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Lower costs for treatment plant expansion means lower fees for homes
The bad economy is good news for future buyers of new homes as well as developers of employment centers and retail complexes.
Ripon displays purple for Allison Council
RIPON - In support of Ripon's Allison Council and others like her who have been battling cancer, this small close knit community is painting the town purple in its second annual Relay for Life fund raising campaign.
Police Explorers compete against contemporaries
High school and college students who make up the ranks of the Manteca Police Explorers took part in a recent competition held at Sebastopol High School near Santa Rosa.
DAY OF THE CHILD
Target Stores helped sponsor the Day of the Child activities at the Manteca Library on Saturday.
DOLPHIN OMELET BREAKFAST
The Manteca Dolphins swim team held an omelet breakfast at the Manteca Senior Center.
Summertime storytime set for Manteca Branch Library
On Tuesdays and Thursdays at 10:30 a.m., the Manteca Branch Library presents summertime storytime for the months of June and July.
Union Crossing offers more retail
Manteca's next major retail complex could break ground as early as this winter. Union Crossing – 48.5 acres of retail and restaurants – is being pursued by developer Bill Filios on the southwest corner of the Highway 120 Bypass and Union Road interchange. It consists of three phases with 399,700 square feet of retail and 55,300 square feet of restaurant space. Altogether, the 450,000 square feet is the equivalent of almost four Manteca Target stores ...
A dull & dreary Manteca day
Record 100 degree heat just over a week ago is giving way to dull and dreary today. Manteca's rollercoaster weather continues with showers expected off and on through Monday night before the return to normal temperatures by May 10 when the mercury is expected to reach 80 degrees again. The rain, however welcome, isn't expected to make even a dent in drought conditions although it will help avoid the need for irrigation and watering landscape ...
Vida Blue speaks at Manteca Scout benefit
On Tuesday, May 5, the Greater Yosemite Council of the Boy Scouts of America will be holding a fundraising event at Chez Shari Wedding and Conference Center at the Manteca Park Golf Course.
Day of the Child today at Manteca Library
The Manteca Branch Library celebrates Día de los Niños with music, dance, bi-lingual storytelling, craft activities, and book giveaways today from noon to 3 p.m.
On target to sell 1,200 homes
The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed above 3,000 points for the first time ever. The Soviet Union dissolved. The United States liberated Kuwait. Manteca had 41,500 residents. And it was back then – 1991 – when you could last buy a home in Mayor's Park for $127,000. "They may be fixer uppers for that price, but homes are closing for $127,000 in Mayor's Park today," noted long-time Realtor Tom Wilson. Two homes that closed escrow ...
Manteca economy scores with Senior Games
Manteca's economy enjoyed a small spending boom this past week thanks to active Baby Boomers. The 300 over age 50 athletes plus their spouses pumped at least $120,000 into the Manteca economy during the just completed Senior Games. "Almost all of them spent at least one night in a hotel room here in town because they competed in multiple events," noted Linda Abeldt, chief executive officer of the Manteca Convention & Visitors Bureau. The state ...
Fight over traffic bulbs continue to set tone of talks on downtown
The debate over downtown Manteca's future is once again creating a divided house. A presentation Tuesday night by city-hired consultant Kristen Cowell-Schubert prompted several merchants – including Brenda Franklin who has been extremely vocal over the subject – to voice their displeasure with some of the proposals but they were even more upset about what the proposals left out. The critics painted the situation as one of those who have made the historic district their ...
Lathrop art show offers plenty of young talent
Art and politics are like oil and water. They don't really go together. They should not go together. Unlike the more hard-edged and corroded nitty-gritty world of politics, art is supposed to be something beautiful, refreshing and uplifting - a haven for the soul to find comfort from everything that's ugly and discordant in the harsh realities of life.
Manteca, Ripon prepare for flu threat
Both Manteca and Ripon school districts have been working quietly behind the scenes in preparation for the possibility of a swine flu threat.
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Diocese will pay $875K in sex abuse settlement
STOCKTON – The Diocese of Stockton has reached a negotiated settlement with attorneys for a man who was a victim of sexual abuse in the 1980s by defrocked Catholic priest Oliver O'Grady.
Roof work extra hot for air conditioning repair guys
It's not the dark roofs that bother Ed Kramer.
Air District offers $1 million for electric mower purchases
Back by popular demand, the San Joaquin Valley Air District's Clean Green Yard Machines program starts today with more funding and more lawn mower options.
Will Manteca reach 111 degrees?
Manteca's municipal leaders don't want to make a deadly mistake.
Back in the day you sweated & used fans
When Shorty Wolf was growing up on a dairy farm on the outskirts of Manteca, his family didn't have any power, let alone air conditioning.
STILL GOING STRONG
Like many farmers in the area at this time of the year, John Mendes is busy cutting and baling hay in the fields, and storing them for winter feed.
BODY BURIED IN NEIGHBORHOOD
The remains collected from the yard of a Manteca residence have been confirmed to be those of a missing Stockton woman Karen Sterzl, 36, when she disappeared in December of 1990.
Is panhandling getting worse?
Is panhandling becoming too aggressive in Manteca?
HAPPY ENDING
When an arsonist torched the playground equipment at McFall School for the second time in three years back in March, it was the students that lost out.
Police looking for man who lost his bank roll
Manteca Police have been unable to contact the man who lost his $2,200 bank roll at a fast food restaurant on May 3 with the good news that KHOP 95.1 radio listeners and the El Pollo Loco corporate office in Southern California want to help.
Hot time at opening farmers’ market of season
The heat wasn't enough to keep Josh Johnson inside Tuesday afternoon.
New Union Road interchange
There was no Union Road interchange 20 years ago on the 120 Bypass.
Tracy pays $5M, gets Lathrop out from under water
LATHROP - For two years the City of Lathrop has been on the hook for water payments that a defunct developer initially agreed to cover.
Lathrop leaders reviewing budget plan today at 4
LATHROP - It's that time of year again.
Downtown water feature back up and running
The Library Park interactive water feature is back up and running just in time for the opening this afternoon of this summer's Downtown Manteca Certified Farmers' Market.
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