Archive By Author - Glenn Kahl
RC Pre-K students get taste of kindergarten
Children from pre-kindergarten classrooms at Ripon Christian Elementary School were taken on an hour-long orientation journey Wednesday morning in Pam Huisken's kindergarten room.
SAFE IN 60 SECONDS
Continuous high velocity tones heard throughout New Haven School classrooms and the playgrounds shortly after 11 a.m. Monday signaled students and teachers they were experiencing a "lockdown," alerting them to evacuate the playgrounds within 60 seconds.
Parents want Ripon Unified to close a school
Closing one elementary school to raise the daily attendance in others was presented as a solution Monday night to school district trustees as a way to restore electives and broaden the education opportunities of Ripon Unified students.
POLICE ON PLAYGROUNDS
Children have bonded with two Manteca Police officers that have been assigned to circulate among the 15 elementary schools in the district on a daily basis.
IT’S COLLEGE DAY
It was all about college in their future for upper class students at Park View Elementary School Friday morning as the sixth, seventh and eighth graders filed into the multi-purpose room wearing their colorful college T-shirts and sweatshirts.
BURYING THE DEAD
Death and dying on state highways has become an accepted consequence of getting where we need to go. And having a drink for the road often signs the fate of the innocent.
Police officer & his family honored for helping kids
Manteca Police officer Mike Kelly was humbled by the recognition he and his wife Margaret received at Tuesday night's City Council meeting for stepping up to help three homeless children by taking them into their home for three months.
BODY BAG JARS TEENS
Three Ripon High juniors told of the impact the Every 15 Minutes DUI drama had on them as they reflected upon the horror of the simulated crash scene at the high school campus Tuesday morning that claimed the lives of two of their classmates.
Swiped diaper bag trips up suspects, leads to arrest for 27 ounces of meth
Three men met their match when they were allegedly prowling around a residence in the 200 block of Tannehill Drive Wednesday morning after they were spotted on the porch of a residence by a friend of the family driving down the street.
Stolen car crashes during pursuit, ditched in Ripon
A Monday morning police pursuit went for nearly five miles on city surface streets shortly before 7 a.m. and ended on a Ripon frontage road following a crash at Yosemite Avenue and Austin Road.
Police train for unthinkable
SWAT officers – some seven in number – from Manteca and Ripon police departments put on a three hour emergency response drill Monday at the Ripon High School campus that included a question and answer session in the school library.
PARK VIEW SOARS TO 1ST
Park View Elementary students took home a first place in Aerodynamics competition along with other awards from the recent 27th Annual San Joaquin County Science Olympiad completion in Stockton.
Spending 14 months in Switzerland as Au Pair
Nick Hafer, 24, took on the challenges of serving as an "Au Pair" in Switzerland to the children of two married doctors – a general practitioner and an Ob/Gyn – for some 14 months after graduating from college last year.
She’s got a doggone good job
Alexandra Queen is the first 100 percent dedicated animal control officer in Ripon since the budget cuts of 2010 that split the duties between two of the police department's community service officers.
Manteca grad inducted into sportscasters’ hall of fame
Brother and sister Sadie Cabral and Joe Cala were Manteca High grads. Sadie operated her beauty salon for over 75 years until her death last year. Her brother Joe went into radio as a sportscaster with KNX 1070 News Radio in Los Angeles. Cala, who lives in Studio City, was recently inducted into the Southern California Sports Broadcasters Hall of Fame. His sights are now on garnering more honors as a screenwriter and actor. After ...
Articles By Author - Glenn Kahl
MANTECA POLICE INVESTIGATE FATAL TRAFFIC COLLISION
On Friday 05/17/2013 at about 0243 Hrs, the Manteca Police Department responded to the 300 blk of S. Airport Wy regarding a solo rollover vehicle collision. Several officers arrived on scene and found two adult males trapped inside a two door burgundy Scion. The vehicle had major damage and was positioned near a mobile home on the east side of Airport Wy.
BRIDGE OVER McKINLEY
LATHROP - Pat Mitchell, watched intently as the first two 11 ton bridge sections were lowered into place Thursday morning to connect the production lines of California Natural Products with his six story Power Automation Systems (PAS) storage facility on the east side of McKinley Avenue.
Man walks off with $2,200
A cash roll of $2,200 – money intended for a down payment on a mobile home – was dropped in the parking lot of a Manteca fast food restaurant.
Kofa Mountains: A true summer adventure
Ripon – the community – possesses a wealth of heart-inspiring stories in the minds of its many highly respected senior citizens.
THE P&J BURGER TEST
It was a culinary test of skills determining who could make the best hamburger that would be taste tempting to the pallets of a school district administrator, a police chief and the chef of a fine dining restaurant.
French Camp woman critical after shooting
FRENCH CAMP - A French Camp woman was shot Sunday morning while sitting behind the wheel of her car and then drove herself to a hospital with three bullet wounds in the upper part of her body.
Suspicious case in park triggers Ripon bomb scare
A city maintenance worker discovered a suspicious looking suitcase shortly before 2 p.m. Monday near the baseball diamond at the Ripon Community Center in the 300 block of Fourth Street and summoned police.
CLOSE-UP IN DC
Dan Vos and Brittany O'Brien learned first-hand the plight of the handicapped in the nation's capitol as they joined 64 classmates and chaperones in a weeklong tour of U.S. government offices and memorials in Washington, D.C. – in wheelchairs.
Ripon dining icon closing after 33 years
Ripon Chef John Mangelos has mixed emotions about closing his Barnwood Restaurant after 33 years due to shoulder injuries that have kept him from doing his job at the restaurant and catering operation.
Kayak patrol busts illegal river encampment
The discovery of an illegal encampment along the banks of the Stanislaus River by Ripon officers Thursday afternoon netted one arrest for drug possession, according to First Sergeant Steve Merchant.
Ripon Police nab lingerie theft suspect within 60 seconds of receiving report
A 28-year-old Ripon woman, Chandra Ann Ashlock, was nabbed by a patrolman some 60 seconds after a dispatcher radio dispatcher put out the description of an alleged burglary suspect who had taken lingerie valued at $200 from the All About the Girls bra shop in the downtown business community.
12-mile back-up on Highway 99
Highway 99 traffic was backed up for nearly nine hours Thursday from a big rig that rolled on its side blocking all northbound lanes shortly before 7 a.m.
‘SURVIVE THEY DID’
It is seen as a "Miracle on Judith Court" Tuesday afternoon that is responsible for two brothers, 6, and 2, being rescued by a neighbor who jumped into her pool to save the youngsters she said appeared lifeless, floating on the top of the water.
Facebook threats case: Trial set for terrorist threats against police officer
Dominic Aguilar, 37, is being held to answer a felony terrorist threat charge that he leveled threats against Manteca Police Officer John Moody on his Facebook page related to the officer involved shooting of Ernesto Duenas, Jr., nearly two years ago.
Commuters Backed Up On 99 For Hours When Ladder Causes Truck Rollover
Update: Traffic was still at a crawl as of 1 p.m. on Thursday afternoon slowing motorists who were driving northbound on Highway 99 between the Highway 120 Bypass and Yosemite Avenue. Tow trucks had pulled the truck around into one lane leaving the other lane open to allow restricted traffic flow on the freeway.
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