Lodi News

San Joaquin County extension viticulture advisor Paul Verdegaal and Barefoot winemaker Jennifer Wall focus on Lodi Zinfandel during presentations at Lodi Grape Day.

The Department of Resources, Recycling and Recovery will begin testing an old Lodi landfill near the Mokelumne River for methane gas content next month, a process that could eventually lead to the city converting the land into a kayak launching pad or other forms of river access.

Dorothy T. Biddick passed away peacefully in Aptos, California on February 9, just days after celebrating her 90th birthday in the company of immediate family.

Airide KTM's Daniel Blair has experienced up and down season in 2012, but last weekend he posted his best effort of the championship.

From left, director Tom Presler, Vikki Goodman and Terry Smith rehearse "Love Letters" at the American Legion Theater in Lodi on Tuesday night.

A 21-year-old man was killed in an east side shooting on Thursday, and a teenager has been arrested.

"Most people, sure, don't know what to make of it at first," said Jones, a Canadian soul singer and world traveler with a low U.S. profile.

Among the lots listed by the San Joaquin Council of Governments as good options for infill development are a four-block stretch on the east side of railroad tracks north of Market Street.

Real estate development consultant Cherene Sandidge believes downtown Lodi has the potential to be a chic place for young professionals to work and live.

Downtown Lodi Business Partnership director Jaime Watts is helping facilitate the creation of a Property and Business Improvement District for downtown Lodi, which could generate $300,000 to $400,000 a year for maintenance.

Gary Fong, who worked his way up from a staff photographer at the San Francisco Chronicle in the '70s to its Director of Photography in the '80s to its Director of Editorial Graphics Technology in the '90s and is now Chief Photography Officer of the We Are Photographers website, recently wrote on the site's Photo Gauntlet column: "Pictures without ... (more)

Edilia Delgadillo sat with her son, Carlos, at Heritage Primary School and spoke about how much effort it takes the mother of four to keep her children away from the gang lifestyle.

Pomegranate juice and wine produced at Perfect Pome's Stockton plant are shown at the facility last month.

A Coast Miwok tule basket-making class will be held from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. today at the Lodi Police Department community room, 215 W. Elm St., Lodi.

Try something more flavorful, complex and well crafted other than your favorite beer to share with friends and family on Super Bowl day.

Timothy Frederick Morefield passed away on February 2, 2012, in Stockton, CA at the age of 65.

A Lodi woman has given up her daycare license after state investigators said she locked infants in car seats and kept them in a darkened closet, among other violations.

The Department of Social Services is working to revoke the license of a Lodi child-care provider who they say kept young children unsupervised in dark closets and bathrooms.

In honor of this occasion, the zoo is inviting the community to share pictures of Micke Grove Zoo's animals and exhibits and of family members enjoying the zoo.

Republican challenger Ricky Gill had $840,000 in cash at the end of 2011 to help fund his campaign to unseat Rep.