The California Cougars U-13 Girls won the championship of the Memorial Orange Bowl Tournament in Tracy. The Cougars tied Spanish Springs Reno Nevada 0-0, defeated West Coast Wildfire 3-1 and then beat Santa Clara SWporting 2-0 in the final.

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Create a new college in Lodi? I simply have to ask the following: "Why?"

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The California Cougars Girls U-11 club team won the Sagebrush Spring Start-up over the weekend in Reno.

As a high school recruit, Pete Murdaca was struck by Jim Harbaugh's competitive drive and acute attention to detail.

As a freshman quarterback at Nevada-Reno, he marveled at Colin Kaepernick's unshakable confidence and composure in pressure situations.

So Murdaca, a Lodi native and former St. Mary's standout, is not surprised to see the two faces of the San Francisco 49ers performing in football's biggest game.

In 2009, Darin Higgins held up a state championship trophy as a Modesto Christian defensive coordinator. Now, he wants to help another small school think big.

What is the attraction? The California Zephyr, a passenger train operated by Amtrak from California to Chicago. Though it covers 2,438 miles, it's fun and easy to take a four-hour train ride to Reno for a night or weekend.

Two area congressmen say the federal government should look at restricting the availability of assault weapons in the aftermath of the mass shooting in Newtown, Conn.

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The Lodi Extreme under-16 softball team is going to Carolina.

Las Vegas has been dealt quite the pair. A pair of powerful bats. A pair of talented, dedicated competitors. A pair of Armstrongs.

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

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Maria Saporito

A Mass of Christian Burial for Maria Rita Emma Ida De Luce Sebastiani Saporito, 101, of Lodi, who died Feb. 21, will be held at 10 a.m. today at St. Anne’s Catholic Church, 215 W. Walnut St., Lodi. Committal will follow at Cherokee Memorial Park, Highway 99 at E. Harney Lane, Lodi.

A Woodbridge native has moved up his plan to raise money to fight cancer by running across the United States this year.

Forget video games, 7-year-old Gavin Longoria of Galt has always been the adventurous type.

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On average, Dr. Jonathan Lucas sees roughly eight patients a day. Sometimes, he only examines two or three individuals. If it is a busy day, he can see up to 20 people.

A 25-year-old man is in custody of the Lodi Police Department for allegedly sexually assaulting a woman acquaintance in Nevada on Aug. 26.

When he was younger, Lodi’s Paul Easley spent the weekends racing at the Kingdon drag strip.

Hallie Mae Anderson, 85, of Galt, died June 18. She was born Dec.13, 1925 in Smith County, Tenn.

Here is a list of awards presented to Lodi High School graduates for 2011:

After 97 minutes of scoreless play, a shootout seemed inevitable in Tuesday’s Sac-Joaquin Section Division I quarterfinal playoff game between the Lodi Flames and Pitman Pride girls soccer teams.

Accomplishment: Lodi High soccer player Shelby Brendel had back-to-back hat tricks last week as the Flames secured an undefeated San Joaquin Athletic Association championship season.