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Regional Roundup
Rape reported at party
Lodi police officers said they are investigating a report of a woman being raped at a party Saturday night in the area of Winding Oak Drive and Autumn Way in south Lodi.
The woman woke up and found a male on top of her, police said. She was taken to Kaiser Hospital in south Sacramento and transferred to UC Davis Medical Center for a sexual assault exam, police said.
Foreclosure map available online
The info map accompanying Saturday's front-page story on Lodi home foreclosures is now available online at www.lodinews.com/real_estate/foreclosures. The map provides the locations of homes foreclosed in Lodi between January and September 2008.
New Cosumnes board members to be sworn in
Galt resident Guy Rutter and Michelle Orrock of Elk Grove will be sworn in for the first time as members of the Cosumnes Community Services District board of directors on Wednesday.
Rutter, Orrock and incumbent Gil Albiani were elected to the five-member board. The district provides fire service to Galt and Elk Grove. In Elk Grove only, the district operates 80 parks, two community centers, two swim complexes, four recreation centers, a skate park, golf course and 18 miles of trails.
Rutter, a commercial beekeeper, was chief of the former Sloughhouse Fire Protection District for 28 years, and was chairman of the former Galt Fire Protection District board when the district merged with the Elk Grove Community Services District in 2006. The merged district was renamed Cosumnes.
Wednesday's board meeting will begin at 6:30 p.m. at the district office, 8820 Elk Grove Blvd., Elk Grove.
Free trolley rides in Stockton
San Joaquin Regional Transit District will offer free rides in different parts of Stockton beginning today and continuing through Jan. 2.
The "Holly Trolleys," decorated with holiday themes and playing holiday music, will be available on four routes:
For more information, call 943-1111 or 1-800-469-8674.

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