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Reis kept Manteca moving for almost 28 years
Ask Dennis Reis to describe his job and he'll do it in three words: "Flat and black."
Ongoing book sale helps support various programs at Manteca Library
Friends of the Manteca Library canceled last month's annual book sale. But fear not, the group has an ongoing book sale at the Manteca Branch Library, offering plenty of hardcover and paperback books in good condition at outstanding discount prices. A hardcover, for example, goes for 50 cent apiece while the paperbacks are priced at 25 cent each or five for $1. "We can always use more donated books," Friends of the Library member Michelle ...
Ripon OKS retail with gas pumps, car wash at Arc Way & Milgeo Ave.
RIPON – More retail space is on its way to Ripon. Last week the Ripon Planning Commission approved a proposal that will allow a developer to construct a project at the corner of Arc Way and Milgeo Avenue set to include more than 11,000 square-feet of retail space as well as a service station set to include a car wash and a 3,000 square-foot convenience store. Navid Fardenesh cast the lone dissenting vote. But even ...
Cheer Stars end season at Aloha Spirit in Honolulu
Cheer Stars ended their season at Nationals that took place April 3-4 in Honolulu, Hawaii.
MRPS Classy Car Show takes place Sunday on Grant Street
The MRPS Classy Car Show is scheduled for Sunday, May 3, from 9:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. at 133 N. Grant St. in Manteca.
Mom’s Hummer tribute to her fallen son
It is a Hummer like no other you'll see. Airbrushed on it are the images of seven members of the American Special Forces who died in Afghanistan on Feb. 27, 2007 in a helicopter crash during the War on Terror. The Hummer is a tribute by Roseville resident Deborah Getz to her son Kristofer Thomas and the other fallen not just in Afghanistan and in Iraq but in all wars America has waged to preserve ...
Manteca honors those who have served America
Four days honoring those who served America – from Manteca's most decorated soldier to the latest Manteca soldier to lay down his life for his country - takes place May 22-25.
Thomas high school essay: Be all you can Be
(Editor's note: Kristofer Thomas wrote this essay as an assignment his senior year at Roseville High.)
IN UNIFORM
Christopher Carl Henry Black U.S. Air Force First Class Airman Christopher Carl Henry Black graduated basic training on Thursday, Oct. 23, 2008 at Lackland Air Force Base in San Antonio, Texas. (321st training squadron weapons training, physical training, academic airman flight 656 (coin ceremony excellence integrity, service before self to serve our country. Sworn in at graduation E-1.) He is stationed at Hurbert Field, Florida. He is the son of Marc and Melissa Braumbaugh ...
Something Special sneak peek features painting, free appraisals
The Sunday, May 17, Soroptimists' Something Special Sneak Peek will feature collectable appraisals, a gold and metal expert, and a well known local artist who will paint a painting in an hour.
Cinco de Mayo at Weston Ranch library
WESTON RANCH - The Weston Ranch Branch Library will present Cinco de Mayo Craft Day on Saturday, May 2, at 2:30 p.m.
2009 income, 2000 house prices
By DENNIS WYATT Managing editor of the Manteca (Calif.) Bulletin The calendar says it is April 2009. Housing prices say it is early 2000. The drop in median prices of existing homes – 34.7 percent since the market's historic peak of $429,000 in 2005 – has brought Manteca the highest level of affordability in almost 40 years. Median selling prices of existing homes is now at $179,900. That means despite unemployment hovering at 14.4 percent, ...
Poker fans help deal up some more hope for Manteca homeless families
By JASON CAMPBELL Staff reporter of the Manteca (Calif.) Bulletin The future temporary housing for dozens Manteca families forced onto the street was riding on the flip of the cards. Literally. Dozens of local residents took their seats inside of Bank of Stockton Saturday night to participate in a $50 buy-in poker tournament set to benefit HOPE Ministries and the work that they do helping families that are struggling. Organized by local builder Bob Raymus ...
Kids plan to sleep in boxes to benefit homeless
By JASON CAMPBELL Staff reporter of the Manteca (Calif.) Bulletin Dave Thompson loves it when he gets the chance to see 'Kids in a Box.' Every year HOPE Ministries organizes the overnight event being held at the Raymus House where students from around Manteca Unified show up for an evening of festivities before retiring to the cardboard box that they brought for the night. This year they'll be welcoming in students and kids on ...
Politics get physical at City Hall
ROSE ALBANO RISSO City editor of the Manteca (Calif.) Bulletin LATHROP - The husband of the current mayor, the husband of a former mayor, and a city Planning Commissioner have been ordered to appear in Manteca Superior Court following a verbal and physical altercation that occurred inside the Council Chambers at Lathrop City Hall on Friday. Ordered to appear in court May 22 on infraction citations by Lathrop Police are Tom Sayles, husband of Mayor ...
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Search on for teen swept over Yosemite waterfall
YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK (AP) - Yosemite National Park rangers are searching for a 19-year-old Sacramento man who was swept over a waterfall while swimming in the Merced River.
Watts Equipment steps up to help food bank
Watts Equipment Company is one of the many firms that has stepped up to the plate to support the efforts of the Second Harvest Food Bank in Manteca's Industrial Park. Food Bank CEO Mike Mallory has nothing but gratitude for Watts' efforts and those of its president Shirley Perreira in supplying commercial forklifts and their needed parts and service at his Industrial Park Drive location in Manteca that feeds the hungry in both San Joaquin ...
Ventura dangles idea of 2016 presidential bid; wants Howard Stern as running mate
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) - Just back from his part-time home in Mexico, former Minnesota Gov. Jesse Ventura dangled the idea Friday that he could run for the U.S. presidency in 2016.
Ripon Police make arrests in $5,000 worth of Tractor Supply Company thefts
A 53-year-old Railroad Flat man was arrested by Ripon P:olice officers shortly before noon Saturday allowing them to recover some $5,000 in merchandise from three Tractor Supply stores in San Joaquin and Stanislaus counties. Shawn Michael Tegen was booked into the San Joaquin County Jail on multiple felony charges including burglary, theft utilizing a forged credit card, fraud and the possession of stolen property, according to Ripon's First Sergeant Steve Merchant. Merchant said a quick ...
Exploding sound wall alarms city
Over the years, a number of accidents have sent everything from cars to a milk tanker truck into sound walls along the Louise Avenue corridor. Rarely did pieces of the masonry wall fly more than 10 or so feet. Recently a car made a glancing blow on a sound wall that was put in place as part of the Del Webb at Woodbridge housing development north of Lathrop Road on Union Road. The masonry wall ...
Stapleton, TV’s Edith Bunker, dies
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Jean Stapleton's Edith Bunker was such a dithery charmer that we had to love her. And because she loved her bombastic husband Archie, we made room for him and TV's daring "All in the Family."
Twin tunnels will impact Manteca
Steve DeBrum wants to make sure Manteca's future - and that of the rest of the region - isn't shipped south to Los Angeles.
READY TO WEATHER IT
The thought of near 100-degree day – like the one that is expected today – is enough to make most people cringe.
SSJID may build power plant on canal drop
A power plant capable of providing enough electricity to supply 280 homes a day could be built among the almond orchards south of Escalon.
Reflecting on his life: The miracle of Aaron Morris
Aaron Morris had every reason to not enjoy life. Every reason to be bitter about his lot. Every excuse to feel sorry for himself. A string of legitimate and justifiable excuses to avoid getting a job.
Manteca going for “four” on Louise
It's been seven years since residents in east Manteca convinced city leaders Louise Avenue needs to be widened to four lanes and have sidewalks installed east of Cottage Avenue to improve safety.
FAST & (THEY’RE) FURIOUS
Jack Cole kissed and hugged his mother in the driveway of her Cottage Avenue home.
Sand animation artist performs in Manteca
Sand animation artist Joe Castillo, who reached the finals last year in America's Got Talent, is scheduled for four performances this weekend at the Crossroads Church on Moffat Boulevard in Manteca.
Winning car will help drive FUN this summer
It's one thing for a non-profit to win something that will bolster its regular offerings or a few hundred dollars to help with operating expenses.
She has met the enemy, and it’s Lupus
At this time last year, 17-year-old Myklyn Balmut had the whole world and the future ahead of her.
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