From the department’s press release: Four members of the Lodi Police SWAT team (Cpl. Kevin Kent, Det. Kyle Barrow, Det. Carlos Fuentes and Ofc. Elias Ambriz) competed in the San Leandro SWAT Fitness Challenge today finishing 3rd. The challenge includes a grueling 13+ mile endurance run which incorporates several demanding physical challenges. The physical [...]
Lodi Parks, Recreation and Cultural Services Director Jeff Hood said the city has received reports that a mountain lion might be roaming the Lodi Lake Nature Area. Hood said that the city has found no evidence of the big cat yet. However, signs will be posted to warn hikers that there might be a mountain lion around. [...]
As reported in this morning’s paper, the Linden Unified School District board allegedly failed to act on an independent law firm’s investigation that found Superintendent Michael Gonzales did sexually harass Waverly Principal Lisa Pettis. Read the lawyer’s full Summary of findings. The document was seen by the Board of Trustees no later than March 20 according to labor law attorney Warren [...]
Lodi Unified’s Associate Superintendent/CBO Tim Hern is up for a two-year contract extension at Tuesday night’s board meeting. Hern was hired two years ago after Trustees first balked at granting him a two-year deal to replace the retired Doug Barge. The contract is on the consent agenda, which likely means it will be greenlighted without [...]
ICYMI, here is a link to today’s story on a fair employment complaint filed against Linden Unified Superintendent Michael Gonzales by Principal Sharon Womble. To view a PDF of the entire complaint, click here.
People are building! Is it a sign that Lodi is coming out of the recession? From City Manager Rad Bartlam’s online (sometimes) Weekly Update: Permit revenue up: The number and value of building permits continues to exceed last year’s figures. Through March, the Community Development Department has collected $1.12 million in fees in the fiscal [...]
…you gotta sell yourself. The Lodi Arts Commission posted on Facebook that they are searching for a judge for the 3rd annual Taco Truck Cookoff. The June cookoff has become a highlight for the mobile food vendors and central Lodi. If you can tell the commission why you should be a judge in 50 words [...]
Jeanie Biskup seems to have done it all after working 25-years in management for the Lodi Police Department. She’s not an officer, but has been a services manager or most recently classified as a management analyst. “They are the catch all,” City Manager Rad Bartlam said, meaning that the management analyst’s job is to pick [...]
Lodi Unified Personnel Director Mike McKilligan confirmed the district is shuffling its vice principal and assistant principal rosters. District officials have not commented on why the switches are necessary. No one is being laid off under these moves, just changing schools. Here’s the new roster at each high school: Position McNair Bear Creek Tokay Lodi [...]
…at golf. Lodi Attorney Russell Humphrey (pictured below on the left) took first place in a recent 4-ball Championship in Granite Bay. Humphrey’s website notes how he attended college on a golf scholarship. He apparently chose law over the PGA tour, though. He and his partner shot a 66 and a 69. Humphrey’s name has [...]