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• Herald rancher Gary Silva caters to increasing demand for goat meat

• San Joaquin County offers loans to aid businesses as RV center defaults

• Public Meetings

• 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

• 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' (43)
• 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

Police on lookout for 'unclicked' seat belts

Lodi police officers will be on special patrol to make sure that everyone has their seat belt on while driving or riding in a car through Nov. 30. Officers will look for drivers, passengers and children to make sure they are properly restrained.

No warnings will be given out.

"There is absolutely no question that seat belts save lives," Police Chief David Main said in a news release. "Buckling up will not only save you a heavy fine, it can also save your life."

California has a seat belt usage rate of 95.4 percent, but that still means more than 1.5 million people in the state are not buckling up. Properly restrained drivers, passengers and children have a 50 percent better chance of surviving a crash than unbelted occupants, according to the police department.

Those ejected from vehicles in crashes or rollovers are up to 35 times more likely to die than restrained occupants.

More than 175 local law enforcement agencies statewide and the California Highway Patrol will participate in this year's Click It or Ticket mobilization.

Funding was provided by a grant from the California Office of Traffic Safety through the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.

— Ross Farrow

Swine flu vaccines remain suspended

San Joaquin County will continue to suspend its H1N1 vaccination clinics this week due to a shortage of the vaccine, according to Public Health Officer Dr. Karen Furst.

For more information, call 469-8200 for a recorded message, 468-3862 for general questions or 468-3822 for medical questions, or visit www.sjcphs.org.

— Ross Farrow