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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

November 19th, 2009

• Logbook

• Water surges in Mokelumne River yield more salmon

• Suspect arrested after hiding in fridge

• Lodi City Council plans to cap number of taco trucks at 22

• Operation: Christmas

• Corrections

• Sales tax hike yields dividends: 5 new officers join Galt Police

• Chase ends in crash

• Lodi Unified School District board votes to cancel summer school for 2010

• Lodi City Council will consider redevelopment next June

• Galt Joint Union High School Distric hires new superintendent

November 18th, 2009

• Congress allocates money for local water projects

• Lodi man finds wife's ashes during police display of stolen property

• Sarah Palin's book hits the shelves: Locals react

• Regional Roundup

• Galt City Council rejects study on rent stabilization

• Paranormal group conducts second investigation of building

November 17th, 2009

• Lodi Budget and Finance Committee to look into ways to save money on employee benefits

• Redevelopment to be discussed by Lodi City Council again

• Paying tribute to a Lodian

• Regional Roundup

• Court reinstates death penalty for killer of Lodi grad

• Clements gets free water rescue boat

• Clarification

• Decision on summer school expected at tonight's Lodi Unified School District meeting

November 16th, 2009

• Sierra Adventure store to close after four years in Downtown Lodi

• Regional Roundup

• Correction

• Lodi's First Sip event showcases area wineries' latest vintages

• City Council 'triple-dog dared' to ditch cars, use Lodi buses

• Three members of Lodi-area family fall ill after eating poisonous mushrooms they reportedly found at Lodi Lake

• Public Meetings

November 14th, 2009

• Regional Roundup

• Despite an increase in homeless students, school districts look to bolster enrollment, raise revenue

• A first look at 2009 vintages at Lodi's First Sip wine-tasting event

• Watchful neighbor in Lodi helped bust suspected burglars

• New Galt city manager juggles job, family

• Galt school district narrows superintendent search to one

• Despite budget cuts, some Lodi Unified School District salaries continue to rise

November 13th, 2009

• What to expect with new homebuyer tax credit

• Lodi Muslim: Local mosque not involved

• Regional Roundup

• Burglary suspects are under arrest

• Lodi veteran recounts close calls in Vietnam

• Mayor Larry Hansen points out Lodi's economic progress

• First phase of Lockeford park by 2011?

November 12th, 2009

• Logbook

• Correction

• Robotics team at Jim Elliot invited to compete in Israel

• City of Lodi begins annual leaf removal program Monday

• Liberty Ranch construction at standstill as state pulls funds

• Will Lodi adopt a program that will allow volunteers to work at parks?

• With song and speech, veterans are recognized in Lodi

• 20 years later, Acampo man remembers the fall of the Berlin Wall

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Two men survive Tracy plane crash

Two men survived a plane crash shortly after noon today when they broke glass to free themselves from the cockpit submerged in the Delta-Mendota canal.

The pilot and the passenger were sitting on the embankment when they were found by Tracy firefighters and taken to Sutter Tracy Community Hospital, where they're being treated for minor injuries.

They were soggy and a little bloodied, but had no serious injuries, said Tracy fire division chief Andy Kellogg.

"They are damn lucky," Kellogg said.

The men took off from the Tracy Municipal Airport this afternoon and had some trouble with their plane. How it malfunctioned remains unclear, but whatever it was prompted the pilot to turn around just west of Tracy. As he turned, the plan quickly lost altitude, Kellogg said.

"They tried to land in a field, but realized that wasn't going to happen, so they aimed for the levee by the canal," he said. "They wound up going right in the water."

The men went under with the plane just southwest of the Tracy airport, but managed to crawl out and swim to shore.

San Joaquin County Sheriff's deputies and Tracy police left the airplane in the canal. They couldn't locate it as of 2 p.m. this afternoon and believe that the heavy current may have dragged it far beyond where it crashed.

The men are being treated for minor injuries. Their identities remain unknown.