Junior CSI: Applying classroom to real world

Students participating in the Junior Crime Scene Investigation Academy at the Boys & Girls Clubs of Manteca / Lathrop are discovering that classroom work applies to the real world.

Manteca scoring county complex?

Five years ago it was far from a prime location.

Flags over Manteca

Rental for senior center going up 33%

It's going to cost a third more to rent the Manteca Senior Center.

Federal funds gives Manteca way to slash energy costs

The federal economic stimulus plan is sending some green to Manteca to save even more green.

A cop’s cop goes the extra mile for kids

RIPON- Scott Lindsay is a cop's cop who cares about kids.

Keeping shirt on your back, financially speaking

Sometimes the best place to save a little bit of money is right there on your back. Literally.

New Senior Pastor

Mark Mahaffie is the new Senior Pastor at Sequoia Heights Baptist Church.

Homeless 101: Kids sleeping in box

Manteca's unemployment rate is at 13.6 percent.

Teens, seniors dance the night away

Ken Wesela knows how to put smiles on the faces of people.

Project offers preemptive design to slow traffic

Crivello Estates – a 65-home semi-custom neighborhood planned for the northern extension of Vasconellos Avenue in East Manteca – may end up with at least three firsts for Manteca.

GETTING PREPARED

The Manteca Community Emergency Preparedness & Safety Fair took place Saturday at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints Manteca Stake at the Northland Road stake house.

ZEPHYR IN CONCERT AT MAIN STREET CAFÉ

Zephyr was the opening act for the reggae funk band Braata during a concert Friday at the Main Street Café.

1989: Lathrop votes for city incorporation

Independence Day vendors sought

The City of Manteca in partnership with Big League Dreams will be sponsoring a community wide Independence Day Fireworks event at Big League Dreams on Friday July 3.

Water: Outlook not good

A streak of sub-90 degree days has Public Works Director Mike Houghton concerned.

THEY SAVED HER LIFE

Six-year-old Emily Hum dropped by Manteca's Union Road fire station Wednesday to meet some special guys - firefighters and medics who saved her life.

Gas station owner at odds with city

LATHROP – Dalwinder Dhoot can't dispute the fact that Lathrop voters overwhelmingly supported a one-cent sales tax increase in 2012 – to the tune of more than 77 percent.

Carnival helps fund recreation scholarships

LATHROP – All that Lathrop Mayor Sonny Dhaliwal wanted to do was bring some family entertainment to town.

Manteca scores with BLD

The Big League Dreams sports complex is heading into the home stretch of its eighth full season and it is still scoring big for Manteca.

Couple needs help purchasing a bed lift

Eddie Costa has been confined to a wheelchair for more than a quarter of a century.

Valencia running for mayor of Lathrop

LATHROP – When Rosalinda Valencia called for Lathrop Mayor Sonny Dhaliwal to step down from his position at a meeting last month it drew a collective exasperated breath from the crowd.

Strategy: Inconvenience homeless

Manteca Police for the past six weeks have stepped up their pressure on the homeless at Library Park.

WOODWARD & WATER

"Little drops of water

Chamber seeks help to clean 2,500 flags

The Manteca Chamber of Commerce along with a small army of volunteers have helped line Manteca's streets with 2,500 flags at least 10 times a year since 2002 to mark major holidays.

Water supplies tighten

There is less water than previously thought available from New Melones for South County farmers and municipal users in Manteca, Lathrop, and Tracy.

THE HAM MAN

There are four seasons of the year – winter, spring, summer and fall.

Ripon hosts 300 Police Explorer cadets

Some 300 Police Explorers from throughout the state converged on Ripon High to test their proficiencies in day-to-day police tactics and procedures in the fourth year of the Central Valley Explorer Competition.

Panera Bread seeks OK from Manteca planners

Panera Bread is before the Manteca Planning Commission Tuesday seeking approval of a 4,200-square-foot restaurant on East Yosemite Avenue.

Walkup focusing on movie on mime

Jon Walkup is at it again.