January 20, 2023

Lodi Fire Department Provides Mutual Aid to Woodbridge

Engine 2031 and Brush 2071 assisted Woodbridge Fire last Sunday at the Arbor Mobile Home Park on Frontage Road at Hwy 99 and Woodbridge Road. Crews assisted in the evacuation of residents due to flooding and moved over 200,000 gallons of water from the housing area.

Mutual aid is an important part of any emergency service, and we are glad we can aid our neighboring communities with our available resources. Woodbridge Fire specifically has mutual aid agreements with us and routinely assists with calls for service.

Welcome Officer Escobar

The Lodi Police Department is pleased to announce that Officer Escobar successfully completed the field training program and has been assigned as a solo patrol officer. Please join us in congratulating Officer Escobar.

Residents Can Apply for Federal Financial Assistance for Storm Damage

The County of San Joaquin was added to the Major Disaster Declaration for the State of California for severe winter storms. Residents of San Joaquin County will now be eligible to apply for Federal financial assistance.

Residents who incurred financial losses due to storm damage are encouraged to apply for assistance as soon as possible online at www.disasterassistance.gov or by calling 1-800-621-3362. You can also apply for assistance by downloading the FEMA app in the Apple and Google store. This allows you to upload documents to FEMA directly and track the status of your application.

Salmon in the Classroom Program

With the recent storms, all eyes are on our local watersheds watching for high water, and potential flooding. In Lodi, however, students just back from a winter break eagerly anticipate the arrival of a cheesecloth bundle of pink-eyed Chinook salmon eggs from the Mokelumne River Fish Hatchery in Clements this week. Twenty Lodi teachers, who have been specially permitted and trained by the California Department of Fish and Wildlife, will receive 30-35 Chinook salmon eggs to be raised in their classroom’s chilled fish tanks. Students will predict when the eggs will hatch, then watch them develop to the alevin and fry stage, finally releasing their charges back to the Mokelumne River in late February and early March, just before spring break.

The City of Lodi supports the Salmon in the Classroom program as part of its stormwater permit State requirement for public outreach, since runoff from the streets of Lodi drain to the Mokelumne River and Delta, potentially affecting the salmon and watershed’s ecosystem. The complicated nexus between people and their impacts on the environment become tangible and easily leads to environmental stewardship when fostered in class.