Lodi Headlines

Lodi girl takes 2nd in state spelling bee

Sat, 26 May 2012 22:52 EST

Julie Fukunaga, an Elkhorn School eighth-grader, finished second earlier this month in the California State Junior High Spelling Bee Championship.

Lodi doctor suspended after admitting porn, inhalant use

Sat, 26 May 2012 22:50 EST

LODI - A doctor has been suspended indefinitely after admitting he abused inhalants and watched pornography in his office while continuing to treat patients, the Medical Board of California said.

Lodi supermarket owners accused of arson, fraud

Fri, 25 May 2012 23:24 EST

LODI — Seven months after a fire gutted a Lodi supermarket, the three owners could face prosecution for arson and fraud, officials said. Prem Basuta, 47, his wife, Kulwinder Basuta, 48 and her brother, Gurmail Singh, 55, are accused of...

Video of parachute woman goes viral

Fri, 25 May 2012 23:15 EST

ACAMPO — A video of a woman apparently being forced to jump from an airplane at the Parachute Center near Lodi has gone viral on the Internet. The incident took place last May, and the Federal Aviation Administration confirmed Friday it is now...

Graduation: Lodi High School

Thu, 24 May 2012 23:08 EST

Ceremony: 7 p.m. Thursday, May 24, 2012, at the Lodi Grape Bowl

Micke Grove Zoo may follow trend of privatization

Wed, 23 May 2012 23:09 EST

LODI - It has been six years since Micke Grove Zoo lost its national accreditation and more than three years since work to remake the eastern end of the zoo came to a halt, leaving a large, dormant construction site.

Top GOP leader meets with Lodi candidate Gill

Wed, 23 May 2012 22:58 EST

LODI - The chairman of the National Republican Congressional Committee stopped at a Lodi resort Wednesday morning to praise a local candidate for Congress.

Hutchins Street pool hours cut, rate hike likely

Wed, 23 May 2012 22:56 EST

LODI - A group of 40 swimmers, the majority of them senior citizens, showed up to a meeting Wednesday night to hear how the city is going to introduce cuts to services at their beloved Hutchins Street Square pool and to give input on how much they would...

Colorful career comes to close

Wed, 23 May 2012 22:51 EST

STOCKTON - People looked at Susan Hitchcock a little bit funny when she walked into Lodi's Carnegie Hall one day in September 2009 sporting a hot-pink hairdo.

Ninja story, others do not spare Lodi mother from trial

Mon, 21 May 2012 22:30 EST

STOCKTON - A Lodi mom who drove her car into a train in October did so to elude "bad guys" she said were following her, according to testimony by Lodi police officers in San Joaquin County Superior Court on Monday, moments before a judge ruled that there...

Lodi wine group names new executive director

Mon, 21 May 2012 21:14 EST

Veteran wine industry executive Camron King joins the Lodi-Woodbridge Winegrape Commission as its executive director beginning next Tuesday.

Lodi parolee sweep a success, officials say

Sat, 19 May 2012 22:44 EST

LODI - One-hundred forty home visits. Eighteen arrests. Safer streets as the summer months approach.

10 questions with Art Hand

Sat, 19 May 2012 13:47 EST

LODI - Art Hand never thought he'd be an assistant superintendent for a school district.

Parolee crackdown in Lodi

Fri, 18 May 2012 22:35 EST

LODI - Parolee Stacy Knutson sat handcuffed on his knees in front of his East Lockeford Street home on Friday afternoon as his toddler approached and plopped down to cuddle up next to him while police searched the house for stolen items and drugs.