Who’ll reign Monday as Manteca Idol 2009?

They've reached the crescendo.

‘BAGGAGE CLAIM’

The Sequoia Heights Baptist Church group's play "Baggage Claim: A Modern Day Parable" opened Thursday and is being staged again tonight at 6:30 p.m. at the church located at Union Road and Wawona Street. Tickets are $6 and can be purchased either at the door or in advance by calling 823-2089. All proceeds generated will help fund the youth's trip to the annual State Conference.

Membership is $24 a year

Where can you get a year's worth of karate lessons, play in flag football and basketball leagues, have a safe place to hang out after school until as late as 8 p.m. with friends, play and do your homework for just $24 a year?

Turkeys roll into Manteca

Turkeys – lots of turkeys – headed for Thanksgiving tables were delivered to the Second Harvest Food Bank warehouse in Manteca's Industrial Park Wednesday morning by a Foster Farms' 18-wheeler.

He’s in a pickle every day at work & loves it

Sal Lopez might just be one of the most popular people in Manteca.

Manteca honors Charlie & Bobette Giles by naming park after them

It's an All American story of a hardworking husband and wife, who loved each other, loved their families, loved their workers, and loved their community.

Judge sings high note with Manteca idol

It was only four years ago that Michelle Robinson braved the microphone herself as a Manteca Idol contestant before eventually falling short of the title.

News 10 reporter’s team loses math challenge

Prior to the Give Every Child A Chance tutoring challenge, Malik Rice admitted that math wasn't exactly his favorite subject.

BENEFIT FOR LAURIE MITTMAN

Holiday open house helps benefit Ripon athletics

RIPON - The Ripon Community Athletic Foundation is hosting an open house-style fundraiser for those looking to get a jump on Christmas shopping.

Manteca ground zero in moth fight

A small paper clip dwarfs it but don't let the light brown apple moth fool you.

EU Cemetery resting place of many who served God and country

Arval C. Campbell was just a teen-ager when he heeded the call to fight for his country in World War II. He was one of the lucky ones. He survived that horror.

Grocery Outlet shopping spree among bid items

Just how much groceries can you stash in shopping carts in two minutes?

Church helps victim of pursuit crash

A church and unexpected insurance coverage provided a surprise twist for the Manteca woman whose car was rear ended in Saturday night's police pursuit of a fleeing felon believing she had lost her transportation in the blink of an eye.

Gang seminar for families Thursday night

A special gang seminar is being offered to church members and other Manteca families Thursday night at the Fellowship Baptist Church at 1130 Pine Street.

Underground beats mainstream for hip-hop artist Andrew Bell

East Union High graduate Andrew Bell has become a permanent fixture in the Sacramento hip-hop scene since moving to the State Capital from the Bay Area several years ago.

CAPS gardeners get needed exercise through planting and harvest chores

The annual planting at the CAPS' campus on North Austin Road at East Yosemite Avenue adds an element of unexpected "exercise" for the consumers at the learning facility designed as an extra level of educating the physically and learning disabled in the community.

With Their Aid

Jocelyn Patane was nervous, intimidated and at times, lost on the wide-open stretches of the soccer field.

Manteca alleys: Retain & repair or eliminate?

Some new urban neighborhoods embrace alleys.

Lathrop hires help to check building plans

LATHROP – It's not as simple as looking at a picture and giving it the thumbs up.

Master gardener program helps sharpen skills

Some people are born with green thumbs. Others are made.

Make it appeal to Petula Clark

It's not 1918 anymore.

PLANTING THE SEED

In black shades and a Hawaiian button-up, Larry Teunissen is the epitome of beach-boy cool.

Post office pulls plug on mailing taxes by midnight

The tax day midnight madness is no more.

Campaign to drop all federal income taxes

Imagine an America where the corporate income tax is reduced to zero.

Divided downtown derails decisions

Can't all the downtown merchants just get along?

Bureau increasing flows on Stanislaus River on Monday

The Bureau of Reclamation will begin increasing releases from Goodwin Dam into the Stanislaus River to benefit Stanislaus River steelhead and San Joaquin River Chinook salmon starting on Monday.

Glacier Point opens to cars Monday

YOSEMITE NATIOMNAL PARK - The Glacier Point Road in Yosemite National Park is open to bicyclists.

An open tunnel for tracks?

The number of trains that come through Manteca in the next five years is set to double.

Manteca may slash graywater system permits

Keeping Manteca green may take a little gray as in graywater.