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• Grass fire on Lower Sacramento Road shuts down traffic

• National group stlll plans prayer before Aug. 5 council meeting

• Abraham Castillo gets nine years in prison for role in shooting of teen boys

• Property tax assessments reduced

• Man apologizes, then robs Sally's Beauty Supply in Lodi

• Regional Roundup

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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Alumni Update

The latest news on local athletes who are continuing to play at the college or pro levels.

Zach Phillips
Sport: Baseball
High school: Galt
Professional: Frisco Rough Riders/Texas League Class AA/Texas Rangers affiliate
Phillips, a pitcher, appeared in one game last week against San Antonio and did not figure in the decision. He pitched three innings and allowed two hits and no runs with three walks and three strikeouts. He has an 0.00 earned run average this season.

Jason Bartlett
Sport: Baseball
High school: St. Mary's
Professional: Tampa Bay Rays
Bartlett, the starting shortstop, went 3-for-10 with a run scored and an RBI in three games on the road against Kansas City last week. Bartlett, an American League All-Star selection this summer, is hitting .345 for the Rays.

David Cooper
Sport: Baseball
High school: Tokay
Professional: New Hampshire Fisher Cats/Double AA Eastern League/Toronto Blue Jays affiliate
Cooper, the starting first baseman/designated hitter, went 4-for-16 with five runs batted in and one run scored over a four-game span. Cooper is now batting .256 on the season.

Justin Souza
Sport: Baseball
High school: Galt
Professional: Midland Rockhounds Double AA Texas League/Oakland Athletics affiliate
Souza, a starting pitcher, appeared in one game last week. He threw four innings and allowed five runs on seven hits with three walks and four strikeouts. Souza has an 14.25 ERA this season.

Ryan Mattheus
Sport: Baseball
High school: Galt
Professional: Colorado Rockies/Colorado Springs Sky Sox/TripleAAA affiliate
Mattheus was placed on the disabled list by the Sky Soxx and is scheduled to undergo Tommy John surgery on his throwing elbow.

Lisa Ferrero
Sport: Golf
High school: Lodi
Professional: DURAMED Futures Developmental Tour
Ferrero carded rounds of 73-72-72 to finish with a seven over par 217 and tied for 62nd place in the New England Golf Classic at the Wintonbury Hills Golf Course in Bloomfield, Connecticut. She earned $553 over the weekend.

Megan Heine
Sport: Volleyball
High school: Lodi
College: Simpson University
Heine accepted a scholarship to Simpson University and was signed on to be the starting outside hitter for the upcoming 2009-2010 season. Heine spent the last two years playing for Delta College.

Alex Rivers
Sport: Baseball
High school: Tokay
College: Santa Clara
Rivers is currently playing summer college baseball for the Madison Mallards in the Northwoods League is the regular starting pitcher on Friday nights. Rivers has compiled a win-loss record of 1-2 and, in 33 innings pitched, has allowed just 14 runs on 26 hits with 29 strikeouts against 12 walks. He has a 2.73 ERA this season.

Do you know of a local athlete that has continued playing at the college or pro levels? If so, the News-Sentinel encourages you (parents, coaches, athletes and anyone else) to update us on how these former athletes are doing. We'd like to update our readers as often as possible. You can reach the News-Sentinel sports department by phone at 369-7035 or by e-mail at sports@lodinews.com.