Starbucks is opening its seventh location in Manteca and its second on Lathrop Road.
It is going in at Crestwood Avenue and Lathrop Road off of Highway 99 as part of the ARCO complex.
The space originally was intended for a Fatburger before the pandemic hit. The other Lathrop Road location is less than a mile away at Union Road.
Starbucks, with 15,000 stores nationwide, has closed dozens of stores within the last year in major cities such as San Francisco and Portland.
The reason is primarily due to the dearth of in-person workers in downtown offices that has severely diluted foot traffic. A secondary reason are spikes in crime that the Seattle-based firm attributed as the main factor in closing 16 stores so far this year.
Two of Manteca’s seven locations are inside other stores — Target and Safeway.
There will now be a Starbucks location near four of the city’s existing six interchanges on the 120 Bypass and Highway 99.
Order a craft brew &
leave a tip for the dogs
This Saturday, May 13, from noon to 9 p.m., members of the City of Manteca senior management staff will be serving beer at Brethren Brewing Company in the 200 block of North Main Street.
They’re doing so to earn tips that will benefit efforts underway to upgrade the Manteca Animal Shelter with a variety of programs such as subsidizing neutering and spaying costs among other needs.
Manteca Firefighters Association
breakfast takes place Saturday
The Manteca Firefighters Association are staging their annual pancake breakfast on Saturday, May 13, from 7 to 11 a.m.
It takes place at the Powers Avenue fire station. The $5 tickets are available the door.
Proceeds will help pay for scholarships.
In addition, a sign that will be placed at a park honoring the late Captain Tom Moore who died in a training accident will be unveiled.
A park in the Griffin Park neighborhood south of the 120 Bypass off of South Main Street being developed by Raymus Homes is being named in Moore’s honor.
Tucks once again
create safety hazard
Two trucks parked on the east side of Crestwood Avenue in front of Center Appliance early Friday afternoon near a shared driveway that also accesses the adjoining ARCO station were creating an obvious safety hazard.
Those turning out of the driveway could not see oncoming traffic coming from the south until after they inched out into the traffic lane.
Truck parking per se is illegal on residential and commercial streets unless they’re making delivery or a pick up. It is allowed only along designated truck routes unless specifically prohibited as it is along segments of Moffat Boulevard.
The city banned truck parking on segments along Moffat because the semis were posing serious safety issues by blocking sightlines at intersections and driveways.
Even though it is illegal to park on Crestwood, you’d think the truck drivers at least would have parked their rigs on the otherside of the street where there are no driveways and just a wall that extends nearly half the block that’s part of a mini-storage complex.
To contact Dennis Wyatt,. Email dwyatt@mantecabulletin.com
