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• Galt Superintendent Tom Gemma will receive $50,000 resignation bonus

• Galt, Lodi city councils face questions on travel, stipend cash

• Suspects in Thornton bullfighting confrontation to be arraigned today

• Regional Roundup

November 2nd, 2009

• Deputies name suspect in fatal Acampo shooting

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

• 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

• 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

• Weekend bus service to continue until Lodi City Council makes decision

• A lower Lodi Lake

• Streetside scarecrows

November 4th, 2009

• San Joaquin County sues state over prison hospital planned for Stockton

• California sends Democratic loyalist John Garamendi to Congress

• Candle fire

• Rep. Jerry McNerney sets telephone town hall for Thursday

• Jason Behrmann is unanimously named Galt's city manager

• Regional Roundup

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

• Bicycling father raising awareness of teen suicide

• Galt City Council argues over ordinance hiring residents

• Big win for Allen Baroni in reclamation election

November 3rd, 2009

• Clarification

• Correction

• Galt considers ordinance that would require city contractors to hire locally

• Regional Roundup

• Have you seen a missing guide dog puppy in Lodi?

• Jason Behrmann is top candidate for Galt city manager

• Deputies name suspect in fatal Acampo shooting

• 500 attend service for Kyle Coumas

• Galt man dies after weekend Highway 12 crash

November 2nd, 2009

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

• Public Meetings

• Correction

• Kyle Coumas funeral today

• 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

• Downtown Lodi trick or treat

October 31st, 2009

• Izzy Laviola and Seth Siddle-Mitchell crowned Tokay homecoming queen and king

• Tokay High evacuation

• Finishing touches on Hill House replica

• Regional Roundup

• Lodi-area Halloween events

• Lodi a reflection of Halloween's retail emergence

• Area schools have no plans of closing due to H1N1 virus

• In remembrance of Kyle Coumas

• Gated communities in Lodi

• City of Lodi settles case of mistaken identity

October 30th, 2009

• Officials hope new Highway 12 stoplight will make road safer

• Red Ribbon Week

• Logbook

• Roundup of Lodi-area Halloween events

• Lockeford soldier Kyle Coumas' funeral set for Monday

• Lodi sales tax revenue less than expected

• Regional Roundup

• Local reaction to economic growth

• Get an early start trick-or-treating in Downtown Lodi

• When there's something strange ...

• Stockton breaks ground on Delta Water Supply Project

• Possible extention of first-time homebuyer tax credit?

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Regional Roundup

Two sought in carjacking

A man was punched and carjacked early Saturday, and police are looking for two of the three suspects.

The man was not seriously injured, and his car was found before he could even get to a phone to report the crime.

Lodi police were initially called at 2:07 a.m. by residents who noticed several men who parked a car and were looking into another vehicle near Flora and Washington streets, said Sgt. Bill Alexander.

When officers arrived, three men jumped over a fence and ran from the scene, but police soon found all three suspects.

One man, 30-year-old Arturo Baron, of Lodi, was detained for prowling because police found him on private property. However, two others had not committed any crimes, so police released them at the scene.

Then police got a call from a man who said he'd been carjacked by a man who first asked for a cigarette and then punched him. Police realized the car was the same one that the three suspects had left, and the victim identified Baron as the man who got into his car after two other men pulled him from it, Alexander said.

Police believe the two men released at the original scene were involved in the carjacking and were looking for them Monday. Investigators did not release their names to avoid compromising the case.

Man arrested afterpolice find gun, ammo

A Lodi man was arrested on firearm charges Saturday evening when police stopped the car in which he was riding.

Larry Alt, 24, was in a car driven by a woman who had possibly been involved in a fight in the Target parking lot, Lodi police said. Though the woman wasn't arrested, Alt was booked into jail on a number of charges.

Police were called at 5:50 p.m. to a report of a fight possibly involving a knife, with the female suspect leaving in a brown Mercedes.

Officer Robert Rench stopped the car at Kettleman Lane and Crescent Avenue, and saw the male passenger begin reaching under the seat, Sgt. Bill Alexander said. Rench ordered the man to stop, and the passenger, later identified as Alt, complied.

Police learned that Alt was on probation and could be searched, and they soon found a gun with an expended cartridge inside, Alexander said. Officers also found three different kinds of ammunition, which Alt was barred from possessing because of a previous felony conviction, police said.

Alt was arrested, while the driver was released.

Inside the car, police also found a Nintendo game system and Cannon camera believed to be stolen, Alexander said. The camera contained pictures of a Hispanic family, and police asked any possible theft victims to contact them at 333-6728, and to reference case No. 09-4442.

Comment period for power project extended

The Transmission Agency of Northern California and Western Area Power Administration have extended the public comment period for a multi-county electrical transmission line until July 30. The deadline had been set for Sunday.

The proposal is to construct and upgrade about 600 miles of high-voltage transmission lines from Tracy to Modoc County. The project drew controversy locally when Thornton residents became concerned about the lines going through their community and the nearby Cosumnes River Preserve.

Comments may be mailed to David Young, National Environmental Policy Act Document Manager, Western Area Power Administration, Sierra Nevada Region, 114 Parkshore Drive, Folsom, CA 95630; by e-mail to TTPEEIS@wapa.gov; or by fax to (916) 353-4772.

For more information related to the proposal, call (916) 353-4777 or visit www.wapa.gov/transmission/ttp/htm and www.tanc.us.

Valley health council gets new member

Lita Wallach, of Woodbridge, was named to the Central Valley Health Policy Institute's Regional Advisory Council.

The institute was established as an ancillary unit of California State University, Fresno in April 2002. It is intended to benefit from the interdisciplinary faculty and operational support coordinated through the Central California Center for Health and Human Services.

Institute activities reflect Fresno State's commitment to regional leadership in research, education, training and technical assistance.

Council members are appointed by the Fresno State president.