Dust swirled up into the air as dirt shot out the back of a machine on Eureka Avenue in Lodi on Friday.

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.

The Lodi City Council approved spending almost $5.7 million for the next phase of the city's plan to install 13,174 water meters by the end of 2017.

Councilman Alan Nakanishi was the only dissenting vote, saying after the meeting that when he was in the State Assembly he opposed the bill requiring all cities to have water meters by 2025. He does not agree with the council's decision in 2007 to move forward with the installation of water meters.

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

A year ago this month, contractors officially broke ground on arguably the biggest-ever construction project in Galt.

The Central Galt Interchange project will be the largest and most expensive project in the city’s history.

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

The Galt City Council meeting was canceled late Tuesday because one of the council members was sick and another had a family emergency.

UPDATE: The Galt City Council meeting is canceled because two of the councilmembers are sick.

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

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

Kroloff, Belcher, Smart, Perry and Christopherson announced its hiring last week of University of the Pacific graduate Oona E. Mallett, who will serve as an associate with the firm.

Mario Jurin, 72, of Acampo, died on March 20. He was born on Dec. 23, 1936, in Lodi.

A Lodi man who was the shot in the head in January was charged Wednesday with making threats and possessing a weapon in an unrelated case.

The San Joaquin County Board of Supervisors awarded a $144,186.75 contract to Teichert Construction to extend the fire system at Micke Grove Park in south Lodi.

David Sander is baffled by new state standards that hold farmers responsible for any E. coli bacteria found in agricultural runoff from their property.

Warren Anderson Webster, 93, of Carmichael and formerly of Lodi, died April 19. He was born Jan. 15, 1915, in Chico.

Making Highway 12 safer for drivers is the No. 1 priority for Lodi and San Joaquin County officials when it comes to lobbying for federal money.

Last week, 60 leaders from San Joaquin County were in Washington, D.C. to lobby the federal government for money for local projects. Aside from the elected and government officials, the group also included private sponsors who had paid big bucks to underwrite the One Voice trip.

A Lodi business will offer training seminars on Microsoft's new Vista and Office systems Thursday and Friday in Stockton.

Nathaniel White and Natauscha Moore, both of Lodi, were married in October.

After making donations of just a few thousand or hundreds of dollars to help send local politicians off on the annual One Voice lobbying trip to Washington, D.C., area companies reaped millions by securing local government contracts.

Jeff Brown and Lynn Farley, both of Galt, were engaged in April.