Contra Costa Times October 2, 2009 The federal government must compensate two regional water authorities for water diverted to preserve the environment, a federal appeals court ruled this week in a landmark decision that could open the floodgates for agencies who contend the government is taking water from them for fish. After a 16-year legal...Read More

Stockton Record October 1, 2009 By Alex Breitler Record Staff Writer October 01, 2009 12:00 AM STOCKTON – An appeals court ruled Wednesday that the federal government is liable for water promised but rarely delivered in full to the Stockton area, a key victory for local water officials after a 16-year legal fight. In the...Read More

Lodi News-Sentinel February 26, 2009 The Lodi International Wine Awards is seeking a panel of consumer judges. Wine snobs need not apply, just those who enjoy a glass of vino. Organizers say it is a good opportunity to learn the basics of wine judging, or to enhance the skills you may already possess. Wines will...Read More

By Loretta Kalb lkalb@sacbee.com Published: Friday, Dec. 12, 2008 | Page 8B As the clock struck midnight, more than 100 people remained at a marathon Lodi City Council meeting on the future of a proposed Wal-Mart Supercenter. The council’s 3-2 vote – which was delivered after 1 a.m. Thursday – was actually on a narrow...Read More

Wal-mart Supercenter debate Large crowd shares opinions with Lodi City Council By Maggie Creamer News-Sentinel Staff Writer Updated: Thursday, December 11, 2008 12:24 PM PST More than 200 people showed up to share their opinions about a new Wal-Mart Supercenter with the Lodi City Council on Wednesday. Some waited up to three hours in the...Read More

By Loretta Kalb lkalb@sacbee.com Published: Wednesday, Dec. 10, 2008 | Page 4B www.sacbee.com/288/story/1462073.html The classic fight over a Wal-Mart Supercenter in a California city has erupted anew in Lodi, where the issue is so hot that hundreds of residents are expected to pack tonight’s City Council meeting. The council is being asked to overturn its...Read More

Stockton Record November 11, 2008 By Scott Smith November 11, 2008 Record Staff Writer STOCKTON – Business leaders in San Joaquin County have hired an attorney to step up their fight against a federally appointed receiver who wants to build a large medical center for state prisoners near Stockton. Douglass Wilhoit, CEO of the Greater...Read More

Stockton Record November 03, 2008 By Alex Breitler November 03, 2008 Record Staff Writer STOCKTON – Stockton East Water District v. United States of America. Sounds like a mismatch. But Stockton-area water officials said they like their chances of successfully appealing a lower court’s ruling that the federal government was justified in withholding water –...Read More

Stockton Record September 15, 2008 NEWSMAKERS — PUBLISHED SEPT. 15, 2008 By The Record September 15, 2008 Attorney appointed to editorial board Jeanne Zolezzi of the law firm of Herum Crabtree Brown has been appointed to the editorial board of California Water Law & Policy Reporter For more than 20 years, she has represented public...Read More

The Record By Michael Fitzgerald Over the years, I have watched the various local initiatives of A.G. Spanos Cos., Stockton’s biggest development company, with a mixture of admiration and concern. Admiration because billionaire Alex Spanos and his family have an ingredient sorely lacking in San Joaquin Valley culture, the ambition to reach above the status...Read More