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• Plugging up problems

• Lodi residents help Iowa town battle floodwaters

• Final career flight

• Truly a piece of Lodi's gold

• Tattoos embraced by Tokay students, staff

• Regional Roundup

• Lodi police conduct gang sweep in crime-prone neighborhood

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

The following stories have received the most reader comments during the last 7 days.

• The country's mess is our fault (169)
• 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 (45)
• The haves should help the have-nots (30)
• Tokay in, traveling to unbeaten No. 3 Grant for football playoffs (25)
• Government-run health care is a bad idea (20)
• Young woman fatally shot at Acampo home (17)
• Sierra Adventure store to close after four years in Downtown Lodi (16)

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Grand opening barbecue and fundraiser

As part of its grand opening, Cutting Edge Martial Arts is having a barbecue today beginning at noon at 2411 Stockton St., near Salas Park. Chicken and ribs will be available for purchase and there will be bounce-abouts for children and seminars for children and parents. Proceeds of the event will benefit the competition team to help them get to nationals.

Fair activities continue this weekend

The San Joaquin County Fair wraps up today and Sunday with two final days of fun.

Today at 3 p.m., the Stockton Classic car show will feature vehicles from before 1972. Following the car show at 6 p.m. is a professional bull riding show.

On stage tonight at 8 p.m. will be the Grand Funk Railroad.

Sunday's event includes a Charread Mexican Rodeo at 4 p.m. and music by Ramon Ayala at 8 p.m.

The fair will be held from 12 p.m. to 11 p.m. both days, and admission is $6 for adults, $3 for children, and $20 for carnival wristbands.

Other exhibits include:

Junior livestock auction: 9:30 a.m., 9:45 a.m.

Rain forest exhibit: 3 p.m., 5 p.m., 7 p.m.

Ham Bone Express (racing pigs): 2:30 p.m., 4:30 p.m., 6:30 p.m., 9 p.m.

Showboat Marionettes: 1 p.m., 3:30 p.m., 7:30 p.m.

Swan Bros. Circus: 1:30 p.m., 4 p.m., 6 p.m., 8 p.m.

Hypnotist, Suzy Haner: 6 p.m., 8 p.m., 10 p.m.

Stephen Lord, one-man band: 1 p.m.-6 p.m.

Grand jury finds fault with San Joaquin transit service

The San Joaquin County grand jury has accused the county's transit service of misusing credit cards, improper purchasing procedures and poor contract management, according to a report released Friday.

The district serves every city in the county as well as some rural routes.

Some of the jury's findings include staff using a district purchase card to buy a $1,038 dinner at Stockton restaurant and a $800 purchase at a Starbucks.

The jury had several recommendations for the district including to review all consultant contracts, enforce sanctions for credit card misuse and utilize "best practices" in hiring new staff.

In a statement responding to the jury's report, the district spokesman Paul Rapp said the jury did not consider all the pertinent information or "the many good things" the district has accomplished in the year such as increased ridership and improved transit services.

Rapp said district staff will submit a written response and rebuttal to the findings and recommendations of the jury.

The entire report can be found at www.stocktoncourt.org/grandjury.

McNerney votes against war spending bill

U.S. Rep. Jerry McNerney, D-Pleasanton, who represents Lodi, voted against the funding bill for the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.

McNerney's spokesman, Andy Stone, said the Congressman "was unwilling to cut another blank check for President Bush."

Stone said McNerney has a son in the U.S. Air Force and would never do anything to imperil U.S. soldiers. However, Stone said, McNerney could not support a bill that had "no restrictions, no benchmarks, no nothing.

"The Congressman is an advocate for a timetable for reducing troops in Iraq," Stone said. "It's the only way to get the Iraqi government to step up and take responsibility and conduct the political reconcilliation that hasn't taken place."

U.S. Rep. Dan Lungren, R-Gold River, who represents Galt, did vote for the bill.