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• Taste sensation in Lodi

• Progressive solar plan pitched by Galt mayor

• New Lodi High gym opens; holds entire student body

• Coastal cleanup day at Lodi Lake Park

• Woodbridge Grange Hall may be open to community by December

• Regional Roundup

• Big turnout for the San Joaquin county ag center dedication

• Clarification

• Correction

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 (165)
• Obama is not a moderate (130)
• Sarah Palin's book hits the shelves: Locals react (70)
• Lodi City Council plans to cap number of taco trucks at 22 (49)
• The haves should help the have-nots (30)
• Public health care is a Christian option (29)
• Tokay in, traveling to unbeaten No. 3 Grant for football playoffs (25)
• Government-run health care is a bad idea (17)
• Young woman fatally shot at Acampo home (17)
• Sierra Adventure store to close after four years in Downtown Lodi (16)

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Sports Shorts

Flames ace McClatchy

Marissa Hinchman shot an even-par 38 to lead Lodi High's varsity girls golf team to a 240-264 victory over McClatchy on Thursday at Woodbridge Country Club's Lake Course.

Kercia Brakel carded a 41 for the Flames (3-0) and was followed by Danielle Aldrich (52), Courtney Schmidt (54) and Sarah Boles (55).

Girls Golf
Varsity
Galt 201, Florin 257

The Galt Warriors defeated Florin on Thursday in a shortened match at Forest Lake Golf Course. Due to a tournament following the contest, four Warriors played seven holes: Brittany Hamrick (41), Willie Douglas (42), Jodie Virtue (43) and Amber Garcia (44). Katie Carpenter and Kristen Fuery were only able to finish five holes, totaling scores of 34 and 41 respectively.

Galt is now 4-0 heading into Monday's Tracy West contest. The Warriors will begin league play on Wednesday.

Football
Freshmen
Lodi 20, Sheldon 0

The Lodi High freshman football team picked up right where it left off from last year's championship, defeating Sheldon 20-0 on Thursday in its first game of the 2008 season.

Ian Gerrero led the Flames' offense with two touchdown runs of 4 and 10 yards. Josh Mastro scored another TD with a 20-yard dash. Jeffery Dickenson hit two PATs and also recorded a touchback.

On defense, Lodi forced five turnovers. Daniel Frazier had two fumble recoveries and eight tackles, Justin Toschi stripped the ball once and recovered it and led the team with nine tackles, Mastro forced another fumble and came up with the recovery while Gregory Herzfeldt recorded seven tackles.

Volleyball
Varsity
Lodi 3, Manteca 1

Addie Alegre had 30 assists and three digs and the Flames (3-0) rallied to defeat host Manteca 26-28, 25-22, 25-19, 26-24.

Erin DeSnayer had 19 digs, 11 kills, five aces and Macy Boschee had 17 digs.

Freshmen-Sophomores
Lodi 2, Manteca 0

Betsy Colburn had three aces and four assists to lead the Flames (3-0) to a 25-21, 25-17 victory.

Jessica Malcolm had five kills and two aces, Kendra Sanguinetti had seven digs and Amanda Barba had two kills.

Freshmen
Lodi 2, Manteca 1

Kelsey Gini had 10 digs, seven kills and three aces to lead the Flames (2-1) to a 20-25, 25-10, 15-12 victory.

Megan McCay had five kills, two digs and four aces, Katie Bentz had six aces and three digs and Talyor Biglow added nine digs.

Boys Soccer
Varsity
Galt 2, Valley 1

Alfredo Mejia and Jesus Gallo each scored for the Warriors (4-1-2) in the victory at Valley. Temo Rincon had an assist and keeper J.J. Martinez had four saves.

Galt won the Cherry Island Tournament last weekend.

Cross Country
Varsity
SVC Meet

Galt High placed third in the SVC's first league meet on Wednesday at Serrano Country Club in El Dorado Hills. Galt's Arturo placed third with a time of 17 minutes, 16 seconds, and was followed by Josh Evans (5th), Matt Freitag (27th), Jason Coupe (28th) and Eddy Button (36th).

Galt's varsity girls placed second, led by Lauren Petersen's second-place finish with a time of 20:21. She was followed by Alison Motor (9th), Sam Walling (10th), Kelsea Tiapon (16th) and Sadie Stephenson (25th).

Galt's Austin Blake placed eighth in the frosh-soph boys race and Kayla Rodriguez was 19th in the frosh-soph girls meet.

Junior Football
Varsity
Tokay Thunder 24, Rio Vista River City Raiders 6

The Tokay Thunder (2-1) defeated the Rio Vista River City Raiders 24-6. Gary Norwood had 115 yards rushing and two TDs and Gerardo Guiterriez rushed for 112 yards and two TDs. Linebacker Julian Schmidli led the team in tackles, with Norwood contributing an interception. Guiterriez recovered a fumble and Mark Delnero had two sacks.

Starts

Jacob Jordan ran for 190 years and three TDs and RaRa Garnes rushed for 60 yards and a TD in the Thunder's 24-12 victory over the Raiders.

Games, Brett Benzler, A.J. Knap, Caleb Baxter and Josh Krchner had solid games on defense.

Rookies

The Thunder defeated the Raiders 34-0. Cruz Gutierriez had 100 yards rushing and two TDs, Styles Schmidli had 60 yards and 2 TDs and Kyle Flemming added 36 yards and one TD. On defense, Dylan Crawford led the team with 14 tackles, Brandon Diede added eight and also had a sack and Chase Ramirez had seven tackles.

The JV squad defeated the Raiders 42-0.