VALLEY SPRINGS — The former resident of a Valley Springs home was shot and killed Sunday by the new owners after he broke into the residence multiple times.

STOCKTON — San Joaquin County Public Health Services on Wednesday announced that it has confirmed the first case of West Nile virus in the county this year.

Reaching out to touch someone is going be quite different for Lodi residents in two weeks.

STOCKTON — Stating that showing proof of COVID-19 vaccinations is a violation of privacy and choice, and will hurt local businesses, the San Joaquin County Board of Supervisors approved prohibiting vaccine passport mandates in the county on Tuesday by a vote of 4-0.

Whoa, we’ve seen this show before. Phones and computers were down for several days last week at Lodi Unified. In response, the district threw up the information firewall. No one was saying anything, except for the bare minimum.

(Editor’s note: This story has been updated to correct statements made by local property owner Dave Kirsten in last Saturday’s print edition of the News-Sentinel.)

The Lodi Public Library Board of Trustees has found its new library director.

Nearly a dozen parents and teachers on Tuesday threatened to pull their children from Lodi Unified School District, as well as vote board of education members out of office, if the latter chose to follow vaccine mandates for students.

Although the Lodi City Council had made it clear two weeks ago that the 712 N. Sacramento St. property eyed for an access center would be purchased, several residents and business owners still voiced their opposition this week.

Lodi Unified School District on Wednesday morning took to social media to announce it experienced a computer network disruption on Oct. 3, which rendered staff unable to access certain files and systems.

STOCKTON — The San Joaquin County Sheriff’s Office is asking the public to help locate a man wanted on charges of murder and attempted murder in Stockton.

The Lodi High School community was on high alert Wednesday night after a social media post threatening violence at a local high school was made.

Final statistics from the 2020 Census were released on Sept. 20, and according to consultants helping San Joaquin County redraw its supervisorial boundaries, District 4, which currently includes Lodi, is the smallest of the county’s five districts. Chris Chaffee, founder of the Chaffee Group…

STOCKTON — Just two and a half years into his tenure as president and superintendent of San Joaquin Delta College, Dr. Omid Pourzanjani has stepped down.

STOCKTON — Despite a steady decline in new COVID-19 case rates over the last few weeks, San Joaquin County’s community transmission rates of the virus remains high.

More than half of the state's students are reading below grade level, including students in the Lodi and Galt districts, according to a survey that assessed third-grade reading performance in nearly 300 school districts

GALT — For the last 16 years, the Galt Flea Market has seen a steady decline in revenue, and city councilman Kevin Papineau recently suggested the possibility of expanding its hours to the weekends in an effort to recoup some of that lost funding.

When Lodi resident Craig Troxclair came home Thursday night, he had to make a phone call to AT&T. During the phone call, another call came through.

Last month, the city’s Site Plan and Architectural Review Committee supported a local philanthropist’s plan to provide affordable housing in the Heritage District, but said the structure did not consist with the neighborhood.

Last week, the Lodi Unified School District announced that each of its substitute teachers would receive a bonus equal to 30% of their daily pay for each full day in an assignment through June.

Since 2009, the Lodi City Council has prohibited marijuana or cannabis businesses from taking up shop within the city limits.

STOCKTON — San Joaquin County’s new COVID case rate has declined by about seven points over the last week, and health officials are optimistic the steady drop can continue through the upcoming cold and flu season.

STOCKTON — The top administrator at Delta College has been selected to participate in a national program to improve student success.

Editor’s note: This story has been updated to reflect that Vice Mayor Mark Chandler was forced to recuse himself from the discussion due to a potential conflict of interest.