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Manteca Police plan checkpoint for DUI on Friday

Drivers beware – police are out to snare drunk drivers Friday night at a DUI checkpoint.

April 25, 2013 | Glenn Kahl | NEWS


Greg Leland being inducted into Manteca Hall of Fame

Greg Leland - whose dedication to young people has spanned 27 years - is being inducted into the Manteca Hall of Fame.

April 25, 2013 | Dennis Wyatt | NEWS


100th birthday celebration for longtime Manteca resident

Nearly life-long Manteca resident Gilbert Simoni is celebrating his 100th birthday today from noon to 1:30 p.m. at The Commons at Union Ranch.

April 25, 2013 | By CHELSEA NEAL-RICKER Special to the Bulletin | NEWS


Daughter: ‘She was still my father on the inside’

Editor's note: First of two parts. In Friday's Bulletin the transgender spouse and non-transgender spouse share their thoughts.

April 25, 2013 | Rose Albano-Risso | NEWS


READY TO ROCK OUT

Jim Anderson turned toward "Fingers" on the keyboard and let his legs shake, dipping his left knee as the music reached a crescendo.

April 24, 2013 | James Burns | NEWS


LAFCo treating SSJID differently than Lathrop power provider

The request by South San Joaquin Irrigation District to take over a chunk of the PG&E service territory isn't the first rodeo for the San Joaquin County Local Agency Formation Commission.

April 24, 2013 | Dennis Wyatt | NEWS


Veterans laud McNerney efforts on their behalf

LATHROP – The war wounds that Al Alexander suffered during the 13 months that he spent in Korea still plague him to this day.

April 24, 2013 | Jason Campbell | NEWS


Firefighters go to bat for dying colleague

Tuesday morning was not about softball. Sure, there were beers being poured, pitches being tossed and grown men scampering around the bases. Muscling up to get the ball over the fence remained a universal sign of strength. Bragging rights, said Manteca Fire Department tournament director Steve Borrows, were in full effect. But on the back table near where the first base line started at Tiger Stadium, a handful of posted flyers were on display that ...

April 24, 2013 | Jason Campbell | NEWS


Community gets taste of top chef creations at Merrill Gardens event

Chef Jose Morales knows how to pick a menu. Mango chicken. Maple chipotle salmon. Dr. Pepper braised brisket. As the Head Chef at Manteca's Merrill Gardens Retirement Community, he gets plenty of practice coming up with new and exciting things that he believes the residents will enjoy – whether it's a new twist on something as easy as a salad or something as flashy as a New England lobster. So when he got the chance ...

April 24, 2013 | Jason Campbell | NEWS


What to do with Cottage Avenue?

Councilman Steve DeBrum wants Cottage Avenue made safer between the Highway 99 overpass and Louise Avenue and he doesn't want to spend thousands on a consultant to do so.

April 23, 2013 | Dennis Wyatt | NEWS


Renewable law enhances value of SSJID power by 70%

Dropping power prices may actually make it more feasible for South San Joaquin Irrigation District to leverage Tri-Dam Project receipts to deliver on a promise to reduce power costs by 15 percent assuming they get past the San Joaquin Local Agency Formation Commission.

April 23, 2013 | Dennis Wyatt | NEWS


Running for Boston to raise funds to help

Tracy Crane has organized memorial races, uniting the heavy-hearted in a common cause. She also completed 100 miles in February to commemorate the 100th month of her daughter's diagnosis with diabetes, raising money and awareness with each footfall. When life gets tough and overwhelming, Crane, a certified run coach and burgeoning race coordinator, does what she knows best. She runs. Not away from the problem, but directly at it. "Fortunately I have a way of ...

April 23, 2013 | James Burns | NEWS


CIGNA Healthcare recognizes DHM as certified bariatric center

Weight-loss patients in Manteca now have a CIGNA Healthcare certified Bariatric Center at Doctors Hospital of Manteca, according to its CEO Nicholas Tejeda.

April 23, 2013 | Glenn Kahl | NEWS


RELAY FOR LIFE

It wasn't the weather that brought Virginia Zore to California. It wasn't Disneyland or Hollywood or San Francisco or any of the other trappings of The Golden State. It was cancer. It was the Relay for Life. After flying clear across the country to visit friends in Manteca, Zore - who was diagnosed with lung cancer on Oct. 12 – represents the fighting spirit that the event promotes and the tenacity that one person can ...

April 22, 2013 | Jason Campbell | NEWS


(Almost) 50 shades of green

Come this summer you'll be able to charge an all-electric vehicle downtown and do so from power generated from the sun and not the PG&E grid. That's because the Manteca Transit Center now under construction on South Main Street at Moffat Boulevard will not only include solar panels over about half of the parking shade structures but it will have electric car charging stations as well. "It (the transit center) is going to not ...

April 22, 2013 | Dennis Wyatt | NEWS


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State demands $1.7 million

Sacramento made it clear to Manteca: Pay back a $1.7 million redevelopment agency loan now or risk having local sales and property taxes seized.

May 22, 2013 | Dennis Wyatt | NEWS


City swimming program requires big pool of money

LATHROP – The City of Lathrop isn't necessarily swimming in a pool full of money.

May 22, 2013 | Jason Campbell | NEWS


New Melones assures Manteca’s prosperity

Editor's note: This is the second of a six-part series taking a look back at Manteca's first 95 years as an incorporated city. Voters approved incorporation on May 28, 1918.

May 22, 2013 | Dennis Wyatt | NEWS


Manteca turns 95 as a city a week from today

Editor's note: This is the first of a six-part series taking a look back at Manteca's first 95 years as an incorporated city. Voters approved incorporation on May 28, 1918.

May 21, 2013 | Dennis Wyatt | NEWS


Prognosis good for boy, 2, run over by pick-up

The 2-year-old who was run over by the family's pickup is still undergoing some tests at Children's Hospital in Oakland but is expected to come home soon.

May 21, 2013 | Rose Albano-Risso | NEWS


KIDS IN A BOX

If Emmanuel Torres ended up on the street tomorrow, he wouldn't fare so well. For starters, the 15-year-old vice president of the Manteca Boys and Girls Club's Keystone Club - a leadership academy for teenagers -- struggled with piecing together a makeshift shelter that only needed tape and staples to finish. Even with a handful of helpers, Torres couldn't manage get the thick cardboard walls to stick to the wooden frame that had shielded him ...

May 20, 2013 | Jason Campbell | NEWS


Burrell nets volleyball scholarship

Ripon High School senior Paige Burrell is moving on to the next chapter in her volleyball career and has accepted a scholarship to play for a NCAA Division II school - Nyack College in Nyack, NY.

May 20, 2013 | | NEWS


Girl, 2, run over by pickup in Manteca

A two-year-old child is recovering at Children's Hospital in Oakland after being run over by her parents' pick-up truck. The vehicle was parked in the family's driveway at Alfonso Lane in Manteca shortly before 1 p.m. on Sunday. The status of the child is unknown as of press time; however, a Manteca Police spokesman said the child was "alert and crying" when officers arrived at the scene. According to preliminary investigations, only one of the ...

May 20, 2013 | Ryan Balbeuna | NEWS


100-foot aerial platform truck moving to Powers

By DENNIS WYATT

May 20, 2013 | Dennis Wyatt | NEWS


Working to keep heritage of Tachi Yokuts alive

By JASON CAMPBELL

May 20, 2013 | Jason Campbell | NEWS


Phoenix police officer dies in fatal hit-and-run

PHOENIX (AP) - A Phoenix police officer and firefighter both died Sunday after suffering critical injuries in separate accidents on the job, officials said.

May 20, 2013 | | NEWS


Taylor Swift wins 8 trophies at Billboard

LOS ANGELES (AP) - Another day, another domination for Taylor Swift: She was the red hot winner at the Billboard Music Awards.

May 20, 2013 | | NEWS


Tornadoes level homes in Oklahoma, 21 injured

SHAWNEE, Okla. (AP) - One of several tornadoes that touched down Sunday in Oklahoma turned homes in a trailer park near Oklahoma City into splinters and rubble and sent frightened residents along a 100-mile corridor scurrying for shelter.

May 20, 2013 | | NEWS


Ropin’ on the River Rodeo June 1-2 benefits GECAC free tutoring effort

LATHROP - Give Every Child a Chance is staging the Ropin' on the River Rodeo hosted by Dell'Osso Family Farm on June 1-2.

May 20, 2013 | | NEWS


Parking fees possible for those accessing NorCal coast beaches

SANTA CRUZ (AP) - Sunbathers flocking to Southern California beaches are used to feeding the meter or paying a parking attendant. Not so along the less developed north coast where it's customary to ditch cars on the shoulder of Highway 1 to surf, swim or picnic.

May 20, 2013 | | NEWS


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