Archive By Author - Dennis Wyatt
Get ready for shady Louise
Louise Avenue between Main Street and the railroad tracks west of Union Road is about to get a $1 million Botox treatment courtesy of Uncle Sam.
Manteca OKs sidewalks for Commerce
When Social Security built a new Manteca office in 2012, the federal government chose a site behind Home Depot that was away from public transit and not accessible by sidewalk.
California makes sure car buyers pay the price twice in taxes
Call it farmer smarts State Sen. Bill Berryhill contends stealth taxes are costing you and I money we never imagined. And at the same time they are a drag on our economy and can even hurt the environment. The Twain Harte Republican and farmer is the author of Senate Bill 732. The bill essentially would put Californians on par with most other states when it comes to sales tax at the time they trade in ...
Beware of sugary drink tax: It might end up killing you
How many calories are in 16 ounces of orange juice? Try 220 calories. How about 16 ounces of beer? It has some 200 calories. What about the caloric count of 16 ounces of Red Bull? It comes in at 220 calories. And how many calories are in 16 ounces of my favorite poison, strawberry-banana V8 Fusion? There's a whopping 240 calories. Which brings us to the $2.6 billion question: How many calories are in 16 ...
Manteca condo prices increase slightly, still 75% off market peak
It was the hottest buy in town. The Cherry Lane Condos had just come on the market in September 2006 as the median resale sale home in Manteca hit $410,000. It was just $3,000 away from the market's peak. People were willing pay to $220,000 for 800-quare-foot homes accessed from alleys. That - and the fact there was almost nothing available under $300,000 - made the conversion of the apartments built in 1985 into condos ...
Greg Leland being inducted into Manteca Hall of Fame
Greg Leland - whose dedication to young people has spanned 27 years - is being inducted into the Manteca Hall of Fame.
LAFCo’s Subliminal message: SJ County is not business friendly
Is San Joaquin County business friendly? It's a good question given the 44-month and counting ordeal that South San Joaquin Irrigation District has been going through trying to secure the permission of a county agency - the Local Agency Formation Commission - to lower electrical rates 15 percent across the board for businesses, agriculture, local governments, churches, and residents. The one thing that has been forgotten in the epic battle being waged by LAFCo staff ...
550 apply to attend River Islands
LATHROP - A pent-up demand for charter schools means the South County's newest public elementary campus - River Islands Technology Academy - will open in August with a waiting list of students trying to get into kindergarten through fourth grade classes.
LAFCo treating SSJID differently than Lathrop power provider
The request by South San Joaquin Irrigation District to take over a chunk of the PG&E service territory isn't the first rodeo for the San Joaquin County Local Agency Formation Commission.
King George III: Behind the smoke in New York City
I can't stand cigarette smoke. I've never lit up even as an act of curiosity. But there is one thing I definitely abhor more than cigarette smoking – gutting of free will by the government. It's an act that leads to a much more vicious and destructive death via cancer of the soul. New York City, an early benefactor of the don't-tread-on-me-movement that tore the colonies away from the micro-governing of King George III, now ...
What to do with Cottage Avenue?
Councilman Steve DeBrum wants Cottage Avenue made safer between the Highway 99 overpass and Louise Avenue and he doesn't want to spend thousands on a consultant to do so.
Renewable law enhances value of SSJID power by 70%
Dropping power prices may actually make it more feasible for South San Joaquin Irrigation District to leverage Tri-Dam Project receipts to deliver on a promise to reduce power costs by 15 percent assuming they get past the San Joaquin Local Agency Formation Commission.
CARE to know why your power rates are higher?
CARE to know what PG&E and South San Joaquin Irrigation District agree upon? Try how a number of folks in Manteca, Ripon, and Escalon are getting reduced electrical rates that probably aren't qualified to receive rate breaks. As a result everyone else is subsidizing their power use whether they are other ratepayers or PGE's shareholders. It's part of the quasi-sham known as California Alternative Rates for Energy (CARE) that the California Public Utilities Commission foisted ...
(Almost) 50 shades of green
Come this summer you'll be able to charge an all-electric vehicle downtown and do so from power generated from the sun and not the PG&E grid. That's because the Manteca Transit Center now under construction on South Main Street at Moffat Boulevard will not only include solar panels over about half of the parking shade structures but it will have electric car charging stations as well. "It (the transit center) is going to not ...
LAFCo forcing SSJID to spend $1.9M on effort to lower rates
It's been 44 months since the South San Joaquin Irrigation District filed its current application before the San Joaquin Local Agency Formation Commission for permission to sell retail electricity to customers in Manteca, Ripon, and Escalon at rates 15 percent below PG&E prices.
Articles By Author - Dennis Wyatt
Guns: Being judged by 12 instead of being carried by 6
She's a single mom in her early 30s. She lives in an old farmhouse in an almond orchard five miles east of Manteca. The closest neighbor is a quarter mile of a way but the trees make it impossible to see their home.
There are now 71,164 Mantecans
Manteca has bumped Turlock to become the fifth largest city in the Northern San Joaquin Valley.
Extended camping illegal in parking lots in Manteca
Extended camping – more than one night – in the Wal-Mart parking lot doesn't thrill some Manteca civic leaders.
Ripon grows by 129 residents to 14,606 population
Ripon added 129 residents during 2012 to make it the third fastest growing city in San Joaquin County.
Manteca Hall of Fame awaits Judge Abdallah
Judge George Abdallah – who has served as a judge or commissioner since 1987 – is being inducted into the Manteca Hall of Fame.
Want a safe environment for vacation? Then stay out of Yosemite
Yosemite National Park is not Disneyland.
FUN Club is serious about changing lives
Quincy McClain didn't like what was happening in the neighborhood outside the confines of the Southside Christian Church where she serves as pastor.
Ripon trapshooter entering Manteca Hall of Fame 2013
Randy Ernest Albertsen – who is part of a five-man team holding a World Trapshooting Record – is being inducted into the Manteca Hall of Fame.
Perhaps Manteca should work with Wal-Mart to create a homeless park
The aging RV was parked under a stately tree providing relief from the 90-degree midday heat.
Dave Bricker being inducted into Manteca Hall of Fame
Dave Bricker - who spent 32 years serving and protecting the people of Manteca - is being inducted into the Manteca Hall of Fame.
Count your blessings that disco didn’t survive the ‘70s
Bell bottom pants. Flare-leg pants. Men's rayon tie scarves. Polyester suits.
3 more outlets on way to Manteca by Black Friday
Three more outlet stores have inked deals to locate in The Promenade Shops at Orchard Valley. Manteca Councilman Vince Hernandez confirmed that Craig Realty working with center developers has secured three retailers, that are in the process of preparing to open stores in Manteca before Black Friday. Developer Poag & McEwen has submitted plans to the city to convert at least one of the spaces for the three stores. Hernandez noted the first of the ...
30,000 expected for Memorial event
Upward of 30,000 people are expected to converge on Woodward Park in Manteca on May 26 for what military leaders have described as "the biggest Memorial Day Weekend commemoration on the West Coast." The salute to those who have fallen that also serves as a way of thanking those still living who have served America costs nearly $60,000 to stage. The biggest fundraiser is the raffling of two 2013 four-door Ford Fiesta sedans being donated ...
Hernandez: 3 more outlets by Black Friday
Three more outlet stores have inked deals to locate in The Promenade Shops at Orchard Valley. Manteca Councilman Vince Hernandez confirmed that Craig Realty working with center developers have secured three retailers s that are in the process of preparing to open stores in Manteca before Black Friday. Developer Poag & McEwen has submitted plans to the city to convert at least one of the spaces for the three stores. Hernandez noted the first of ...
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