Q: If the city budget worsens, where would you cut? Please be specific.

Candidate Alan Nakanishi has raised $1,751 in donations for his Lodi City Council bid. He is also relying on $15,291 he transferred to his council campaign from his Board of Equalization campaign fund.

Lodi Mayor Alan Nakanishi will announce his candidacy for the 10th District seat in the state assembly this week.

Jonathan Alan Nakanishi, 42, formerly of Lodi, died June 21. He was born Nov. 14, 1969 in Newport News, Va.

We, the members of the fourth-grade class at Lodi Seventh-day Adventist Elementary School, wish to share our appreciation for Dr. Alan Nakanishi.

I was happy to see the California Peace Officers Association and the California Police Chiefs Association withdraw their endorsement of Michael Machado to back Alan Nakanishi who “has a sterling reputation for integrity and truthfulness.”

I was happy to see the California Peace Officers Association and the California Police Chiefs Association withdraw their endorsement of Michael Machado to back Alan Nakanishi who "has a sterling reputation for integrity and truthfulness."

We, the members of the fourth-grade class at Lodi Seventh-day Adventist Elementary School, wish to share our appreciation for Dr. Alan Nakanishi.

Lodi City Councilman Alan Nakanishi's son, a Lassen County judge candidate, has succumbed to injuries he received in a rafting accident celebrating Father's Day.

Lodi City Councilman Alan Nakanishi’s son, Jon Nakanishi, 42, is in the hospital after a rafting accident on the Truckee River this weekend.

I would like to thank Mayor Alan Nakanishi and Deputy City Attorney Janice Magdich for taking the time out of their busy schedules to meet with me to address the concerns I had, and for giving me a little insight into the workings of the Lodi City Council.

While seeking the Lodi-area seat on the California Board of Equalization in next year's election, former Lodi Mayor and Assemblyman Alan Nakanishi got a head start.

Alan Nakanishi was elected by his fellow council members Wednesday as the first Asian mayor of the Lodi City Council. Nakanishi, who made an unsuccessful bid for a state Senate seat last month, said he is ready to settle into his position as Lodi’s mayor. He was elected to the City Council in 1998 after an unsuccessful run for the state Assembly. A local ophthalmologist who operates and owns his own business, Nakanishi is a former chief of staff at Stockton’s Dameron Hospital, served as the president of the Dameron Independent Physicians Association and founded Delta Eye Medical Group, a six-physician group with offices in Lodi, Stockton and Tracy. He has been married to his wife, Sue, for 38 years. Together, they have three children and four grandchildren. In an interview with News-Sentinel staff writer Jennifer Pearson Bonnett, who covers city hall, Nakanishi discusses city goals, politics and challenges.

His early days were spent at an internment camp for Japanese-Americans during World War II. He grew up in poverty in Sacramento and picked grapes in the Lodi area.

Lodi Mayor Alan Nakanishi formally announced his candidacy Tuesday for the 10th Assembly District seat being vacated next year by incumbent Anthony Pescetti, R-Rancho Cordova.

Lodi Mayor Alan Nakanishi formally announced his candidacy Tuesday for the 10th Assembly District seat being vacated next year by incumbent Anthony Pescetti, R-Rancho Cordova.

Vice Mayor Alan Nakanishi is expected to take the mayor's gavel Wednesday following a brief City Council meeting.