After returning from a nine month deployment to the Middle East, Army First Lieutenant - and Lodi High School graduate - Michael Herrick decided he hadn't had enough travel and adventure for one year.  He and two fellow lieutenants travelled to Africa and climbed Mount Kilimanjaro, which, at…

Heritage Elementary School and Needham School held a Gang Resistance Education and Training program graduation at their respective schools in late May.

You missed it. The Bay to Breakers is a race in San Francisco that began 109 years ago to cheer up its people after the devastating 1906 earthquake and fire.

Girl Scouts of Lodi celebrated seven girls who earned the Silver Award, the highest award for Cadettes.  Each of these girls had to identify a need in our community, then develop, plan and lead a service project that required at least 50 hours of work.

Lodi students presented this year’s Storm Drain Detective water quality data to the public on May 14 at Hutchins Street Square. This year’s SDD monitoring program was made up of 191 students from Tokay High, Lodi High, Lodi Middle, Heritage and Vinewood schools, who helped collect the data t…

The Tokay High School Tiger Band of Lodi has had a great year in performing for the public and in competitions. This semester a select group of band members attended various Northern California Band Association Band Reviews. These students competed in Drum Major, L-pattern competitions and F…

Hard work and passion are just two words to describe the Tokay FFA Chapter’s visit to the 87th annual State FFA Leadership Conference. FFA chapters all throughout California attended the California State FFA Leadership Conference in Fresno, where they elected the new State FFA Officers and a…

Community support needed for chance to win $10,000 ASPCA grant and

Lodi’s “Best Darned Rotary Club,” the Lodi Sunrise Rotary Club, recently presented United Cerebral Palsy with a check to assist with renovation of UPC’s kitchen. The improvements make it easier for clients with disabilities to access the facility, brings it into ADA compliance, and will prov…

Alexus Bock, a junior at Jim Elliot Christian High School in Lodi, has been nominated to attend the Congress of Future Medical Leaders in Boston this June.

The Lodi Professional Firefighters accepted a check on Tuesday from the employees of Java Stop Coffee and Roasting Company.

On February 24, OLLI@Pacific invited Woodbridge Resident Kuy Ky, DDS, to talk about his experience of surviving the Pol Pot regime and his transition to American life.  His story and explanation of communism under Pol Pot and the Khmer Rouge kept the 73-member audience entranced at First Uni…

Sydney Means was chosen by Tokay High School to be the recipient of the Daughters of the American Revolution El Toyon Chapter Good Citizen Award, for demonstrating the qualities of dependability, service, leadership and patriotism. She was nominated by Mr. Tracy, a history teacher at Tokay.

Students at Lodi Montessori performed in their first holiday play on Friday night. Our teachers have been preparing for months: making costumes, rehearsals and arranging the stage and lighting for this special night.

This honor was bestowed on me by the Center for the Human Rights of Children at Loyola University in Chicago, and signed by Director Katherine Kaufka Walts, J.D., and Dr. George Holden of Southern Methodist University.

Helen Newton, a student at Middle College High School, and Lucca Salazar, a student at St. Mary’s High School, recently organized a yard sale and purchased blankets with their proceeds for the one.TLC School for Homeless Children in Stockton.

Lodi, CA –November 14, 2014– Ameriprise Financial advisors, employees and clients recently came together to help ensure Lodi area families have nutritious meals to share this holiday season.  Organized by Olsen and Associates, people volunteered at The Salvation Army to stock food shelves, r…

On Veterans Day, I had the opportunity to, in my own way, honor a World War II veteran who I have known for many years now.

We would like to continue to thank everyone that sows into our ministry at Grace and Mercy Charitable Foundation especially during the holiday season.

Mac and Ellie Lindner are both graduates of Galt High School and recent graduates of San Diego State University and the University of Denver, respectively. They decided to save toward a grand tour together and since June have been backpacking throughout Europe and Great Britain.

Rita McPhee has been named San Joaquin-Stanislaus Cattlewoman of the Year for 2014.

Mayor Phil Katzakian held a group of 14 local Tiger Cub Scouts in rapt attention on Sept. 8 as he spoke of the history of Lodi and the role of the mayor in city government.

Girl Scout Troop 2029 hosted 96 local Girl Scouts at the first Lodi Camporee over the holiday weekend. The girls performed service work at McFarland Historical Ranch, where they spent time weeding, spreading mulch, and learning how to use an old fashioned plow to plant winter vegetables for …

For Lodi's Grace and Mercy Charitable Foundation, it has been quite a busy summer centered around food and not suprisingly, also helping others. Partnering with First Baptist Church assisting with vacation bible school six week program, Church in the Park at Hale Park ongoing until October, …

OLLI@Pacific invited Dr. Larry Grimes to talk about his years of working with raptors to their Hutchins Street Square lecture series in July.

If you've got a camera and always wanted to learn how to use it to produce videos, here's your chance.  These workshops are free and open to all ages and levels.  We'll begin with the very basics - parts of the camera.  How to insert a battery, turn it on and off, menu, lens, etc.  and move …

Enjoy the scenic Gold Country and discover the richness and variety of artistic talent to be found in Amador County.

The United Congregational Christian Church bell has been repaired. Now once again we can enjoy the beautiful sound as we gather to worship on Sundays.

The Lodi Baseball Academy 13u team went up to beautiful North Lake Tahoe this past weekend and earned yet another well deserved Championship.  There were 10 teams entered in the All World "Tall Timber Wood Bat" tournament which was held at North Lake Tahoe Regional Park.  The Championship ga…

The Lodi Rotary Club has a long-standing tradition of kicking out the club president when his or her term is expiring. This year was no exception, as current president Dan Ingrum recently found out.