It’s all about the lush, juicy wines, good eats, the incredible greens and blues of Lodi Lake Park, and last but not least, the music at the 2012 ZinFest that will add up to memorably fine event in Lodi Wine Country this coming Saturday, May 19. Start with Snap Jackson & the Knock on Wood...more Players, a mesmerizingly fun, toe tapping, hand clapping, high energy acoustic trio from Stockton.  This three man hurricane will be walking around the Lodi Lake Park grounds, zapping ZinFesters with their roux of Americana, Bluegrass, Soul, & Old Time. In more stationary fashion, you will.. VIEW MORE »

HONOLULU (AP) -- An airline that connects small cities with leisure destinations is adding four mainland cities to its Hawaii service.

Starting in November, Allegiant Air will offer nonstop flights between Honolulu and Bellingham, Wash., Eugene, Ore., Santa Maria, Calif., and...more Stockton, Calif. The carrier will also offer nonstop flights between Maui and Bellingham.

Introductory one-way fares as low as $159 are being offered, which must be purchased by May 21 for travel by Jan. 15.

Tuesday's announcement comes after Las Vegas-based Allegiant Travel Co. previously announced flights to Las Vegas and Fresno will begin in June.

The California Writers Exchange contest introduces emerging writers from California to the New York literary community and provides them a network for professional advancement. Every third year, writers in California are invited to submit manuscripts. Judges review the entries and select...more a winning poet and fiction writer. Winners are flown to New York City for an all-expenses-paid, weeklong trip to meet with literary agents, editors, publishers, and writers, and to give a public reading.

We are currently accepting submissions for the 2013 California Writers Exchange contest. Download the application here. The deadline is August 31, 2012.

The California Writers Exchange is funded by a grant from the James Irvine Foundation.

Past winners of the California Writers Exchange are:

2010
Craig Santos Perez (poetry)
Sean Bernard (fiction)

2007
Elaine Beale (fiction)
Larry Colker (poetry)

2004
Dylan Landis

Today was a very retrospective day. It finally hit me that this dream had actually come true. If for some reason I had to leave tomorrow, this experience will have already exceeded my expectations.

I was standing on the jogging path in Central Park, looking over the lake at the...more skyline of the East Side. In the background a violinist was playing and I could hear children laughing in the playground. A perfect setting to start the tears flowing, wouldn’t you say? .....

LODI, CA - A man and woman were arrested on Monday following a stabbing of a man on the 2400 block of Eilers Lane in Lodi.

According to Corporal Dale Eubanks of the Lodi Police Dept., officers responded to a call of a stabbing at the home on Eilers Ln. and found a 19-year-old man...more suffering from two stab wounds to his back and a lacerated throat. The stabbing victim and several witnesses were able to provide a description of the suspected stabber, his girlfriend and the car in which they drove away.

While supporting officers were enroute to the scene of the stabbing, they saw a vehicle matching the victim's description driving in the opposite direction and turned to pursue. The driver of the vehicle, Samantha Steman, refused to stop and fled until driving into a cul de sac where she was arrested and charged with driving under the influence and evading police, said Eubanks.

Police also discovered Steman had her one-year-old child in the car and was

ACAMPO, CA - A skydiver is in critical condition after witnesses said he lost his footing and hit his head in a field at the Parachute Center skydiving location near Lodi on Monday afternoon.

Woodbridge Fire Lt. Dan Schmierer said the victim, a man from Portugal in his 30s, was...more airlifted to Kaiser Hospital. Even though he was a group, he was experienced enough to do a non-tandem jump.

Schmierer said the parachute did deploy, but the man somehow stumbled while landing. Officials believe he may have broken his femur and injured his back and neck.

"It seems to be more and more common," said Schmierer about the accident. "I don't know if it's because more people are coming to jump or more people are trying to push the envelope."

Schmierer said about 15 to 30 similar accidents happen at Parachute Center every year. The management did not want to comment on the accident.

By Natalie Sentz, nsentz@news10l.com

STOCKTON, CA - Law enforcement officials announced Monday the formation of the San Joaquin Multi-agency Gang Task Force.

The Stockton Police Department and San Joaquin County Sheriff's Department are combining resources to fight gang crime. Officers from each department will be part...more of The task force which will be comprised of three units: investigative/intelligence resources, enforcement, and prosecution and involve officers from each department, according to Chief of Police Eric Jones and Sheriff Steve Moore.

The task force will also coordinate with the San Joaquin County District Attorney's Office. Stockton police spokesman Officer Joseph Smith says other local and federal agencies have also expressed interest in joining the effort.

I figured since it was Mothers Day we wouldn’t get any coupon inserts in the Sunday paper this week.  Boy was I wrong, looks like mommies like coupons on their day. There should be 1- Smartsource, and 1-Redplum insert inside the Sunday Paper. You can out the entire list HERE at the SundayCouponPreview. I use [...]

Until recently, I lived by myself for almost a decade. It was great to have the freedom to walk around without a bra or whatever I wanted on TV. Dirty dishes on the counter? Yep. They are mine! Whose turn is it to unload the dishwasher? That would be me.

The only thing is that it gets...more really lonely. Especially if something goes awry and you have to handle it all on your own. You know like the toilet exploding or a dead squirrel on your front porch.

Plus, any and all spiders have to be killed by you......

ISLETON, CA - For the second time this year, the Sacramento County Sheriff's Department is handling priority one emergency  police calls for the small town of Isleton. 

Isleton's police chief has been placed on leave after criticizing his force. The town's city manager has been fired....more Thursday, an officer-involving shooting injuring a bystander has a police officer placed on administrative leave. Then there are recent allegations an officer used his patrol car for sex while on duty.

Interim City Manager Dan Hinrichs says he's embarrassed about the drama surrounding the police department. 

"The  people lose. It's terrible," said Hinrichs. 

Many Isleton residents are appalled by the string of troubling incidents involving its small staff of four police officers.

"Oh my God, in our town, oh my God, doesn't surprise me, oh yeah, that's bad," said Connie Kristofferson, who had just learned about the officer sex allegation.

"We

One of Lodi’s most highly regarded Zinfandel growths over the past dozen or so years has been the 10 acre vineyard owned and meticulously farmed by Craig Rous.  Rous Vineyard is located in the heart of the “eastside” of Lodi’s Mokelumne River AVA – a level pocket of some 30 feet of porous...more sandy loam soil, built up by millenniums of overflow from this major waterway, pushing down from the Sierra Nevadas – and Mr. Rous himself holds the position of Director of Operations & Planning of the Kautz family’s Bear Creek Winery. Ironstone Vineyards began making award winning Zinfandels.. VIEW MORE »

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ISLETON, CA - For the second time this year, the Sacramento County Sheriff's Department took over the duties of the Isleton Police Department.

Deputy Jason Ramos said the interim City Manager Dan Hinrichs called the sheriff's department and asked if it could take over law enforcement...more service to Isleton residents.

Hinrichs said the Isleton Police Department is no longer functioning.

Isleton has three police officers and one chief at the department. On Wednesday Hinrichs put Chief Steve Adams on administrative leave; on Thursday, a police officer was put on leave after being in an officer involved shooting. Adams added the two others are not allowed to work because they do not have proper training certification.

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Adams also said there is an internal investigation into an officer who is accused of having sex in his patrol car. He did not say who the officer

ISLETON, CA - The small delta community of Isleton has only two full-time police officers and one reserve; now, it is without one police chief.

Isleton City Manager Dan Hinrichs will not publicly say why Chief Steve Adams is on paid administrative leave, but Adams believes it was to...more shut him up.

"I put on my Facebook that I'm frustrated and not going to keep my mouth shut anymore," Adams said.

Adams posted on his public Facebook profile that he was going to contact media about numerous problems with Isleton's public safety. The next morning, Adams was called into the city manager's office and told he was placed on leave.

Adams said he was not given a reason for being placed off-duty, but Hinrichs had printed copies of Adams' Facebook profile on his desk.

Hinrichs said he gave Adams a reason and is sending him a written notice Thursday. Hinrichs said there were several complaints against Adams that need to be investigated.

ISLETON, CA - A man who came to the aid of dogs being attacked by a pit bull was grazed by a bullet when an Isleton police officer fired at the pit bull. 

The incident took place at 2nd and Jackson streets Thursday morning.

"It had the dog in the mouth and was shaking it back...more and forth, the dog was tranferred to the hospital for medical care, said Isleton  Cpl Scott Kunz.

According to Cpl. Scott Kunz, two owners were walking 2 small dogs when the pit bull went on the attack. Richard Fender was trying to help separate the dogs when a responding police officer, assessing the pit bull as a threat, fired off two shots.

One bullet grazed Fender's leg. The pit bull was also hit.

"I saw a lady walking her dog. I went over there and starting kicking the pit bull and as soon as I did I heard the gunshots," said Richard Fender.

 Becky Costa heard the gunfire,"If he was attacking dogs eventually he was going to attack somebody and I have