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• Making the grade

• California Highway Patrol program aims to deal with frequent traffic problems in San Joaquin County

• $125,000 in stolen goods

• Parents jailed, 3 kids in protective custody after alleged marijuana find

• Want to go to the Super Bowl? It's still doable — if you hurry

• Regional Roundup

• Local bars, restaurants offering Super Bowl specials

• More woeful weather expected

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? (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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Want to go to the Super Bowl? It's still doable — if you hurry

There's still time. A Super Bowl experience is still yours for the taking as long as you're willing to drop nearly $2,000 for a nose-bleed section seat, hop on the earliest flight and shell out $300 for a night in a two-star hotel.

Getting there

Our friends at Google maps suggest the straight forward route of Interstate 5 to Interstate 10 through Los Angeles. If you left at 3 a.m. today, you could probably count on getting to Phoenix a couple of hours before the 3:17 p.m. kickoff.

But you're reading this now, so it's safe to assume you didn't leave at 3 a.m. If you drove you'd also probably run into snow on the Grapevine, traffic in L.A., and one would assume you should get some sleep at some point ... so it's just smarter to fly.

And actually after a look at a few travel Web sites it was surprisingly easy. Flights from several carriers were still open Friday afternoon and fares all were in the range of $450 for a roundtrip from Sacramento, leaving on Sunday morning and returning Monday afternoon.

Staying there

A hotel room ain't going to be cheap. Near the stadium, many hotels required a four night stay and were charging $220 to $400 a night. The America's Best Value Inn and Suites was offering a standard room for Sunday night at a rate of $266. Plus taxes that's $306.65. Hotels.com gave the inn two-stars. Amenities include a pool and a continental breakfast.

Local transportation

A rental car is your best bet and it will cost around $100. Enterprise was sold out, but a Pontiac G6 was available through Avis for a one-day rental of $114.

The arena has 14,000 parking spaces. And a parking pass is $60. Good luck trying to find one though. The city of Glendale is offering a shuttle service from downtown to the stadium for $5.

Now the tough part, tickets

The cheap seats on the uppermost level are going for a little more than $1,900 per ticket and lower level, 50-yard line tickets will cost you around $7,500, according to http://www.stubhub.com. On craigslist.org tickets are selling at a range of $2,000 to $6,000. Of course, you could try you luck outside of the stadium through the courtesy of "independent contractors" but one wonders about the legality and there's always a risk of a counterfit ticket.

The grand total

You've got to eat, and after spending so much money you'll want to drink too, so add on another $100 for a minimum level of sustenance. Tally it up, and you're looking at a grand total of $2,770.