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Honoring memory of faithful Mantecan
Wally Fagundes without fail for years walked across the street from his Yosemite Avenue home and took down the flag in front of the Manteca Museum in the evening and returned to raise it the next morning.
Senior Games reception set for this evening
The next step in promoting Manteca as a place friendly for active seniors officially gets under way this evening when Del Webb at Woodbridge hosts the opening reception for the 2009 Manteca Senior games.
Palmers speaking at Manteca Prayer Breakfast
Charles and Teri Palmer – the parents of fallen Marine Cpl. Charles C. Palmer II – are the speakers for the 43rd annual Manteca Community Prayer Breakfast set for Thursday, May 7, from 6 to 7:30 a.m. at the Manteca Senor Center, 295 Cherry Lane.
Visit unique Coconut Hut during this weekend’s Asparagus Festival
Five years ago Lena Webber was sampling a number of fragrances at the well-known Bath and Body Works. Though the fragrances were pleasant enough, Webber was tired of the same old scents made with ingredients she could barely pronounce.
Sunday Scribblers at Manteca Library
The Manteca Branch Library will host the Sunday Scribblers on May 18, at 1 p.m. in the McFall Meeting Room. The Sunday Scribblers is a group of writers and artists who gather to share poems, paragraphs, stories, artwork, doodles and musings. Those looking for inspiration are also welcome. The Scribblers meet on a monthly basis in order to spark ideas and network with other artists. New members are encouraged to attend this free program.
16,396 city trees alter Manteca’s landscape
Early Manteca pioneers might be a bit startled at today's landscape. A century ago, trees -ornamental and otherwise -were at a premium. Much of the area that is south of Yosemite Avenue today was a sandy plain where tumbleweeds were more likely to roll on a windy day than leaves fluttering in the breeze. Manteca is no longer an inhospitable place for trees. The arrival of surface water through the formation 100 years ago of ...
Hunters snap up treasures at Sue’s Country Barn
Linda Aderholte was hunting for antique plates and old yard sticks. Her good friend Sonja Garrison focused her search on collectible French pots. Dee Wilmoth had her eye focused on old tin trays, preferably decorated with tole paintings.
Big Read underway at library
The Big Read begins today at the Stockton-San Joaquin County Public Library. This year's featured title is "Fahrenheit 451" by Ray Bradbury. "The Big Read is designed to revitalize the role of literature in American culture," said Miranda Nighbor of the Manteca Branch Library. The Big Read is made possible by a $20,000 grant from the National Endowment for the Arts in partnership with the Institute of Museum, Friends of the Stockton Public Library, and ...
Cooling off in Manteca
If you thought summer was officially here Wednesday when you sweltered in the day's ice-melting and sweat-drenching 96-degree temperatures, you thought wrong.
10% cut in library hours is possible
The Manteca Branch Library could be facing a reduction in hours. According to Dennis Tucker, Library Division Manager for the Stockton-San Joaquin County Public Library System, the decision could depend on funding received from San Joaquin County along with the local municipalities, including Stockton and Manteca, for the upcoming year. "We're also looking at other sources including one-time funds," he said at Wednesday's state-of-the-budget report to the Manteca Friends of the Library. Tucker noted that ...
Scouts do good deed to mark Earth Day
Adam Pintor can rest easy knowing that he did a little something to help the planet. To coincide with the national celebration of Earth Day on Wednesday Pintor was one of more than a dozen members of Cub Scout Pack 432 that distributed decorated paper bags at Save Mart on Main Street – bags that were emblazoned with activity sheets encouraging conservation. Getting out and talking to people, he said, was a great way to ...
Shredding old receipts Saturday for Relay for Life
RIPON - Going outside the box for cancer research in Ripon actually equates to shredding what is inside the box for a $10 donation to the American Cancer Society as part of Ripon's Relay for Life event set for mid-May at the Ripon High football stadium.
Locomotive lumbers through Manteca on heritage tour
The Union Pacific Railroad's historic steam locomotive No. 844 passed through Manteca and Lathrop early Wednesday afternoon on its "Western Heritage Tour," enroute to Stockton.
The man behind sweet deals
It's a long way from the jungles of Nicaragua to Spreckels Park in Manteca. Mike Atherton – the high-profile face of Manteca's 21st development community – partnered with a friend who was a Peace Corps volunteer back in 1979 working with the poor in that Central America country. People he befriended down there came to him one day in 1979 and warned him the Sandinistas were going to launch a war in a bid to ...
Houx retiring as Parks & Rec head
After more than two decades of overseeing the department that brought about Woodward Park and Big League Dreams, Steve Houx is calling it quits.
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7 years after the peak
Property tax receipts are rebounding for the second straight year in Manteca.
Union tiff over pensions means bus cutbacks
LATHROP - A transportation labor dispute that's not even supported by the rank-and-file members of the unions that started the fight could end up drastically impacting public transit operations in San Joaquin County.
Cat in can prank goes way of tin garbage cans
It was a simple prank.
Manteca may end squeeze play at Lathrop Road intersection
The attempt at a squeeze play may end soon on westbound Lathrop Road at Madison Grove Drive.
Manteca ponders keeping lobbyist for $80,600 a year
By DENNIS WYATT
Break-a-thon raises $52,000 for hospital
BY ROSE ALBANO RISSO
Crafting letters to grandchildren to preserve past
By JASON CAMPBELL
Davidson, Tom win Daytime Emmys
BEVERLY HILLS (AP) - Doug Davidson of "The Young and the Restless" and Heather Tom of "The Bold and the Beautiful" won lead acting honors at the Daytime Emmy Awards on Sunday night.
Lawmakers expand Medicaid in final voting
SACRAMENTO (AP) - The Legislature passed a major piece of the federal Affordable Care Act on Saturday, opting to expand Medicaid to 1.4 million low-income Californians, as it rushed to meet its deadline to complete a state budget.
Court reverses verdict in Salinas baby-selling case S
SALINAS (AP) - A midlevel California appeals court has overturned the conviction of a Salinas man who allegedly tried to sell his 8-month-old baby in a Walmart parking lot.
‘Male’ or ‘female’? Outdated IDs a worry for transgender people
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Lauren Grey didn't think much about the gender recorded on her Illinois driver's license until she went to test-drive a new car. Although she had been living as a woman for months and easily obtained a license with her new name and a picture reflecting her feminine appearance, Grey's ID still identified her as male, puzzling the salesmen and prompting uncomfortable questions.
District wins $2.6M in false rape case
LOS ANGELES (AP) - The Long Beach Unified School District has won a $2.6 million default judgment against a woman who falsely accused a former high school football star of rape that landed him in jail.
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