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• A haunted holiday

• Missing fire captain from Lodi found alive in Sierra

• 3 challenge Dan Lungren in Galt congressional race

• Galt recall committee sues city

• Murder trial postponed for woman accused of shooting Lodi grandmother

• Regional Roundup

• Galt attorney: Son harassed by teacher over Proposition 8

• Galt, Cosumnes Community Services District reach tentative settlement

November 2nd, 2009

• Deputies name suspect in fatal Acampo shooting

November 8th, 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

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• 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 7th, 2009

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• 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

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• Paul Tebbel shines spotlight on sandhill cranes

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• 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

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• 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

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Murder trial postponed for woman accused of shooting Lodi grandmother

The trial of a Lodi woman charged in the shooting death of a grandmother was postponed Thursday after her attorney was released from the case.

Amera Addi

Amera Addi, 20, will return to court today for appointment of an attorney to release Gary Hickey, who had represented her since December. A Nov. 21 trial was canceled and a new date is not yet set.

Addi is charged with murder in the Oct. 4, 2007, shooting of Georgina Perez. She did not fire the gun but is charged with murder under a law that allows a murder charge for those who help suspects. In Addi's case, she drove the getaway car. Prosecutors and Lodi police have said the Swain Drive shooting was a case of a mistaken address relating to a gang dispute. The suspect, who has not been charged for lack of evidence, had allegedly gotten into a fight with someone who lived in a different home on Swain Drive.

Perez, of Visalia, happened to be visiting her young grandson in Lodi that night when shots were fired through closed window blinds. She never saw the bullet, and the shooter never saw her.

Addi was arrested two months later and led detectives to the gun, which was buried at Lodi Lake.

She qualifies for a public defender, but an outside attorney was needed because the San Joaquin County Public Defender's Office had represented Addi's former boyfriend.

Hickey was appointed to handle the case, and it was scheduled for trial next month.

After meeting in the judge's chambers, Hickey and Deputy District Attorney Mark Ott returned to the Stockton courtroom, where Hickey said he and Addi both wanted him to be relieved from the case.

The judge granted the request after making sure Addi knew the move would hinder her right to a speedy trial. She remains in the county jail on $1 million bail.

Hickey declined after court to discuss why he will no longer handle the case.

Contact reporter Layla Bohm at layla@lodinews.com.