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Briefs -- Published May 12, 2013
Hard-core cyclists and beginning bikers alike can pedal to work in downtown Wednesday, along one of five guided routes.
NEEDED: Volunteers 15 and older to assist and encourage children and serve as "buddies" with the various activities throughout the farm.
Lifestyle briefs -- Published May 11, 2013
A concert had been planned to help Kaylin Lombardi offset her medical expenses. Now, the money raised will establish a trust fund for Nicholas, her 7-year-old son.
Outstanding teachers recognized by San Joaquin A+
Becky Whitesides, Linden Elementary, Linden Unified: The 22-year teaching veteran, who also is a literacy coach, coordinates the California English Language Development Test for the district.
Local: Westlands will buy water from Oakdale
The Oakdale Irrigation District board agreed Tuesday to sell more water to Westlands Water District, as long as its own customers are not left short.
Capitol Alert: FPPC: Michael Rubio real estate transactions didn't break laws
California's political watchdog agency has determined that a former state senator who engaged in real estate transactions with a friend and campaign donor did not violate the state's political ethics laws.
Hazardous materials incident at French Camp, April 30, 2013
The detention of an unauthorized person at the Sharpe Army Depot led to the decontamination of police officers for a suspicious substance Tuesday afternoon.
Lifestyle briefs -- Published April 30, 2013
Stockton's Community Service Department will hold an intermediate golf program for those 13 and older from 5 to 6 p.m. every Wednesday starting this week to May 29, at Swenson Park Golf Course, 6803 Alexandria Place.
Has Brown Administration Cancelled Cost-Benefit Analysis of Peripheral Tunnels?
Restore the Delta , a coalition opposed to the Brown Administration's rush to construct massive Peripheral Tunnels to take millions of acre-feet of water from the Delta, today said the Brown Administration appears to have canceled a comprehensive benefit-cost analysis of its BDCP proposal for Peripheral Tunnels to export Sacramento -San Joaquin/San ... (more)
Editorial: Feds need to press Brown to look at all options for a Bay-Delta fix
The Mokelumne River snakes its way into the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta. Gov. Jerry Brown's administration wants to restore wetlands in the Delta, but that part of its plan has been eclipsed by concerns over a pair of 40-foot-wide water tunnels that would ship Sacramento River water to the south.
What's on tap - weekend of April 27-28 and beyond
Saturday, April 27: National Drug Take Back Day. Collection planned at Tracy City Hall parking lot, 324 E. 11th St.
Valley anglers hoping for exceptional trout opener in Sierra
That's because Saturday is the statewide trout opener, the first day of legal fishing in most Sierra creeks and streams.
Another summer without Lost Isle
For the fourth year, Lost Isle, a resort crucial to the Delta economy, will not reopen for the summer season.