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• In search of a buffalo's head? John Wayne? Soy candles? Street Faire offered it all

• Regional Roundup

• Public Meetings

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

• Jason Behrmann is unanimously named Galt's city manager

• Regional Roundup

• 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

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

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

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

• 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

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Regional Roundup

Police looking for auto theft suspect

Lodi police recovered a purple Mercury Cougar on Sunday that was stolen in Galt on April 23, police said.

Sgt. Chris Jacobson said he was parked on routine patrol in the parking lot at El Rancho Motel, 603 N. Cherokee Lane, when he saw the Cougar pull into the parking lot at 11:30 a.m. Sunday.

Knowing that a purple Mercury Cougar was stolen, Jacobson said he wanted to check out the one that had just arrived. The driver walked into a motel room, then climbed out the back window, jumped a fence and ran through some apartments, Jacobson said.

While waiting for other officers to arrive, Jacobson said he discovered that the car was stolen, but the license plates were of another purple Cougar that wasn't stolen. As it turned out, the license plates were registered to someone in Galt.

Although the driver got away, officers found that he left his wallet with his driver's license in the car, Jacobson said. It turns out that the driver is on parole for auto theft, police said.

The car owner got the vehicle back in good condition, but the radio was stolen, Jacobson said.

Galt classroom catches fire

The corner of a portable classroom on the east side of Fairsite Elementary School was damaged by a fire Sunday night, according to the Cosumnes Community Services District.

The school is located on Caroline Avenue between Chabolla Avenue and Lincoln Way.

Fire investigators think the fire, which began at about 8 p.m., may have been caused by a smoldering cigarette outside the building, Battalion Chief John Michelini said.

Firefighters from Cosumnes and Woodbridge had to tear out a small portion of the plywood floor in the corner of Room 22, but it appeared that no schoolwork was damaged. The classroom could be occupied again within a couple of days, Michelini said.