When Jana Quitiquit began working at Rookies Pub and Grill as a cocktail waitress, she had the luxury of a slow learning curve.
Every time you turn on the faucet you are generating greenhouse gases. It is why those who crafted Assembly Bill 32 - the Global Warming Solutions Act adopted in 2006 - want you to reduce your water use by 20 percent. Reducing water use is among the many elements included in the draft climate action plan that is being reviewed during a workshop at Tuesday's Manteca Planning Commission meeting. The meeting starts at 7 p.m. ...
Jon Lucas is the 2012 City of Manteca Employee of the Year. The senior building maintenance technician was honored during Saturday's City of Manteca Employee Awards Banquet conducted at the Manteca Senior Center. Mike Kelly received the Humanitarian Award presented by the Jeff Burkhardt Memorial Foundation. The various service pins for years as a municipal employee for the past three years are as followed: 2012 service pins ADMINISTRATION DEPARTMENT: 5-Year Ed Saldivar; 25-Year Karen McLaughlin ...
LATHROP - It would be easy for Lathrop's youth to stand by and wait for the "Generation Complex" to be built.
Summer is just around the corner. It means a lot of things to many students – vacation trips with family and friends, swimming lessons, part-time jobs, and visits to the park.
Soroptimist International of Manteca gave away $12,500 in special awards and scholarships Tuesday night at the Manteca Senior Center.
A smorgasbord of spring fashions combined with a three-course luncheon against a backdrop of vintage table settings is taking place Saturday, April 20, at the Manteca Senior Center.
Manteca is about to land 89 jobs. Crothall Healthcare plans to operate a laundry and linen service for client hospitals from a 60,150-square-foot industrial building proposed along Airport Way just south of the cheese factory. The Philadelphia-based firm plans to hire 89 workers to staff the operation in staggered eight-hour work shifts. The company has more than 1,500 clients in 43 states. In addition to laundry and linen services the firm provides hospitals with environmental ...
A 5-mile walk can do wonders to your health. It can also make a big difference in other people's lives.
LATHROP - Lu – Lucius to those that know him really well – Davis Jr. will soon forever be etched into the athletic history of Berkeley High School.
A record 375 plus booth spaces have been reserved for the 17th annual Crossroads of California Street Fair taking place today and Sunday from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. in downtown Manteca. Not only are there a record 375 booth spaces taken but there has been a big surge in handmade arts and crafts vendors.
Customers at Target, Home Depot, In-n-Out Burgers, Grocery Outlet, and Applebee's among others in East Manteca will know what time it is in the coming months without having to check their watch or cell phone.
LATHROP – Angela Johal was busy making a pizza when she received the phone call. It was the Lathrop District Chamber of Commerce informing the Papa John's Pizza franchisee that she had been named the organization's annual Entrepreneur of the Year. All she could do is stop and cry. They, of course, were tears of joy, but they were also tears that marked the culmination of a long process that began at the Chamber's installation ...
There's no doubt that distracted driving can have disastrous results. But thanks to a program being offered Saturday and Sunday at the Crossroads Street Faire in downtown Manteca by TSM and Allied Insurance, people will get the chance to see exactly how dangerous it can be. In front of TSM's Maple Avenue office starting on Saturday morning, those curious about how much they actually lose in terms of functionality when they respond back to that ...
LATHROP - River Islands Tech Academy is the first beneficiary of a South County movement to put power into the hands of the people.
Frank Ruhstaller and Steve Bestolarides are rallying the troops as California's perennial water wars heat up.
Editor's note: This is the fourth of a six-part series taking a look back at Manteca's first 95 years as an incorporated city. Voters approved incorporation on May 28, 1918.
A 70-year-old Manteca man struck by a westbound car in the 200 block of East Center Street at about 6:30 p.m. Wednesday died of his injuries in San Joaquin General Hospital, according to police reports.
It is a dynamic change of life for Artemis Vourakis from being a legal secretary to opening a Greek Bakery and Café at the corner of East Yosemite and Cottage avenues in Manteca. Vourakis' brother Hercules is opening a modern car wash on the site late in July or early August.
The Avoid the 10 DUI Task Force is deploying officers this holiday weekend at DUI/Drivers License Checkpoints and DUI Saturation Patrols countywide to arrest impaired drivers and to keep the public aware of the dangers of driving while impaired by alcohol and drugs.
A 70-year-old Manteca man struck by a westbound car at about 6:30 p.m. Wednesday night died of his injuries in San Joaquin General Hospital, according to police reports.
Tracy Crane slipped into a bikini and summer dress and joined her boyfriend Scott Johnson for a float down the Stanislaus River.
A known Manteca transient apparently walked in front of a west bound car at about 6:30 p.m. Wednesday in the 200 block of East Center Street, midway between Lincoln and Grant Avenues.
Threats against a Manteca Police officer's life on the Internet forced a former Manteca man to appear in a Stockton courtroom Wednesday morning for his continued arraignment on felony charges.
Editor's note: This is the third of a six-part series taking a look back at Manteca's first 95 years as an incorporated city. Voters approved incorporation on May 28, 1918.
Sacramento made it clear to Manteca: Pay back a $1.7 million redevelopment agency loan now or risk having local sales and property taxes seized.
LATHROP – The City of Lathrop isn't necessarily swimming in a pool full of money.
Editor's note: This is the second of a six-part series taking a look back at Manteca's first 95 years as an incorporated city. Voters approved incorporation on May 28, 1918.
Editor's note: This is the first of a six-part series taking a look back at Manteca's first 95 years as an incorporated city. Voters approved incorporation on May 28, 1918.
The 2-year-old who was run over by the family's pickup is still undergoing some tests at Children's Hospital in Oakland but is expected to come home soon.