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• Online bill pay could soon be option in Lodi

• Salmonid conference to start today in Lodi

• Lodi woman, wanted on 2 warrants, suspected of DUI after chase, crash

• Mural master

• Railroad will pay to clean up pollution in downtown Tracy

• Regional Roundup

• Have you lost your tortoise?

November 2nd, 2009

• Deputies name suspect in fatal Acampo shooting

November 7th, 2009

• Lodi High graduate was at Fort Hood

• Lining up for flu shots in Lodi

• Tour packs buses as birdwatchers admire Sandhill cranes

• City of Lodi staff looking into possibility of limiting number of taco trucks

• Daytime thieves targeting Lodi homes

• Lodi High School rally featured on 'Good Day Sacramento'

• Out of control

• Homicide suspect Anthony Hubbard arraigned

• Regional Roundup

• New Lodi Memorial rule to combat spread of H1N1: Visitors must be older than 16

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

• A lower Lodi Lake

• Streetside scarecrows

• 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

• Weekend bus service to continue until Lodi City Council makes decision

• 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

November 4th, 2009

• Candle fire

• Rep. Jerry McNerney sets telephone town hall for Thursday

• Regional Roundup

• Lodi City Council weighs raising fares to restore some bus service

• Galt City Council argues over ordinance hiring residents

• San Joaquin County sues state over prison hospital planned for Stockton

• Big win for Allen Baroni in reclamation election

• California sends Democratic loyalist John Garamendi to Congress

• Bicycling father raising awareness of teen suicide

• Jason Behrmann is unanimously named Galt's city manager

November 3rd, 2009

• 500 attend service for Kyle Coumas

• Correction

• Galt considers ordinance that would require city contractors to hire locally

• Regional Roundup

• Have you seen a missing guide dog puppy in Lodi?

• Galt man dies after weekend Highway 12 crash

• Jason Behrmann is top candidate for Galt city manager

• Deputies name suspect in fatal Acampo shooting

• Clarification

November 2nd, 2009

• Downtown Lodi trick or treat

• Public Meetings

• Correction

• Kyle Coumas funeral today

• Regional Roundup

• 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

• 27-year-old man shot to death Saturday night in front of Acampo home

• Group investigates reports of haunting

October 31st, 2009

• Area schools have no plans of closing due to H1N1 virus

• Tokay High evacuation

• Gated communities in Lodi

• Finishing touches on Hill House replica

• Regional Roundup

• In remembrance of Kyle Coumas

• Lodi-area Halloween events

• City of Lodi settles case of mistaken identity

• Lodi a reflection of Halloween's retail emergence

• Izzy Laviola and Seth Siddle-Mitchell crowned Tokay homecoming queen and king

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Bicyclist hospitalized after being hit by car

Moments after a Lodi man bought a 12-pack of beer and began bicycling away from the market, he was hit by a car Tuesday and hospitalized, Lodi police said.

Justin Fields, 24, left Save Mart Foods, 1340 S. Hutchins St., and had just started pedaling east down the Kettleman Lane sidewalk, Traffic Services Officer Kelly Michaels said.

In the meantime, Roslyn Woodhouse, 21, of Lodi, was pulling out of the adjacent USA Gas station at 401 W. Kettleman Lane. She looked both ways and then turned right onto Kettleman Lane just as Fields reached her 2008 Toyota Yaris, Michaels said.

Fields was thrown off his bicycle and taken by ambulance to Lodi Memorial Hospital. He had a large laceration on his head and a suspected concussion, Michaels said.

Woodhouse, who was upset and apparently knew Fields, was not injured.

Most of the Budweiser beer bottles broke, leaving the smell of beer in the area and on first responders' shoes.

Fields was at fault because he was bicycling on the sidewalk in the wrong direction, Michaels said.

City of Lodi requests federal funding

The city of Lodi has sent U.S. Rep. Jerry McNerney, D-Pleasenton, three requests for earmarks in the 2009 federal fiscal year, according to a report released by City Manager Blair King.

Lodi is looking for $2 million to replace radio equipment that will become obsolete in 2013, when the FCC will require public safety agencies to move to a different frequency band; $850,000 for library improvements; and $250,000 to buy a bullet-proof police vehicle that could be used by other police agencies in the region.

Vogel, Moore to hold town hall meeting

San Joaquin County Supervisor Ken Vogel and County Sheriff Steve Moore will conduct a town hall meeting from 7 to 8 p.m. Monday in the Bud Sullivan Community Room at the Lodi Public Library, 201 W. Locust St.

For more information, call 468-3113.

County to develop airport business park

STOCKTON — Buildings for offices, air cargo, distribution, retail and services will be built in the Airport East Business Park in south Stockton.

The San Joaquin County Board of Supervisors approved a master development agreement on Tuesday with Catellus Development Group, to construct the buildings.

The project will generate as many as 14,000 jobs to the area, according to Supervisor Leroy Ornellas.

The business park will be completed in 15 to 20 years on 550 acres.

The new county agriculture center is currently under construction.

Vallejo City Council staves off bankruptcy

VALLEJO — The Vallejo City Council has approved a deal that will keep the city out of bankruptcy, at least for now.

After a meeting that lasted about six hours, the council voted in favor early Tuesday morning of a last minute labor agreement officials reached last week with the city's police and fire unions.

Under the deal, police and firefighters will take paycuts. There will also be cuts to city services.

Without the agreement, city officials had said Vallejo would have run out of money in about a month.

Chico State instructor charged in pot bust

CHICO — A newly hired instructor at Chico State University has been charged in connection with a suspected marijuana growing operation.

Suspicious postal employees triggered an investigation last month after 42-year-old Elaine Ilana Meiri tried to ship a 3-pound package to Hawaii.

Police searched her home and reported finding 45 pounds of processed marijuana. They arrested Meiri and 56-year-old Denver Troyer. Both have pleaded not guilty.

Meiri and Troyer are being held until they can prove they did not use money from the sale of drugs to post bail.

Chico State hired Meiri a few weeks ago to teach Hebrew.