Technology has permeated all aspects of the economy, helping companies conduct business with partners, attract customers and earn revenue faster and more conveniently. Nonprofits, such as charities, universities and government entities, also have embarked on the bandwagon of electronic business practices. Philanthropic institutions of all sizes have implemented procedures to accept, process and track donations online and via mobile. Gone are the days when these institutions would only rely on cash and check donations to fill their operating coffers.

This weekend will be perfect for a stroll in the park, or even a family outing to the trails in the Lodi Lake Nature Area.

While the lack of rain has made for some beautiful winter weather, the region is desperate for some moisture.

About 95 percent of Central Valley rainfall hits between October and March. January marks the middle of the rainy season with only 5.64 inches of rain in the Mokelumne River Basin to show for it, making it the second driest year on record, according to a hydrology report prepared by East Bay Municipal Utility District.

Lodi's first official weather watcher was a pioneer grain farmer who first settled on the untamed land of brush and oak trees in 1852.

Paul Kemalyan, of Lodi, has successfully completed his first solo flight in the aviation program at Daniel Webster College in Nashua, N.H.

Sunnier weather is back in the San Joaquin County Sheriff's Department, the man appointed earlier this year to restore morale and respect to the beleaguered office said.

Farmers may know sooner when they can burn preens and brush under a new computerized system developed by the San Joaquin Valley Air Pollution Control District.

The National Weather Service gets its daily high temperatures in Lodi from equipment set up behind Fire Station No. 3, read not by weather forecasters but by specially trained firefighters.

Uncontrolled burning continues without pause around here this week, as the sun releases its fury on unwary scalps and shoulders.

Even though "Spare the Air Days" won't start until next month, it's already time to give the atmosphere a breather.

Even though "Spare the Air Days" won't start until next month, it's already time to give the atmosphere a breather.

Seated in a living room cluttered with books, papers and old photos, Milo Radulovich turns on his VCR and there he appears in black and white, 50 years younger, with the same cleft chin, thick neck and firm, proud voice.

Seated in a living room cluttered with books, papers and old photos, Milo Radulovich turns on his VCR and there he appears in black and white, 50 years younger, with the same cleft chin, thick neck and firm, proud voice.

The dousing the Lodi area received over the past two weeks hasn't changed forecasters' long-range predictions for near-normal rainfall for the year.

A lieutenant for the Delta Fire Protection District is one of eight Americans taken on a mercy flight from Antarctica to New Zealand for much-needed medical care.

A lieutenant for the Delta Fire Protection District is one of eight Americans taken on a mercy flight from Antarctica to New Zealand for much-needed medical care.