on charges of other bank robberies in Northern California.

Officers find body in trunk of car

The San Joaquin County Sheriff's Department confirmed Monday that homicide detectives are investigating the discovery of a body in the trunk of a car near Chrisman and Durham Ferry roads south of Tracy.

Sheriff's department spokesman Les Garcia said detectives have not released any details regarding the incident, and he reported only that a California Highway Patrol officer found a man's body in the trunk of the car and that investigators suspect foul play.

He did not say who the man was, how or when he died or how long the car had been there. Sheriff's department investigators are treating the case as a homicide.