I worked as a volunteer on May 11 as a fellow University of California Cooperative Extension Master Gardener, emptying and refilling the Downtown flower pots.

Today

The first time she walked out to track practice this spring, and found out she would be a pole vaulter, Berkeley Anderson had the reaction of a befuddled student in a final exam:

Irma Juanita (Filler) Cain, of Lodi, passed away on May 14, 2013.She was born at home, in Redmond, Oregon to Louis and Anna (Crowel) Marriott on...

In the last half a dozen years, Arcohe Union Elementary School District has lost more than a quarter of its students due to declining enrollment.

During his speech to Planned Parenthood on April 26, Obama invoked God's blessings and mocked North Dakota for their ruling — that once a baby's heartbeat is detected in utero around six weeks, it can no longer be aborted. Clearly, Obama doesn't care or realize that by the time the heart starts beating, the baby is making and circulating his or her own blood with their own DNA and chromosomes. This is a separate and unique human being forming, and not a woman's appendage or tumor.

Founding Elder Cliff Shirk has retired as an elder at Beth Hallel Messianic Fellowship, a Jewish group that believes Jesus is the Messiah.

When informed that the Justice Department had seized a trove of Associated Press phone records, a spokesman for House Speaker John Boehner said: "If the Obama administration is going after reporters' phone records, they better have a damned good explanation."

With school nearly out for the summer, local churches are scheduling Vacation Bible Schools that combine Christian educating for children along with games and snacks.

Garry Pace

A memorial service for Garry Dee Pace, 63, of Lodi, who died May 13, will be held at 11 a.m. today at Lodi Memorial Cemetery, 5750 E. Pine St., Lodi.

Lodi High School

Graduation for the Class of 2013 will be located at the University of the Pacific’s Alex G. Spanos Center in Stockton on Wednesday, May 22 at 7 p.m.

The Tokay 1913 is a paperbound Lodi Union High School yearbook, about the size of a small town's thin telephone book. It's a glimpse into the past a century ago when student life was much like it is today and yet so different.

The following is a list of public meetings in the Lodi and Galt areas this week:

There will be a number of programs for children at the Lodi Public Library this week. All programs are free to the public.

Dan Crownover made a habit of feeding the cats that wandered around Epic Plastics on Turner Road — with his superiors' permission — before and after each eight-hour shift he worked. It's a 5-acre property, with lots of pipe storage and a car part junkyard next door. That makes for plenty of nooks and crannies for feral cats to find shelter.

Have you been told that your cherry pie is the bomb? Have you watched with amusement as family and friends fight over that last piece of blueberry pie?

A celebration of the life of Donald R. Appling, 79, of Lodi who died May 4, will be held at 2:30 p.m. Sunday at Struve and Laporte Chapel, 41 W. San...

A memorial service for Shirley Belle Bergantz, 74, of Lodi, who died May 7, will be held at 10 a.m. Monday at the United congregational Christian...