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Three Rivers marks 32 years of powwow celebrations

A 32-year tradition perpetuated by the Three Rivers Indian Lodge in Manteca is again taking place this weekend starting on Friday. That tradition is the Fourth of July Powwow. Three Rivers actually has been a part of the Manteca community for the last 35 years, but the first powwows were held in Stockton. All subsequent celebrations were later hosted by the nonprofit Native American drug- and alcohol-treatment facility located on a three-acre piece of property ...

June 30, 2009 | Rose Albano-Risso | NEWS


Mobile home fire

Manteca firemen train their attention to a storage shed to the rear of a mobile home at the Almond Blossom Mobile Home Park on Pestana Avenue Sunday around 7:30 p.m. One mobile home unit was destroyed as well as a shed. Firefighters from the Lathrop-Manteca Department also responded to the call. Losses were placed at $110,000.

June 29, 2009 | Glenn Kahl | NEWS


Central Valley Am Jam set July 16 at Ripon’s skate park

RIPON - The Central Valley Am Jam is coming to Ripon on Saturday, July11. The Curt Pernice Skate Park in Ripon is the fourth stop on the tour. The five top overall points earners will also qualify for the California State Games from July 16 through 19, and prizes for the top five skaters in each age group – broken up into nine and under, 10-12, 13-15, 16-17, and 18 and over – will also ...

June 29, 2009 | | NEWS


$1 deal: Movie, fun, & friends

Fred White knew that when he set out to take his family to the movies he'd be staring at an $80 bill by the time it was all said and done.

June 29, 2009 | Dennis Wyatt | NEWS


Groenveld: was part of the fabric of Manteca

Arie Groenveld, 83, was an inquisitive man of habit – he will be sorely missed. Walking from his home insurance office every morning to the post office – nearly half a mile – he would whistle on his way and greet anyone he met. It was his way and it became a habit. Community members were quick to recognize Arie on the street – they would wave and he would wave back. He was definitely ...

June 29, 2009 | Glenn Kahl | NEWS


Workshop addressing affordable housing need

The collapse of housing prices – plunging from a high median of $413,000 some 33 months ago to $178,000 today – have significantly increased housing affordability in Manteca.

June 29, 2009 | Dennis Wyatt | NEWS


BBQ competition at Lathrop summer festival

LATHROP – July is when summer really sizzles in the valley. But the real sizzler on Saturday, July 11, will be Valverde Park in Lathrop. With about two-dozen barbecue chefs expected to turn out for the International Barbecue Competition and Festival, you won't even need a GPS to show you the way to the Fifth Street community park. Just follow your nose and the aroma of charbroiled chicken and pork ribs will lead you to ...

June 29, 2009 | Rose Albano-Risso | NEWS


Chamber mixer at BLD

The Manteca Chamber of commerce mixer was held at Big League Dreams sports complex.

June 29, 2009 | Hime Romero | NEWS


MRPS Festa celebration

Manteca Ripon Pentecost Society held their 90th annual celebration.

June 29, 2009 | Hime Romero | NEWS


Summer party nets $14,000 for HOPE Shelters

The homeless in Manteca aren't – for the vast majority – drug abusers or lazy.

June 28, 2009 | Dennis Wyatt | NEWS


Natural health coach, author talks July 15 in Manteca

Best-selling author and natural health coach Elodia Tate is the featured speaker for the July 15 Manteca Women's Connection luncheon.

June 28, 2009 | Dennis Wyatt | NEWS


Ten young men join ranks of Eagle Scouts

Retired San Francisco 49ers quarterback Steve Young sent a personal congratulatory video to Saturday night's Court of Honor that inducted 10 new Eagle Scouts.

June 28, 2009 | Glenn Kahl | NEWS


Bakery treats for the first 100 with coupons at Farmers Market

The farmers market is offering a coupon with an option for a $1 off or an item under a buck for free at the La Croissant Bakery booth for the first 100 visitors on Tuesday

June 28, 2009 | | NEWS


1949: Bank of America proposes new addition to Manteca building

90 years ago June 27, 1919 The Firemen report everything ready for the big rodeo which will start next Friday morning. A big force of men went to work Wednesday morning to finish the fence which surrounds the park. The grandstand is practically complete. The lot of horses which will be used in the races are here and are being put in good condition for the bucking contests and the races. Lucky McFall, manager ...

June 28, 2009 | | NEWS


Manteca topping 100 thru Tuesday

Health officials are warning people to use caution today through Tuesday as the summer's first sustained heat wave arrives in the Northern San Joaquin Valley.

June 27, 2009 | Dennis Wyatt | NEWS


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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.

June 17, 2013 | | NEWS


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.

June 17, 2013 | | NEWS


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.

June 17, 2013 | | NEWS


‘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.

June 17, 2013 | | NEWS


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.

June 17, 2013 | | NEWS


Police call blade-spiked burger accident

WILLITS (AP) - Health officials plan to keep closer watch on a Burger King restaurant in Mendocino County where a customer reported getting a cheeseburger with a 2-inch-long razor blade in it.

June 17, 2013 | | NEWS


Boy Scout leaders chided for marching with gay Scouts in Utah Pride Parade

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) - Two Boy Scout leaders have been reprimanded by the organization for marching with several Scouts in the Utah Pride Parade in Salt Lake City.

June 17, 2013 | | NEWS


Sierra Club backs immigration reform

Like many great Americans, Sierra Club founder John Muir was an immigrant. It's only because the Scottish-born environmentalist visionary, who arrived in the United States at the age of 11 after a six-week sea voyage from Glasgow, was able to take advantage of the opportunities in his adopted country that the Sierra Club exists at all.

June 17, 2013 | | NEWS


IRS supervisor in DC scrutinized tea party cases

WASHINGTON (AP) - An Internal Revenue Service supervisor in Washington says she was personally involved in scrutinizing some of the earliest applications from tea party groups seeking tax-exempt status, including some requests that languished for more than a year without action.

June 17, 2013 | | NEWS


Fracking fuels water fights in dry spots

DENVER (AP) - The latest domestic energy boom is sweeping through some of the nation's driest pockets, drawing millions of gallons of water to unlock oil and gas reserves from beneath the Earth's surface.

June 17, 2013 | | NEWS


Immigration key for GOP in 2016

WASHINGTON (AP) - Republicans are "in a demographic death spiral" and will fail in their effort to win the presidency if the party blocks an immigration overhaul, a leading GOP senator said Sunday.

June 17, 2013 | | NEWS


Chicago to hire 600 for school safe-passage

CHICAGO (AP) - The city of Chicago, which plans to close dozens of schools this summer to save money, has received 11,000 requests for help getting children to their new schools along safe-passage routes.

June 17, 2013 | | NEWS


Bear with head stuck in jar is rescued

JAMISON CITY, Pa. (AP) - Four central Pennsylvania residents said they used only a rope and a flashlight during a wild chase to rescue a young bear whose head had been stuck in a plastic jar for at least 11 days.

June 17, 2013 | | NEWS


Winners and losers at last week’s E3

LOS ANGELES (AP) - Since the first battles over "Pong" machines in local arcades four decades ago, video gamers have loved good competition. And this year's Electronic Entertainment Expo - the industry's largest annual gathering - presented more thrilling showdowns than ever. Microsoft vs. Sony. Mobile vs. console games. "Titanfall" vs. "Destiny." So who won E3?

June 17, 2013 | | NEWS


Conservation for big guns that opened Civil War

SULLIVANS ISLAND, S.C. (AP) - Preservationists are using computer sensors and other high-tech methods to protect massive iron Civil War guns at a fort in South Carolina that fired on Fort Sumter to open the war in April 1861.

June 17, 2013 | | NEWS


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