Torch run opens BMX park

The Manteca Senior Games will help christen the city's latest recreation venue - the Spreckels Recreation Park BMX track.

Orchard Valley turning into community events center

Poag & McEwen promised that The Promenade Shops at Orchard Valley - when completed - would have a "warm downtown feeling" where people would be encouraged to stroll leisurely between stores, enjoy water features and sit beneath shade trees.

Lathrop asks residents for community complex wishes

LATHROP – Residents will get another chance to share what they'd like to see added to the East Lathrop Community Complex when city officials meet at the Lathrop Senior Center on Tuesday, March 30.

DHM promotes Bava to head HR

Michele Bava has always had a knack of working with people, only surpassed by her work ethic that grew out of the dairy farm chores she shouldered on her parents' farm in Waterford as a young girl.

MANTECA TEEN DANCE

Scenes from Friday's Manteca Parks & Recreation teen dance at the Golden West School Community Gym.

1930: “Talkies” come to Lyric Theatre

Workforce shrinks by 8 more

The departure of eight municipal employees in the coming weeks - from two police officers to a parks worker - means Manteca will just have $3.8 million left to cut in order to balance the budget for the fiscal year starting July 1.

Fire claims 2 cockatiels, 2 dogs in Lathrop

LATHROP - A noontime structure fire Friday in Lathrop, with black smoke visible from the east side of Manteca, claimed the lives of two dogs and two cockatiels that had been left in the home while the owner was away.

It’s springtime in Manteca

Spring has sprung.

Former Bulletin publisher changes plea to no contest

An earlier sexual battery not guilty plea was reduced to a "no contest" stipulation for simple battery against a female employee by former Manteca Bulletin Publisher Paul Mahony, 54, in the Manteca Branch of the San Joaquin County Superior Court Friday morning.

Orchid show set for today, Sunday

STOCKTON – Patty Reece has come a long way since she watched the first orchid ever given to her as a gift shrivel up and die right before her eyes.

HE’S NO DUMMY

Scenes from Wednesday's free puppet show at the Manteca Library that was made possible by the Friends of the Manteca Library.

Mural society: Working on railroad

In the not-too-distant future if the San Joaquin County Rail Commission is successful, sleek high speed Altamont Commuter Express trains will pull out of downtown Manteca on a 55-minute journey to San Jose.

Which is better? Sierra, EU or Manteca?

Are you true to your school?

B&G basketball scores more teams

The banners that hang inside the gym at the Boys and Girls Club of Manteca tell a story of success that until recently had been a distant memory.

1930s: Farm woes, fires, and floods

Editor's note: The following is part of a series recapping Manteca history.

GOLD-WINNING GREEN THUMB

Eric Teberg of Manteca is a runaway winner at the Alameda County Fair for the third year in a row.

Putting the band back together

There's a big band party set for Friday evening, bringing together musicians from the late Leroy Darling's championship Manteca High School bands from 1958 until 1966 at Chez Shari.

1920s: Drought hurts Manteca economy

Editor's note: The following is part of a series recapping Manteca's history.

Generations Center unveiled to public Friday

LATHROP – Here's the first lesson that will be taught to teens hanging out at the Lathrop Generations Center when it opens to the public at the end of the week.

1910s: Water brought prosperity

Editor's note: The following is part of a series recapping Manteca's history.

The signs are everywhere

"Fair and sensible growth! Let our voices be heard." The roadside signs containing those messages then direct readers to the website, SJneighborsUnited.org.

HAPPY TO HELP

Joanne McNabb has never had a problem getting her wheelchair into a Manteca business.

The force is strong with these ones

Manteca police officers were teaching the basics of "on the street" police tactics to some 25 seventh, eighth and ninth grade students in the first week of the Chief's Academy at the Boy & Girls Club – the highest number of youth ever to attend.

Measure C committee to discuss fire & cops budget

LATHROP – When Lathrop's Measure C oversight committee meets on Wednesday it'll be the first time that the group will able to lay out a budget based on numbers and not just projections.

Welcome to Harvest High

Harvest High School is now the official name of the Ripon High continuation site.

A SHAGGY LOOK

It's all about hair or the lack of it in a man and having the courage to try a toupee.

Council switch to tablets will save $50K a year

Photocopier stock is about to take a hit.

San Joaquin Ag Fest staging auction today

After a long run, the San Joaquin County Fair took a break for this year.

Cowell walked from Nevada to Manteca

Editor's note: The following is the first in a series recapping Manteca history.