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Can Lodi take a balanced approach to pit bull regulation?

Lodi faces a tough collective decision on the possible regulation of pit bulls. You probably recall our story about the pit bull that attacked and killed a cherished pet dachshund named Shelby at Lodi Lake.

Posted in Marty n rich on Friday, May 31, 2013 5:31 pm. | Tags: Pit Bull , Bull , Human Interest , Dog , Lodi Lake , Kris Anderson , Animal Shelter , Neutering , Reporter , Shelby , City Law Relating Comments (27)

What was in my wallet? A counterfeit $10!

Friday last week, Christi and I had our friends George and Cathy Phillips in from Upland in Southern California so we went downtown to show them around.

Posted in Marty n rich on Friday, May 31, 2013 9:26 am. | Tags: Jasmine Harris , Olive Heaven , Cathy Phillips , George Phillips , United States Secret Service , Federal Reserve System , Puralinda Sanchez , U.s. Treasury , Us Federal Reserve , Secret Service , Amazon.com , Olive Oil , Counterfeit $10 , Counterfeit , Detecting Counterfeit Bills Comments (0)

Introducing two young Lodi writers

Marty Weybret

I've just OKd two Newsy Neighbors posts that I'm very proud of.

Posted in Marty n rich on Wednesday, May 22, 2013 4:18 pm. | Tags: Lodi News-sentinel , Track And Field , High Jump , Gino Prieto , Jose Magallon , Tokay High School , Latinos Club De Las Americas Comments (0)

In praise of the Sacramento Bee’s Bay Bridge investigation

If you missed it Sunday, go on the Internet and read the Sacramento Bee's investigative piece on construction problems on the new East span of the Bay Bridge.

Posted in Marty n rich on Tuesday, May 21, 2013 10:36 am. | Tags: Sacramento Bee , California Department Of Transportation , Jerry Brown , California Public Records Act , Bay Bridge , Dan Walters , San Francisco Oakland Bay Bridge , Caltrans , Charles Pillars , Oakland , News Media , East Span , Engineering Comments (0)

Can Lodi get a jump on a $17 million obligation?

Last July I wrote a blog item commending the city of Lodi for steering clear of the underfunded retirement health benefit mess that Stockton fell into.

Posted in Marty n rich on Friday, May 17, 2013 3:39 pm. | Tags: Employment Compensation , Labor , Lodi , Jordan Ayers , Pension , Finance , Retirement , Sick Leave , Stockton California , Steve Schwabauer , Bob Johnson , Health Insurance , Municipal Finance , Unfunded Liability Comments (0)

Soup in the business bowl, again

The mere fact I got out of the office is a sign of the times.

Posted in Marty n rich on Friday, May 10, 2013 10:49 am. | Tags: Business_finance , Dennis Cunnington , Legal Advertising , Tracy Kelley , Larry Underhill , Advertising Director , The Sentinel , Advertising Segments , Jim Roster , Readers' Choice , Lodi News-sentinel , Advertising Comments (2)

Our connection to The Chron

Posted in Marty n rich on Tuesday, April 30, 2013 4:12 pm. Updated: 11:52 am. | Tags: San Francisco Chronicle , Sentinel , The Chronicle , San Francisco , Journalism , Allen Matthews , Marty Weybret , Jordan Guinn , Lodi News-sentinel , Managing Editor , Marc Lutz , Maggie Creamer , Frank Mina , Deb Wandell , Dan Evans , Daryl Bunao , Matt Wilson Comments (0)

A new face in the newsroom, and some new assignments, too

We've had a promotion and a new hire here, and a related reassignment of beats. Like the staff at many papers, our reporters are now stretching to handle multiple coverage areas. I guess it relfects that cliche: Doing more with less. But our staff here is passionate about journalism and very hard-working. I'm excited about these changes and how our staff has responded.

Posted in Marty n rich on Saturday, April 20, 2013 1:50 pm. Comments (1)

Learning and teaching are a two-way street

I have this habit of opening my mouth.

Posted in Marty n rich on Friday, April 5, 2013 3:38 pm. Comments (0)

The best cover letter?

We're recruiting for a reporter position, so I have been sifting through resumes and cover letters.

Posted in Marty n rich on Wednesday, February 13, 2013 10:14 am. | Tags: Cover Letter , Lodi , Reporter , Richardh Lodinews.com , Letter Writing , Stuck In Lodi , Reporter Job , Ccr , Best Cover Letter , Most Creative Cover Letter Comments (0)

A great lunch with old friends

I enjoyed the Lodi Association of Realtors annual luncheon at the River Mill in French Camp last week — lots of fun moments.

Posted in Marty n rich on Tuesday, December 18, 2012 5:45 pm. | Tags: Real Estate , Don Faught , Tim Stevenson , Lodi Association Of Realtors , River Mill , Marlene Gutierrez , Melanie Penino , Dana Swanson , Hazel Kerner , Kerry Suess , California Association Of Realtors , Davis Mahoney , Horizon Community Church , Real Estate Agent , Theresa Prim , Business And Economy Comments (0)

Lodi takes care of its kids

I got our usual holiday season call from Lodi Adopt-A-Child manager Jerry Glenn on Wednesday.

Posted in Marty n rich on Friday, December 7, 2012 3:13 pm. Updated: 10:15 am. | Tags: Christmas , Jerry Glenn , Angie Valdovinos , Brenda Armento , Dyanne Jones , Kathy Reynolds , Lupe Cabrera , Isabel Ochoa , 100 E Pine St, Lodi, Ca , Lodi, Ca , Christmas Charity Comments (1)

Unique postcard features President Obama with B.J. Hill

Reporter Ross Farrow passed along a unique postcard recently: President Obama meeting with B.J. Hill, who trekked through Lodi in 2008.

Posted in Marty n rich on Tuesday, November 27, 2012 3:17 pm. Updated: 6:59 pm. Comments (0)

Fear of flubbing the introductions

Ever suffered "introductophobia"?

Posted in Marty n rich on Tuesday, November 20, 2012 5:25 pm. Updated: 5:41 pm. | Tags: Lodi News-sentinel , Kmax-tv , Lodi , Courtney Dempsey , Theresa Larson , Sentinel , Good Day Sacramento , Pawn Shop Insider , Marty Weybret , Introductophobia Comments (0)

Hurricane update from the Big Apple

Just in case our readers were worried about the Lodians in New York whom I wrote about yesterday:

Posted in Marty n rich on Tuesday, October 30, 2012 4:59 pm. Updated: 5:36 pm. | Tags: New York City , Empire State Building , New York , Manhattan , Skyscraper , Trump Tower , Megan Bedford , United Nations , Mike Weybret Comments (0)

What is your favorite advice on writing?

Posted in Marty n rich on Tuesday, October 30, 2012 12:25 pm. Updated: 1:55 pm. Comments (0)

Lodians in New York City wait out Hurricane Sandy

As Hurricane Sandy hurls devastating winds toward the East Coast, three young Lodi natives wait expectantly in a second-story Manhattan apartment, six blocks from an evacuation zone.

Posted in Marty n rich on Monday, October 29, 2012 2:44 pm. Updated: 7:30 am. | Tags: Lodi California , Adrienne Reynolds , East River , Manhattan , New York City , Ann Yacopetti , Mike Weybret , Megan Bedford , New York University , Annie Santos , Rex Reynodls , Marjie Yacopetti , Ron Yacopetti , Christi Kennedy Weybret , Lodi News-sentinel , Jeanette Bedford , Steve Bedford , Sentinel , Hurricane Sandy , Storm Posts , Headlamps , Apple Laptops Comments (0)

Thursday was Ralph Lea’s day

You may have missed it, but Thursday was Ralph Lea History Day in Lodi.

Posted in Marty n rich on Friday, October 19, 2012 6:08 am. Updated: 8:48 am. | Tags: Lodi California , Mayor , Joanne Mounce , History , Lodi Historical Society , Ralph Lea , Geography Of The United States , San Joaquin County Historical Society Comments (0)

Berta's brain cells were firing right up to the end

Berta Peterson passed away Sept. 28 and her family celebrated her life with a grand get-together at the Lodi Womans Club Friday.

Posted in Marty n rich on Monday, October 15, 2012 2:26 pm. Updated: 5:01 pm. | Tags: Berta Peterson , Steve Von Berg , Peterson , Irrigation , Lodi Womans Club , Carol , Laughter , Humor , Family Life , Lodi , Grape Grower Comments (0)

Scare at Bear Valley is over; 2012-13 ski season is on

Christi and I were worried to hear rumors last month that Bear Valley Ski Resort might not open for the 2012-13 season.

Posted in Marty n rich on Friday, October 12, 2012 5:04 pm. Comments (0)

Good news: The Tokay track reopens

The all-weather track at Tokay High School has reopened most weeknights and may soon open for limited hours on weekends, too.

Posted in Marty n rich on Thursday, September 27, 2012 10:01 am. Updated: 6:49 am. Comments (0)

There's 'thank you' and then there's the really thoughtful thank you note

We had some Christi's museum buddies over for a little barbecue and river cruise Sunday.

Posted in Marty n rich on Thursday, September 13, 2012 7:51 pm. Updated: 8:37 pm. Comments (0)

Emma Greene heading to UC Davis

Emma Greene is off to UC Davis soon.

Posted in Marty n rich on Tuesday, September 11, 2012 4:56 pm. Updated: 7:05 pm. Comments (0)

The budget can be made simple but not easy

Journalist David Wessel appears to have done the impossible. In his new book, he made the federal budget understandable.

Posted in Marty n rich on Thursday, September 6, 2012 10:16 pm. Updated: 10:30 pm. Comments (0)

Update: Committee to work out reopening of Tokay track

A very positive meeting Tuesday night, with trustees voting to work out final details for limited community access to the Tokay track.

Posted in Marty n rich on Tuesday, September 4, 2012 9:15 am. Updated: 10:59 am. | Tags: Education , Tokay High School , All-weather Track , Lodi Unified School District Comments (0)

Little buckaroos — and a zillion balloons

My fingers are still slightly sore.

Posted in Marty n rich on Monday, August 27, 2012 11:12 am. Updated: 12:20 pm. Comments (0)

Lodi isn't giving away mega health benefits

Watching Stockton’s treasury get wiped out by spendy arenas and the granting of over-generous employee benefits got me thinking: Do city of Lodi retirees get paid health insurance?

Posted in Marty n rich on Wednesday, July 18, 2012 5:28 pm. | Tags: Employment Compensation , Leave , Employee Benefit , Labor , Lodi , Stockton California , Sick Leave , Retirement , Jeff Hood , News-sentinel , Stockton , Lodi City Council , Health Insurance , Paid Health Insurance , City Hall , Stockton City Council Comments (1)

Tokay’s wonderful track — and a case of the jitters.

It was time for public comments, and I took a deep breath.

Posted in Marty n rich on Friday, June 22, 2012 11:45 am. Updated: 6:41 pm. Comments (2)

When house hunting, not any Lodi will do

My friends Tom and Nancy Shock got more success than they bargained for when they advertised for a tenant in the Lodi News-Sentinel.

Posted in Marty n rich on Wednesday, June 20, 2012 4:16 pm. Updated: 5:14 pm. Comments (0)

Searching for a lost hero

"I see something," Mitch said, pointing to a glint in the forest maybe 50 yards ahead.

Posted in Marty n rich on Friday, June 15, 2012 9:56 am. Updated: 10:32 am. | Tags: Lake Tahoe , Sierra Nevada , Leo Walker , Global Positioning System , Desolation Wilderness , Sacramento California , Crash Site , Gps , Pilot There Were Seven Men Aboard , El Dorado County California , Salt Lake City , Reno Nevada , Reno , California , Mitch Hanner Comments (0)

Restaurants that bring back memories

Rich and I took a quick biz trip to Sacramento Wednesday and when the lunch hour rolled around he surprised me with a trip to the last Sam's Hof Brau in existence.

Posted in Marty n rich on Thursday, June 14, 2012 1:41 pm. Updated: 3:46 pm. | Tags: Cosmopolitan , Lodi , Villa Basque , Stockton California , Hollywood Cafe , Stockton , Sam's Hof Brau , Croce's , Pietro's , Rosewood , El Rancho Inn , Comfort Food , Restaurants Comments (0)

Lodi is doing more than installing new water meters

We've given lots of coverage to the installation of water meters in Lodi. That project began last year, but there's more to it than just meters.

Posted in Marty n rich on Friday, May 25, 2012 9:52 am. Updated: 1:23 pm. | Tags: Water Meters , Teichert Construction Comments (4)

Newsy Neighbors: We want your grad photos, fishing pics, your club news — and more

Did you snap a cool shot at your kid's graduation?

Posted in Marty n rich on Thursday, May 24, 2012 10:54 am. Updated: 11:59 am. Comments (0)

Where were the helmets?

"I have a bone to pick with you, Rich."

Posted in Marty n rich on Sunday, May 20, 2012 3:04 pm. Updated: 6:27 am. Comments (1)

Lodi tourists by the numbers

Even though the Sentinel publishes 55,000 copies of its Discover Lodi visitors guide each year, I still struggle to think of my home town as a tourist destination.

Posted in Marty n rich on Wednesday, May 2, 2012 4:01 pm. Updated: 6:09 pm. | Tags: Lodi California , Hospitality_recreation , Lodi , Bob Johnson , Lodi Conference And Visitors Bureau , Nancy Beckman , Substantial Advertising Budget , School Street , Tourism , Wine & Roses , Wine , Visitors Comments (0)

Google and glass

A small group of us from the Sentinel traveled to the Googleplex in Mountain View a few years back to hammer out an agreement for the Googleites to digitize our newspaper archives.

Posted in Marty n rich on Wednesday, May 2, 2012 11:57 am. Updated: 6:28 am. | Tags: Project Glass , Google , Human-computer Interaction , Googleplex , Mountain View California , Youtube , Wearable Computing , Wearable Hands-free Comments (0)

News stories in the shadows

I was reading an Associated Press story about "shadow" real estate inventory this morning and I soon had a sense of disappointment.

Posted in Marty n rich on Monday, April 2, 2012 8:01 am. Updated: 9:06 am. | Tags: Real Estate Agent , Sentinel , Florida , Associated Press , Frank Verna , Miami Herald , Real Estate Inventory , Shadow Real Estate , Lodi News-sentinel , Finding News Comments (0)

Should a notorious liar and fake be a California lawyer?

Should Stephen Glass be allowed to practice law in California?

Posted in Marty n rich on Wednesday, March 28, 2012 11:32 am. Updated: 6:29 am. | Tags: Stephen Glass , Journalism , Mass Media , Shattered Glass , The New Republic , Delta College , Georgetown University Law Center , California Lawyer , Committee Of Bar Examiners , State Bar Court , Mass Communications Class , Georgetown University Law School , Supreme Court Comments (4)

Beware: Young blonde woman going door to door in Woodbridge

I pulled into the driveway after work last week and a young woman was on the sidewalk, apparently waiting for me.

Posted in Marty n rich on Thursday, March 22, 2012 4:51 pm. Updated: 6:29 am. Comments (3)

Loren Herzog’s autopsy report

Our police reporter, Katie Nelson, and I have been going through the autopsy report for Loren Herzog, the killer who killed himself after being paroled last year.

Posted in Marty n rich on Tuesday, March 20, 2012 3:33 pm. Updated: 6:29 am. Comments (0)

My wine lover’s fantasy comes true

Jim Natsis, chairman of the Consumer Wine Awards at Lodi, needed a favor Saturday.

Posted in Marty n rich on Sunday, March 18, 2012 8:10 am. Updated: 9:06 pm. | Tags: Wine Tasting , Wine , Pooch , Tim Hanni , Chardonnay , Food And Drink , Kelly Brown , Bonnie Barr , Jim Natsis , Hutchins Street Square , Rotary Club , Kirst Hall , Wine Competition , After Party , Consumer Wine Awards At Lodi , G.m. "pooch" Pucilowsky , Master Of Wine Comments (0)

Readers help inform our coverage of a difficult case

Last week, I wrote an editor's note regarding the ongoing civil sex abuse case involving Father Michael Kelly of Lockeford. (That note is below.)

Posted in Marty n rich on Monday, March 12, 2012 2:23 pm. Updated: 6:29 am. Comments (0)

Lodians show up and show their love

Lodians are a loving lot, especially when it comes to their friends.

Posted in Marty n rich on Friday, March 2, 2012 4:07 pm. Updated: 6:55 pm. Comments (0)

Seeking info. about Parkin family

Dear readers: We recently received the following request for information about the Parkin family of Victor, victims of a terrible crime spree in the early 1970s. We're passing this along in case anyone can be of assistance.

Posted in Marty n rich on Tuesday, February 28, 2012 4:19 pm. Updated: 6:29 am. Comments (0)

How your cat is making you crazy

Posted in Marty n rich on Monday, February 27, 2012 12:07 pm. Updated: 7:41 pm. Comments (0)

The weird news about cats

OK, let me say this up front: I like cats.

Posted in Marty n rich on Monday, February 27, 2012 11:57 am. Updated: 6:29 am. Comments (1)

One of the nice kids shows another side to ‘the hot Lodi cop’

To put this in correct persepctive you have to realize that goalie Josh Parrish was always the one who lead the prayer before the game.

Posted in Marty n rich on Saturday, February 25, 2012 1:16 pm. Updated: 10:25 am. | Tags: Lodi , Josh Parrish , Joshua Parrish , Facebook , Soccer , Hot Lodi Cop , Humor Comments (3)

Lots of energy and learning at Lodi Middle School

Just back from career day at Lodi Middle School.

Posted in Marty n rich on Friday, February 24, 2012 5:56 pm. Updated: 6:29 am. Comments (1)

Forever young

Posted in Marty n rich on Tuesday, February 7, 2012 4:43 pm. Updated: 5:18 pm. Comments (0)

What is their secret?

We're still in our fledgling stages of video production, with Photo Chief Dan Evans leading the way.

Posted in Marty n rich on Tuesday, February 7, 2012 1:01 pm. Comments (0)

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