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‘Studio-us’ retrospect of Manteca
Johnson Studio was a downtown fixture in Manteca for many years. From 1949 to 1984, to be exact.
Manteca’s homeless: Full-time workers
The typical Manteca homeless family helped by HOPE Ministries isn't battling substance abuse or living off the system. They are clean and gainfully employed.
Quick, articulate grandmother on cutting edge at 84 years
Ursula Belaski is an amazing woman. This 84-year-old grandmother is as sharp as a tack and a terrific conversationalist. She visualizes life's stage that she encountered as though everything happened only yesterday. Her dreams of tomorrow seem to be filled with the anticipation of wonder and excitement for what is yet to come. I was only in her home for an hour as we chatted about her life - an hour I will never forget. ...
Lathrop leaders burn thru $250K in tax dollars on Browne case
LATHROP - Did the Lathrop City Council break its own rule after approving a resolution on June 3, 2008 which budgeted $20,000 for the "engagement" of Douglas H. Barton as the hearing officer in the Matt Browne wrongful termination appeal case?
Seniors celebrate new low-income housing
Ed Crom could remember when Almond Court was once an agricultural area. His uncle farmed the land not too far from the newest affordable apartment homes for seniors located at 2030 N. Union Road. The former Escalon and Modesto resident recently decided to make Almond Court his new home. "At first, I was skeptical about moving in," Crom said at Monday's grand opening celebration of the new 40-unit addition by Eden Housing, Inc. "I'm a ...
Farmer gets free flowers for donning a dress
RIPON - It wasn't as much about getting free flowers as it was putting together a good laugh.
DeCristo rolls out Manteca events
The curtain is about to go up on four months of community entertainment designed to help foster kids, honor America's servicemen, and provide a family-style setting for live music and movies.
Banks being dinged for city clearing high weeds
There was a time when stubborn landowners who owned vacant lots had weeds abated by the city at taxpayer expense and then have a lien placed against their property to recoup the money.
People impatient with woman volunteer, 62, digging grave by herself
The woman visiting her son's grave site was not too pleased. She did not like what she was hearing from Evelyn Prouty, one of the regular volunteers who have taken it upon themselves to keep the historic East Union Cemetery from turning into a weed patch after the state revoked its business license and seized its endowment care funds.
STREET FAIR FUN
A warm Sunday drew big crowds to the final day of the 13th annual Crossroads of California Street Fair staged in downtown by the Manteca Convention & Visitors Bureau.
Lots of treasures on display at museum
The Manteca Historical Museum offers plenty of things for visitors to discover. First, there are the "hidden treasures." These are the rusty remnants of various agricultural equipment found in the "memorial building" just literally a skip and a hop away from the main museum. A visit to this adjunct display area is definitely worth the extra step and time you make to get there. Everything on display here came from farms in Manteca and surroundings. ...
Night of the Arts a big hit at Sierra High
Senior projects may soon become a casualty of Manteca Unified's $23.5 million budget shortfall.
Facing cancer head on
Jowell Griggs laughs as she recalls her first encounter with her husband-to-be Leo. She was an 18-year-old keeping the scorebook for her uncle Robert Agdoma's basketball tournament. "I was making stars by the names of the guys I thought were cute," laughed the 1985 East Union High graduate and third generation Manteca area resident. "Leo wasn't one of them." Twenty-two years of marriage later it is clear that Leo is the love of Jowell's life ...
Street fair draws crowds downtown
Warm weather only helped make the crowd of festival-goers at the 13th annual Crossroads of Manteca Street Fair grow even larger on Saturday.
Seminar series focuses on improving hearts
They say that an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure. And that's never been more true than when it comes to your heart. Over the course of the next several weeks, the Manteca Coronary Health Improvement Project – or Manteca CHIP – will be holding a series of information meetings to help introduce residents to the five-week video seminar hosted by Dr. Hans Diehl that is designed to help people change their ...
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Aggressive panhandling? Call police
Arresting someone for aggressive panhandling in Manteca in all likelihood will not result in punishment in the form of jail time or even community service.
SEWING WITH LOVE
The women who work in a small but well-appointed room at the Woodbridge at Del Webb club house call the place, tongue in cheek, "the sweat shop."
Lathrop moves to expand its sewer capacity
LATHROP - It isn't electricity that's important when you're building new homes.
Drive-thru dinner helps human trafficking fight
A drive-thru dinner fund-raiser is being held at Precision Automotive on Moffat Boulevard on Thursday, June 27, from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. to support the non-profit organization, Without Permission.
Chief’s academy steers youth in right direction
Julian Castillo's experiences with law enforcement weren't always positive.
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
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