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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.

June 15, 2009 | Jason Campbell | NEWS


New Senior Pastor

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

June 15, 2009 | Hime Romero | NEWS


Homeless 101: Kids sleeping in box

Manteca's unemployment rate is at 13.6 percent. The state is looking to completely eliminate WorkNet and slash their safety net programs. The economy is still sputtering. And donations to the HOPE Family Shelters are down while the demands for its services are up significantly. It is against that background the HOPE Ministries is conducting its annual Kids in a Box sleepover starting Friday after 3 p.m. at the organization's Raymus House on South Union Road. ...

June 14, 2009 | Dennis Wyatt | NEWS


Teens, seniors dance the night away

Ken Wesela knows how to put smiles on the faces of people. A member of the Senior Center, he did so by displaying his dance moves Friday at the Manteca Parks and Recreation Department's teen, adult, and senior prom. "I love to dance," said Wesela, who also attended the event of a year ago co-sponsored by the Manteca Youth Advisory Commission and the Manteca Senior Advisory Committee. "I'm an old man and I like to ...

June 14, 2009 | Vince Rembulat | NEWS


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.

June 14, 2009 | Dennis Wyatt | NEWS


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.

June 14, 2009 | Hime Romero | NEWS


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.

June 14, 2009 | Hime Romero | NEWS


1989: Lathrop votes for city incorporation

90 years ago June 13, 1919 Manteca looked like a real city Saturday night with a string of machines three blocks long and hundreds of people on the streets and the band discoursing sweet music. The only bad feature was that several of the stores were not lighted. It looks bad and all business houses should be lighted, at least on Saturday night. 80 years ago June 13, 1929 Plans are underway to ...

June 14, 2009 | | NEWS


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.

June 14, 2009 | | NEWS


Turning sewer & garbage into power?

Manteca could stabilize its power costs by switching to renewable energy sources. They could include: •converting sewer or methane gas to electricity through a bio gas digester. •solar photovoltaic installation to generate electricity. •a biomass generator to turn garbage into electricity. Navigant Consulting has completed an assessment report that determined those three options are economically viable while options to convert the municipal vehicle fleet such as garage trucks and pickups to alternative fuel use didn't ...

June 13, 2009 | Dennis Wyatt | NEWS


Little pizza from a big boy chef

There's a "Little Chef" at David and Sylvia's Restaurant creating his own signature mini-pizzas.

June 13, 2009 | Glenn Kahl | NEWS


FUN time helps kids improve lives, avoid gangs

Jason Elenes enjoys the Family Unity Night in the Neighborhood. The incoming Manteca High sophomore along with Richard and Arthur Hernandez live not too far from the FUN Club Inc. program held at Southside Christian Church. "I like to come here and play sports," Elenes said on Friday. "And Quincy tells us stuff that's helpful." He's referring to Quincy McClain, pastor of the church located at 314 Locust Ave., Manteca. She hopes to someday move ...

June 13, 2009 | Vince Rembulat | NEWS


350 attend Feast of St. Anthony’s luncheon from throughout area

Sister Ann Venita Britto and Cecilia D'Mello go back to their days in India. Both Daughters of the Cross were in the same convent. D'Mello, who was in Rome for 10 years, is currently serving the Tracy community, having just spent the past 16 years in New York, where she helped out at St. Francis Hospital the Heart Center in Roslyn. She's a certified medical assistant. D'Mello was in Manteca Wednesday for the Feast of ...

June 13, 2009 | Vince Rembulat | NEWS


Community steps up to give young man a helping hand to improve his lot in life

Andrew Ramos didn't quite know what he was going to put down on paper when Calla Principal Lindsay Munoz called him and asked him to write a speech for the school's graduation.

June 12, 2009 | Jason Campbell | NEWS


Manteca High fire

Manteca firefighters responded to a fire at an ag department storage building that also damaged the side of a portable classroom shortly after 10:30 a.m. on Thursday.

June 12, 2009 | Hime Romero | NEWS


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Manteca on the grow during 1970s & 1980s

Editor's note: This is the fourth of a six-part series taking a look back at Manteca's first 95 years as an incorporated city. Voters approved incorporation on May 28, 1918.

May 24, 2013 | Dennis Wyatt | NEWS


Pedestrian struck by car on Center St. dies

A 70-year-old Manteca man struck by a westbound car in the 200 block of East Center Street at about 6:30 p.m. Wednesday died of his injuries in San Joaquin General Hospital, according to police reports.

May 24, 2013 | Glenn Kahl | NEWS


Tony & Mrs. K’s Bakery Café opens at East Yosemite & Cottage avenues

It is a dynamic change of life for Artemis Vourakis from being a legal secretary to opening a Greek Bakery and Café at the corner of East Yosemite and Cottage avenues in Manteca. Vourakis' brother Hercules is opening a modern car wash on the site late in July or early August.

May 24, 2013 | Glenn Kahl | NEWS


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