MUST planning basketball fundamentals clinic on Dec. 23 at Manteca High

Shane Carpenter knows the importance of fundamentals to the game of basketball.

Holiday Affair set for Dec. 16

Manteca Soroptimists are planning their upcoming 30th Annual Holiday Affair.

OLD FAMILIAR FACES

Brett Lewis is confident and goes as far to say that he's developed somewhat of a swagger.

Stuff the Bus

Ripon VFW Auxiliary sends gifts to GIs in Iraq & Afghanistan

RIPON - Sheri Layson, president of the Ripon Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) Auxiliary, is working hard to see that gift boxes get shipped out in time for the holidays to troops stationed in Iraq and Afghanistan.

Auto thefts on slight upswing

Vehicle thefts after dropping for four straight years are on a slight upswing in Manteca.

Ripon tiff over 1945 vs. 1874 date on arch sign

RIPON – Time dating downtown Ripon seemed like the perfect finishing touch for archways that capped an extensive renovation project that replaced nearly all street surfaces with pavers and helped add a retro element to the central district.

Union Road/120 interchange proposal now at environmental review stage

Fifteen years ago you couldn't access Union Road from the Highway 120 Bypass.

Board honors spelling bee winners

Trustees of the Manteca Unified School District will recognize winners of the recent Spelling Bee at Tuesday's board meeting.

Tracy motor officers salute retiring lieutenant

RIPON - It was a class act – a police escort – for Ken Bunch of Ripon on his last day as a lieutenant with the Tracy Police Department.

‘THE MESSIAH’

SONdance plans pair of performances

SONdance is once again preparing for its annual presentation of "A Christmas to Remember."

COPS SHOP FOR KIDS

Manteca Library winter holiday hours

Stockton-San Joaquin County Public Library facilities including the Manteca branch will be closed for several days in December for the Christmas and New Year holidays.

Concerts, parade, ballet & wild game feed events on tap

There's plenty of holiday happenings taking place in Manteca, Ripon, and Lathrop.

California’s cup still two thirds empty

April showers fuel May wildfires.

$2.2M settlement for death

The family of 34-year-old Ernest Duenez Jr. - the man shot to death by a Manteca Police officer in June 2011 - has apparently reached a $2.2 million settlement with the City of Manteca's insurance carrier.

Approving settlement & amount out of hands of Manteca’s leaders

A pending $2.2 million settlement won't put a dent in Manteca's municipal budget nor is it the doing of elected city leaders.

WAFFLE TACO

Odds are you've heard of it.

Birdie McGinnis: Today’s her 100th

Birdie McGinnis has a reason to smile this morning.

Doctors Hospital Auxiliary seeks applicants for 2014 scholarships

Medical students may apply for college assistance from Doctors Hospital volunteers making use of their gift shop profits and donations from the previous year.

A new tax for police & fire?

Improving public safety in Manteca is expected to be a three-step process.

MULTICULTURE

What makes multicultural day special?

Manteca Ford nominated for Small Business award

Phil Waterford has been on the giving end of an award or special recognition numerous times.

Bark 4 Life on April 13

The third annual Ripon Bark for Life & Car Show takes place Sunday, April 13, from 1 to 4 p.m. at Stouffer Park.

Elderly man hurt in home invasion

Manteca Police detectives are investigating a home invasion robbery near Sierra High School which left an elderly man bruised and battered after being kicked and punched by the assailants that ransacked his house.

Manteca man creates new gaming controller

Robert Acosta was tired of seeing his friends fumble around with their video game controllers.

WORKING ON THE RAILROAD

There's more trains coming down the tracks in Manteca.

Woodward crosswalk work nears

It's been four years since parents with school-age children living north of Woodward Park in South Manteca started their push for a crosswalk across Woodward Avenue at Buena Vista Drive.

2 years after 40-foot fall she’s saving cats

Karen Duke has nine lives.