Part-time employees for the City of Manteca - unless they are seasonal workers - won't be getting more than 29 hours a week of work.
There are two framed photographs and one prominent black-and-white poster adorning David Burke's otherwise spartan office.
Plumes of black smoke could be seen for more than 10 miles away as fire engulfed playground equipment at John McFall School at 1810 Hoyt Lane near Northgate Park shortly before 6 p.m. Monday.
SACRAMENTO (AP) - Lawyers for the City of Stockton said Monday it has cut its budget and services to the bone and has no choice about trying to become the most populous U.S. city to enter bankruptcy.
It's been more than a month since Lathrop Police Services lieutenant Chris Pehl rotated back to the French Camp Sherriff's Department headquarters.
Manteca's leaders want to see golf pro Alan Thomas make a lot more money. And the reason they do is to improve the municipal golf course's bottom line. The City Council has finalized a deal with Thomas that would give the golf pro 90 percent of everything he generates above $814,044 a year in green fees during this year, 2014 and 2015. The city would receive the other 10 percent. It is the flip of ...
Kay Jones sported a floral skirt and a peach blazer from the Dress Barn of Manteca. A 30-year breast cancer survivor, she made all those near and dear to her proud during Friday's first-ever Couture for a Cure Fashion Show sponsored by the Ripon Relay for Life team, 'One Step at a Time.' Included was her granddaughter, Rochelle Souza, who, along with Kim Waterbury, was emcee of the runway event. "We're here because we've all ...
STOCKTON (AP) - By outward appearances, Stockton, a city of nearly 300,000 on the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta, seemed in the mid-2000s to be emerging from decades of struggle.
Get ready for a housing shortage. As implausible as it may sound Manteca new home builders are predicting they won't be able to meet demand later this year. The reason is simple. Buyer demand in Manteca is increasing at a rate that's too fast to bring ready-to-build lots online. That is also why builder confidence nationwide has fallen even though new home sales are at their strongest in over six years. The National Association of ...
Motorcycle officers from the Tracy Police Department led a funeral procession through the Central Valley, delivering Bob Prosser to his final resting place.
South San Joaquin Irrigation District has something that everyone else in California wants - water.
Thirty or more vehicles routinely back up during weekday afternoon commute hours on southbound Moffat Boulevard at the Austin Road intersection.
STOCKTON – Carol Noceti and the staff at Stockton 99 Speedway are starting to feel the heat.
A thank you breakfast Saturday at 9 a.m. with chicken fried steak as the centerpiece of the menu is being held in honor of the late East Union High School athlete Matthew Zaragoza Van Gelderen who has donated seven organs to save four lives.
Bulb-outs - the much maligned landscaping devices that jut out into street parking areas in downtown Manteca - are going to become a staple of new neighborhoods.
Sixty years ago, on May 5, 1953, the Manteca High baseballers maintained their top position in the Valley Oak League standings when they defeated Tracy High 7 to 5. Leading hitter for Coach Arte Fairbanks' Buffaloes was Darell Phillips, who had a perfect afternoon by picking up two hits in two official trips to the plate and driving in two runs. He was also the winning pitcher.
Two separate car crashes on Friday claimed the lives of three people.
Nearly 100 acres of city-owned wastewater treatment plant land could end up as the premier family entertainment hub for the Northern San Joaquin Valley while tapping into the Bay Area market as well.
On Friday 05/17/2013 at about 0243 Hrs, the Manteca Police Department responded to the 300 blk of S. Airport Wy regarding a solo rollover vehicle collision. Several officers arrived on scene and found two adult males trapped inside a two door burgundy Scion. The vehicle had major damage and was positioned near a mobile home on the east side of Airport Wy.
Carlon Perry leans forward onto his forearms, peering over the top of reading glasses.
LATHROP - Pat Mitchell, watched intently as the first two 11 ton bridge sections were lowered into place Thursday morning to connect the production lines of California Natural Products with his six story Power Automation Systems (PAS) storage facility on the east side of McKinley Avenue.
Manteca, Ripon and Lathrop could become more than just neighboring communities at least when it comes to wastewater.
LATHROP – Joyce Gatto has many fond memories of Vera Walquist for a number of reasons.
Nikki Freitas pinned down quivering lips as she surveyed the newest panel in the Welcome Home Heroes series.
LATHROP - It's been a few years since the City of Lathrop financed its way into an additional allotment from the South San Joaquin Irrigation District's surface water treatment plant.
A handful of kids are going to get a chance to think out of the box when it comes to perceptions about the homeless.
Federal authorities are intentionally flooding low land along the Stanislaus River in a test to see whether it will help increase the chances of salmon fingerlings making it to the Delta.
Your federal tax dollars funneled through the City of Manteca are paying Charlie Halyer $178.08 an hour and his fellow worker $144.88 an hour. The two are resident engineers. But they aren't being paid that rate to make sure a freeway bridge is built safely. Instead the Caltrop employees are being paid to make sure trees and shrubs planted along the 120 Bypass corridor and part of Highway 99 get enough water. "It's ridiculous," said ...
Efren Juarez had a good thing going with his business that hosted poster tournaments for non-profit organizations.
South San Joaquin Irrigation District had $44.1 million in unrestricted cash and investments at the end of 2012.