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• Cash for clunkers

• Gettin' trimmed at the All-American Barber Shop

• Galt Festival celebrates 50th anniversary

• Lodi fireworks on schedule for Saturday

• Lodi Unified School District's Barbara Johnston secures job in Berryessa

• Regional Roundup

• Holiday Closures

February 9th, 2010

• Middle College High School rated one of the best — and a bargain, to boot

• Lodi decathlon boasts top team in county

• Man who sparked counterfeit case pleads guilty

• Local businessman will visit Haiti to look for family

• Man who claimed to be Yosemite Sam pleads guilty to meth charge

• David Harmer seeks Republican congressional nod

• Lack of evidence in case against suspect in 'drug deal' stabbing

• Regional Roundup

February 8th, 2010

• Public Meetings

• Locals pick best, most memorable Super Bowl commercials

• Regional Roundup

February 6th, 2010

• The Home Depot hopes to join Costco at Reynolds Ranch

• Meet Larry, Curly and Moe

• Baboon business

• Regional Roundup

• Several Lodi venues let you watch the Super Bowl in style

• Lodi Library celebrates 100 years of serving the community

• Culinary craft

February 5th, 2010

• Kids, teachers help Haiti by collecting pennies for Learning Link

• Lodi, Galt students reach out to help Haiti earthquake survivors

• Tasered suspect claims he is Yosemite Sam

• Hours of sweat and work go into putting on crab feeds

• Things looking up for state's real estate

• Correction

• Regional Roundup

• Stray bullet strikes Lodi home; police suspect gang activity may be factor

February 4th, 2010

• Managers at Geweke Toyota answer questions about recall

• Lodi City Council votes to replace play structure at Century Park

• Lodi extends ban on pot shops for another year

• Mokelumne River triathlon set for June

• Family, friends to run half-marathon in memory of Galt family

February 3rd, 2010

• Correction

• Delta College trustees again collide over stipend committee

• Bad bugs, weeds are hot topics at Grape Day

• Lodi-area senators Dave Cox, Lois Wolk admit to gifts; Tom Berryhill case pending

• Lodi Unified School District president issues warning to speakers over cuts

• Galt City Council avoids budget cuts — for now

• New Lodi Memorial Hospital emergency room opens to the public without a hitch

• Regional Roundup

February 2nd, 2010

• Local business leaders say tourism, Costco, Home Depot may play roles in city's future

• Correction

• Former Lodian Erica Davis is first paraplegic woman to summit Kilimanjaro

• Regional Roundup

• No snow leopards, otters for Micke Grove

• McNerney leads in campaign cash

• Police: Train victim was a Lodi teen

• Big rig plows 7 cars

• Jumpers across California

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

• Will terrorists be given Miranda warnings? (75)
• Lodi Unified School District president issues warning to speakers over cuts (64)
• President Obama's first year (45)
• Many reject the politics of 'no' (45)
• Islamic symbol in mosaic — what is all the fuss? (44)
• Writer comments on Neely column (42)
• The Home Depot hopes to join Costco at Reynolds Ranch (41)
• Time to shed the convenient sham of 'Don't ask, don't tell' policy (34)
• We need to conduct respectful conversations (30)
• Tasered suspect claims he is Yosemite Sam (25)

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Lodi fireworks on schedule for Saturday

The city of Lodi will still celebrate the Fourth of July with its traditional fireworks show at Lodi Lake, but the show has been scaled back from a 20-minute show to a 15-minute show to save $6,000.

Earlier this year, the Lodi City Council considered 20-minute, 10-minute and 5-minute shows. It also considered canceling the event.

The scaled-back show will still have an opening and grand finale, with 954 fireworks planned. Last year, the community was treated to 1,460 fireworks.

The celebration will begin at 7 a.m. and end with the fireworks finale. The beach area and boat rentals will be available after 10 a.m. The Lodi Boys and Girls Club will have a kids' zone and food and drink for sale in the Rotary area of Lodi Lake.

Turner Road will be closed from Mills Avenue to Ham Lane from 6 a.m. until the police open it after the fireworks display. Permit and handicapped parking will be allowed on the north side of Turner Road adjacent to the park.

Police officers will check visitors' bags and ice chests. Alcohol, glass bottles, bicycles, fish poles and other items will not be allowed into the park.

The city of Galt's annual fireworks spectacular will be held at about 10 p.m. Saturday at Veterans Soccer Field, Caroline and Chabolla avenues. There will also be entertainment by the band, Moments Notice, at 6 p.m. The Galt Festival will also be held adjacent to Veterans Soccer Field.

While Stockton's annual fireworks display has been canceled, the Karl Ross American Legion Post will have an Independence Day parade from 10 a.m. to noon.

The parade will begin at Weber Institute, travel east on Weber Avenue, north on El Dorado Street, west on Fremont Street and south on Center Street.

Tonight the Stockton Ports will have a fireworks display from Banner Island Ballpark after their baseball game against the San Jose Giants. The games begin at 7:05 p.m.