Faithful readers

Warms my heart to see all these people reading the Tracy Press this morning. Marvin Rothchild, who used to teach at Tracy High School, reads every weekday morning to residents of Tracy Convalescent Hospital. I think it's time to get a computer in there so Marvin can read the TP Web site on the days we don't publish. Photo by Glenn Moore

Here's to readers

This week was one of the biggest news weeks I can remember, with a missing man whose car plunged into the canal, a police shooting of a man on a bicycle, the funeral of a 17-year-old killed in a car accident and an explosion and fire that consumed six apartments on the night of Valentine's Day.

We got initial tips for many of the stories from the radio scanner, with alerts from the fire and police departments and California Highway Patrol. But much of the information we couldn't get from the authorities came from readers. The online comments, in particular, led us to sources we wouldn't have found otherwise.

The aerial photo, above, came in this morning from a longtime reader, John Silva, who carries a camera when he goes paragliding over Tracy. It shows the aftermath of the fire at the Sycamore Village Apartments, which is about three blocks from where John lives. Thank you, John, and thanks to all the readers!