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• City sends water truck to douse dust at DeBenedetti Park

• San Joaquin County Parks and Recreation Commission takes a first look at suggested changes to Woodbridge Wilderness Area

• Lodi City Council members, Michael Freedman discuss Downtown's future

• Abuse victim testifies at Charles Peck trial

• Only one shows up for truck ordinance meeting in Thornton

• Regional Roundup

• Parents of slain U.S. soldier Kyle Coumas, of Lockeford, release statement

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)
• 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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Regional Roundup

Gas station robbed at gunpoint

A Lodi gas station was robbed at gunpoint Monday night, the second such robbery in less than four days.

Nobody was injured, and police did not say if they suspected the robberies were connected.

Monday's robbery happened around 8:20 p.m. when a man entered the gas station at 20 W. Turner Road, said Lodi Police Lt. Tod Patterson.

The man pointed a black handgun at the female clerk and demanded cash, and she complied. The suspect then ran south on Sacramento Street.

Police did not disclose the amount of cash that was taken.

Patterson said the suspect was described as a Hispanic man in his 30s or 40s, 5 feet 9 inches to 5 feet 11 inches tall, weighing about 190 to 200 pounds.

He wore a blue zip-up sweatshirt that had white sleeves and writing across the front, including the number "27." He wore blue jeans, white shoes and pulled a stocking over his face.

A little more than three days earlier, an armed gunman robbed a clerk at USA Gas, at the corner of Lower Sacramento Road and Lodi Avenue. That robbery happened around 2:20 a.m. Thursday.

Anyone with information may call Lodi police at 333-6727 or Lodi-area Crime Stoppers at 333-6771.

— Layla Bohm

NaNoWriMo, anyone?

Are you one of 119,000 people in America who will participate in NaNoWriMo this year?

For the month of November, people across the United States will celebrate National Novel Writing Month. Are you one of them? If so, we want to talk to you.

NaNoWriMo participants will chain themselves to their keyboards as they strive to write 50,000 words in the form of a fiction or non-fiction novel by the end of the month. Last year, there were 119,000 participants around the U.S. The competition meant to get writers writing kicks off Nov. 1. The prize is possibly getting published, or at least having a good start on a potential novel.

If you plan to participate in National Novel Writing Month, contact Lauren Nelson at laurenn@lodinews.com or 369-7035 to be part of an upcoming Lodi Living story.

— Lauren Nelson

Swine flu shots discontinued

Due to depleted supply, San Joaquin County Public Health Services will discontinue giving swine flu shots until further notice.

County officials expect to receive additional vaccine supplies for swine flu, also known as H1N1, within two weeks, according to a news release from county Public Health Officer Karen Furst.

A sufficient supply is expected for all five "target groups" considered high priority for initial doses. They are: