(NewsUSA) - Spring is here, and many people have the allergies to prove it. Regardless of spring's slow pace or your motivation levels, however, it's time to start heralding warmer temperatures by beautifying the backyard. So, don the appropriate layers, grab some tools and turn your backyard into something ideal for entertaining.

Brian McMillen and Katie Gillespie, both of Lodi, were married in August 2012.

Scaly fun at the WOW Science Museum

Are you ready for a scaly adventure with some of the animal kingdom’s most amazing creatures?

World of Wonders Science Museum is teaming up with local reptile stores to host the fourth annual Reptile Roundup, which will include arts and crafts for everyone and visits from snakes, lizards are more.

The Downtown Lodi Business Partnership is folding its tent after a run of 14 years. It was a good show and deserves a good review.

"But you, Bethlehem Ephrathah, though you are small among the clans of Judah, out of you will come for me one who will be ruler over Israel whose origins are from of old, ancient times." (Micah 5:2)

(NewsUSA) - Three million jobs.

Aaron Nilsson and Heather Forrest, both of Escalon, were married in September 2011.

For elephants to fly, you have to do more than load trunks on a plane.

1. Arturo Sandoval performs in concert in Napa

A longtime Lodi doctor and humanitarian died Sunday after a short battle with a terminal blood disease.

It was in a chair in front of a movie screen that Sophoan Sorn began traveling the world. He was 5. And in that movie house in a refugee camp in Thailand, where he was born, a young Sorn fell in love with movies: The excitement, the emotions evoked, the places they revealed.

From their seats high in the corner of Stockton's Bob Hope Theatre, Richard and Valerie Mahoney waited anxiously for their son, Davis Mahoney, to take the stage on March 30.

As we await the Supreme Court's decision on the constitutionality of the Obama administration's health care law, it at least appears from the street that Justice Anthony Kennedy will be called upon to break the tie.

Stockton Diocese Bishop Stephen Blaire is calling on all Catholics to lobby Congress to repeal the federal government's recent mandate for all private health plans to include sterilization and contraceptives, including abortion-inducing drugs.

Kevin Mitford Hunewill, son of Kern and Gayle Hunewill and Nicole Marie Guetzloff daughter of Roy and Liz Guetzloff were married on November 5, 2011 at Viaggio Winery.

Some of Lodi’s youngest musicians will take the stage of the Charlene Lange Performing Arts theater Sunday to perform in “Lodi’s Young Stars of Broadway.” This is a Central Valley Youth Symphony Association event featuring students from the Lodi Children’s Chorus: Davis Mahoney, Samuel Primack, Jacob Noori, Rachael Sherman-Shockley, Adam William Gates and Trenton M. Diaz. They will be performing special selections from Broadway musicals. 

The Lodi Community Band's annual Christmas Concert was a wonderful lesson in musical styles. They played jazz, orchestral, pop and traditional hymns, just to name a few.

It was a crisp 40 degrees outside on Saturday morning, and all along Century Boulevard, parents, sisters, brothers and friends huddled in scarves, galoshes and coats as they leaned out into the street to see the mass of trumpets, trombones and tubas.

In another dimension,

Who: Lap and Yee Wong, of Lodi; Yau and Yuk Kong, of Stockton.

Stu Cabe wants every student at Galt High School to be a big elephant.

Stu Cabe, entertainer and anti-bullying guru, is coming to Galt.

Temple Baptist Church has lost the associate pastor who has led the church's music program for nine years.

Talk a walk down Sacramento Street in Downtown Lodi today, and you'll notice things like the new World of Wonders Science Museum, the modern parking garage and the bustling transportation hub. The Lodi Stadium 12 theater is within view. The golden sidewalks nearby are filled with people enjoying events from bike races and wine strolls to the farmer's market and light parade. It's quite tranquil.