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She hopes this weekend is for the birds
As a Realtor, Marcy Hanson didn't have a whole lot of options when the housing market took a dramatic downward spiral.
Seniors Night Out brings community together
It was a complete pork dinner for the senior citizen community Friday night at just $3 a plate at what is being called "Seniors Night Out."
Week in Photos: March 26-April 1
A sample of the photos taken by the Bulletin staff that appeared in the print edition of the Manteca Bulletin during the week of March 26-April 1.
Workshop Thursday on affordable housing issues
Developing Manteca's strategies for encouraging affordable housing is the end goal of a workshop this Thursday.
Grave golfing irks volunteers
Please don't play golf in the cemetery. That request is coming from the East Union Cemetery Association which owns and operates the historic burial ground of early pioneers and community leaders in the area. The cemetery, which was founded in 1872, is located on the southwest corner of Louise Avenue and Union Road in Manteca. Spring generally brings nice weather and colorful flowers. But all that is nice about the season's balmy weather does not ...
Dev taking her singing on a spin around California
Devin Tailes – a.k.a Devin Starr or just plain old Dev – is a young lady on a mission.
CORRECTIONS
• Charges were related to child custody: David Blancarte, 48, who was taken into custody on an outstanding warrant March 13, did not have any domestic violence charges associated with the $20,000 contempt of court warrant for his arrest as had been reported in the March 14 edition of the Bulletin.
Dog owners on neutering: It bites
It was a discussion about dogs in heat. And it definitely got heated. More than two dozen dog owners stridently defended their position against a possible ordinance that would make the fixing of all dogs mandatory under city law if the City Council were to approve the same piece of legislation that is already in place the similarly sized City of Santa Cruz. The council is expected to discuss the possible ordinance – which tentatively ...
Three Manteca leaders making pitch in DC for federal funds
Three Manteca City Council members are trekking to Washington, D.C., next month in a bid to snare federal dollars.
VE Day dance leads to 60 years of marriage
Love was in the air in San Francisco at the Marines' Memorial Club on Sutter Street – the love between a husband and a wife and the many friends they had fostered during their years together.
Soldier on way home for family reunion
Jesse Noble has a much-anticipated homecoming ahead. The Manteca product has been stationed in Iraq in the U.S. Army's 1st Calvary Division Special Troops Battalion. He's scheduled to arrive home from Bagdad in mid-April. "But those flight plans can change due to combat relations," Noble recently said. If all goes accordingly, he's looking forward to the family reunion planned for April 26. "My brother and cousins will be there," said Crystal Noble, Jesse's sister, on ...
Eagle Scout project collects kids’ DNA
RIPON - Eagle Scout candidate Quinn McMurtrey, 14, put together a program with the help of the Polly Klaas Foundation to collect DNA samples for families for possible emergency use in locating lost children.
Group W part of free entertainment
Ed Adams is no stranger to most Mantecans who attend community functions. As the singer of the homegrown blues band Group W, Adams and his fellow musicians have become somewhat of a community staple ever since they started playing at the Crossroads Street Fair several years ago – adding performances at the Fourth of July Celebration at Big League Dreams as well as the Sports Hall of Fame induction ceremony. And they'll once again be ...
Ripon park part of skate jam series
Chris Kovacs and Teresa Beaton were by no means strangers to the world of competitive skateboarding.
40 more units to help house low-income 62 and older
Dropping housing prices are doing little to help financially strapped low-income seniors. That's why Manteca Mayor Willie Weatherford – a longtime advocate of subsidized senior housing – is looking forward to the grand opening Monday, April 6, at noon of the 40-unit Almond Court senior housing complex. The apartments at 2030 North Union Road are connected by a central pedestrian walkway to the adjoining 51-unit Almond Terrace that opened in 2004. "There is a great ...
Articles by Section - NEWS
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.
THE TOP PICK
RIPON – Loren Jessop sat in the parking lot of a Home Depot, mere moments away from his next shopping spree.
One extra cent in Lathrop equals 4 more police officers
LATHROP – Criminals in Lathrop had better run and hide.
Twin tunnels tab tops $24B plus interest
STOCKTON (AP) - The massive twin-tunnel system that would carry water from the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta and its accompanying delta habitat restoration plan will cost half a billion dollars more than previously reported, according to new estimates California state water officials released Wednesday.
Spraying starts tonight to keep mosquitoes at bay
The San Joaquin County Mosquito and Vector Control District will begin spraying for mosquitoes tonight after the earliest detection of the West Nile virus in nine years.
Steve Harvey show honors Manteca mom
Melanie Paiva, an adoptive mother of six children, received the accolade for "Mother of the Year" on "The Steve Harvey Show" this month.
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