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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 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

• Regional Roundup

• Delta College trustees again collide over stipend committee

• 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

• Bad bugs, weeds are hot topics at Grape Day

February 2nd, 2010

• Big rig plows 7 cars

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

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

• Jumpers across California

• Correction

• Regional Roundup

• No snow leopards, otters for Micke Grove

• McNerney leads in campaign cash

• Police: Train victim was a Lodi teen

February 1st, 2010

• Find cuddly alpacas not too far from Lodi

• Public Meetings

• Patients can expect faster, better service when Lodi Memorial Hospital's new emergency room opens

• Man killed by Amtrak train in Lodi

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

• Will terrorists be given Miranda warnings? (75)
• President Obama's first year (67)
• Lodi Unified School District president issues warning to speakers over cuts (64)
• Local business leaders say tourism, Costco, Home Depot may play roles in city's future (60)
• Islamic symbol in mosaic — what is all the fuss? (49)
• Many reject the politics of 'no' (45)
• Writer comments on Neely column (42)
• The Home Depot hopes to join Costco at Reynolds Ranch (41)
• Police: Train victim was a Lodi teen (31)
• Time to shed the convenient sham of 'Don't ask, don't tell' policy (31)

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Regional Roundup

Court appearance for 2 charged in heat death

Two people charged in connection with the May 2008 heat-related death of a Lodi farmworker made their second court appearance Thursday.

Maria De Los Angeles Colunga and her brother, Elias Armenta, will return to court Sept. 17. In the meantime attorneys will give each other more evidence, said San Joaquin County Deputy District Attorney Lester Fleming.

De Los Angeles Colunga, owner of now-defunct Merced Farm Labor, and Armenta, the company's safety coordinator, face involuntary manslaughter charges in the death of Maria Vasquez Jimenez. The 17-year-old girl collapsed May 14, 2008, in a Farmington vineyard during a heat wave, and died two days later at Lodi Memorial Hospital.

A third man charged in the case, foreman Raul Martinez, didn't appear at the initial May 5 arraignment, and did not appear Thursday.

As of Thursday, a warrant had yet to be issued for Martinez's arrest.

The state shut down Merced Farm Labor soon after Jimenez's death, and issued fines of more than $262,000 for failing to follow heat safety laws. California requires that employees working outside be given water, shade and training about heat illness.

De Los Angeles Colunga and Armenta, of Atwater, are out of custody on their promise to appear in court.

— Layla Bohm

Lodi Public Library reduces hours

Reduced hours at the Lodi Public Library started this week as part of the city's budget cuts for the 2009-2010 fiscal year. The library will move back to its Locust Street location in early August, but the hours will continue.

Here are the adjusted hours: 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. Monday through Wednesday; 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Thursday; Closed Friday; 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday; 1 to 5 p.m. Sunday.

— News-Sentinel staff