Why did Garet Hunt of the Thunder and Chris Morehouse of the Alaska Aces drop their gloves and start trading punches immediately after the puck dropped to begin Friday's 4-3 Alaska win at Stockton Arena? Because Hunt asked for it. After the contest, Hunt said he asked Morehouse if he »»Read Full Post
Rash of daytime burglaries in Lodi
September and October were bad months for daytime burglaries in Lodi, police have reported. Then again, it appears there was little "breaking-in" to be done: Many culprits got in simply through unlocked doors, windows and gates, police reported. Want to know more? Here's some info from police Lt. Chris Piombo, e-mailed to »»Read Full Post
Benefit for Timothy Aaron Lacy
I was at Weber Square working on a story about the park when a young man approached and asked if I would help his family get some publicity for a car wash they are holding today for Timothy Aaron Lacy, who died Tuesday of congestive heart failure. He was 22 »»Read Full Post
No live blog from next week's meeting
I won't be at the SUSD meeting next week and will be away much of the week, which means there won't be a live blog on Tuesday night. Sorry about that, folks. »»Read Full Post
Authority
When the City Council on Tuesday interviewed four headhunters and selected one, Alliance Resource Consulting LLC, of Long Beach, to search for a city manager, it was unusual that the selection was done in public (the estimated cost, some $24,250 or less, is within the city manager’s spending authority), and »»Read Full Post
Video: Velocity Circus coming to the Asparagus Festival
A Tweet from the Asparagus Festival (Twitter.com/AsparaFest) notes that Velocity Circus will be among the attractions at the 2010 festival. The San Francisco-based troupe has a very Cirque de Soleil look about it - check out this video that was passed along by the Asparagus Festival. »»Read Full Post
15-gun salute
(Camera: Nikon D300. Lens: 70-200mm @ 116mm. Exposure: 1/500th sec. @ f/8. ISO: 200) At Army specialist Kyle Coumas's funeral United States Army Honor guard performed a 21-gun salute as well as serving as pall bearers. The gun bearers stood outside the church and waited for their cue to start »»Read Full Post
Sense of belonging
Stockton mom Virtu Arora talked to me yesterday about her children’s participation in this weekend’s Diwali Show at the Scottish Rite Temple. She mentioned that the kids, Eshan and Eshika, have seen a YouTube video of President Obama lighting a Diwali lamp at the White House last month. (It was »»Read Full Post
Diagram of a water grab
Environmental Reporter Alex Breitler forwards this organizational chart of the Delta's new governance structure. So glad they simplified it. »»Read Full Post
Be "fore"-warned
Here's a fascinating shot of a coyote on the ninth green at The Reserve at Spanos Park. Thanks to Record Photo Editor Craig Sanders. Despite having somehow lost its left front leg, the coyote had plenty of get-up-and-go and appeared to be in perfectly good health, Craig said. Just another reminder that »»Read Full Post