Lodi News

A variety of events are planned throughout the valley to celebrate the Fourth of July this weekend.

Pizza and the paranormal go together at a Northern California eatery. Members of the Paranormal and Historical Anomaly Society of Lodi have been meeting at New World Pizza to discuss UFOs, ghosts and other out-of-this-world phenomena.

The California Highway Patrol is seeking information about a car that fled the scene of a fiery crash that closed Interstate 5 Sunday afternoon near Lodi and sent a Sacramento woman and a young child to the hospital.

A new police and fire computer program went live last week -- almost a year after the City Council approved it.

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Georgina Perez was drinking coffee with family when she was gunned down in front of them.

Buddhist Church of Lodi celebrates its Obon Festival this weekend with Japanese food, traditional drumming and dance performances, arts and crafts, cooking demonstrations and bingo games.

It will likely be years before people begin gathering at this humble, hard-scrabble site for shared company and daily prayers.

SACRAMENTO, Calif., June 25 CA-AllianceforPlasma California Assemblymember Mary Hayashi Calls on California Congressional Delegation to Remember Needs of Neuropathy Patients at 3rd Annual "Neuropathy Action Awareness Day" SACRAMENTO, Calif.

Olive oil maker Mirko Sella of Verona, Italy, peers into a stainless-steel storage vat in the cellar at Corto Olive, an olive oil producer in Lodi.

The fight against the spread of West Nile virus continues. This week, the San Joaquin County Mosquito and Vector Control District rolls out a free mosquitofish distribution program in seven locations around the county.

The City of Stockton Municipal Utilities Department announces the long-anticipated repair and improvements to the Victory Park Stormwater Ponds are set to begin on June 22, 2009.

That's because - with $2.4 million in cuts to the city's general fund that pays for many basic city services - dozens of positions will stay frozen and many workers will take mandatory unpaid days off.

This town may take pride in its wineries, but for one day, Lodi will boast its status as the birthplace of one of the country's most ubiquitous root beer brands.

James S. Kalfsbeek, 71, of Arbuckle, was convicted last week by a federal jury on charges of conspiracy, mail fraud, money laundering and wire fraud in connection with a fraudulent insurance scheme.

Lodi, Calif., June 15, 2009 - The full economic impact of the Lodi wine and vineyard sector and allied industries in the Lodi area totals $5 billion annually, according to a report released by the Lodi District Grape Growers Association and Lodi Winegrape Commission.

Lodi's wine industry - growing grapes, making and bottling wine, catering to tourists drawn to area tasting rooms - generates $5 billion a year in economic activity, according to a new report.

When they got a report recently that a swastika had been painted on the street in front of a home, Lodi police took down the details and did what they often do when hints of hatred arise.

Two stories appeared in The Record on Thursday that seem to have nothing to do with each other but in fact are strongly linked.

A jury acquitted a Lodi woman of murder Friday afternoon but convicted her on lesser charges.