Lodi News-Sentinel

Costco Wholesale has plans to come to Lodi as part of the Reynolds Ranch development on Harney Lane and Highway 99. Full Story »

Armed men forced a Lodi gas station employee to crawl back into the store he had just closed, then hit him with a gun and stole his car after ransacking the shop Sunday night, police said. Full Story »

Stuffed animals, jewelry, ceramics, glasses and more filled every square inch of a classroom at Morada Middle School on Monday afternoon. Full Story »

With a lawsuit pending against the state, a former state legislator from Linden and the son of Rep. John Garamendi, D-Walnut Grove, have been hired to tell the community why a large prison hospital would be good for the county. Full Story »

Susan Brown, of Tokay High School, and Susie Hennecke, of Erma B. Reese Elementary School, were honored Monday night as the Classroom Heroes of 2009 at the Lodi Community Band concert at Hutchins Street Square. Full Story »

LODI 'Your Chamber Connection' starts today Full Story »

A call about suspicious young men possibly casing a Lodi house Monday morning led to the finding of a gun and the arrest of three people, two of whom were wanted on unrelated warrants. Full Story »

The Lodi Unified School District board of trustees denied a proposal to open a charter school at the former Turner Elementary School location. Full Story »

On Wednesday, the Lodi City Council will take the next step toward building the Mokelumne Water Treatment Plant. The plant will treat the Mokelumne River water the city began purchasing in 2003 from Woodbridge Irrigation District for $1.2 million a year. Full Story »

A 23-year-old Stockton man who died last February on Higway 12 west of Rio Vista was killed after an oncoming car swerved into his lane. The cause of the crash was incorrect in a Page 1 story in Friday's News-Sentinel. Full Story »

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

A 5-year-old child reported missing and endangered from Washington was found late Friday night in a motel room near Interstate 5 and Highway 12, according to the San Joaquin County Sheriff's Department. Full Story »

Back in 2001, Kelly King was looking at an online dating service while visiting his sister in Southern California. He was surprised to see another Lodi resident on the Web site. Full Story »

A magical place has opened in Galt where magicians make tables float, "Rock Band" is played on an inflatable JumboTron, classic arcade games such as "Rampage" and "Street Fighter II" are free after paying admission, and guests can play with RC cars on an indoor dirt track. Full Story »

Rep. Jerry McNerney, D-Pleasanton, will conduct a telephone town hall meeting at 6:10 p.m. Wednesday. Full Story »

Thursday Drugs on campus 8:49 a.m. — Someone had drugs at Tokay High School, 1111 W. Century Blvd. Full Story »

It's not likely to be confused with Pike Place Market in Seattle, but the Mokelumne Fish Hatchery at the base of Camanche Dam shares the scenery of recently killed salmon being thrown across the room with that famous tourist destination. Full Story »

Tina Swanson is the executive director of The Bay Institute, an organization that has developed research, advocacy programs and education for the watershed that feeds into the San Francisco Bay for 28 years. She was appointed to the position in 2008 and was a researcher for eight years at University of California, Davis. She recently discussed California's salmon crisis in a telephone interview ... Full Story »

Police believe a convict arrested in connection with Stockton robberies is also responsible for at least three armed robberies of Lodi gas stations. Full Story »

The California Energy Commission staff will hold a public workshop Monday to discuss the Lodi Energy Center, a 255-megawatt natural gas powered plant. Full Story »

Lodi Police Department In the 48 hours after 9 a.m. Tuesday, the Lodi Police Department handled 312 calls for service. The following is a sample of police and fire calls received by dispatchers: Full Story »

A motorist on Highway 12 suffered major injuries Thursday after a big rig jack-knifed and struck him head-on west of Tower Park. Full Story »

A prominent five-member Lodi law firm that billed itself as the largest in northern San Joaquin County has reorganized under a new name after two attorneys went into sole practice. Full Story »

In a settlement with the Boys and Girls Club of Galt, city leaders say they have salvaged what money and property they can from the now-defunct organization. Full Story »

The scenic drive along Highway 160 that winds through the Delta will look dramatically different in the upcoming decades, biologists, conservationists and other experts said at Thursday's Delta and California Water Forum in Oakland. Full Story »