Elder Heinze going on 2-year Chile mission

Daniel Heinze, a 2008 Sierra High graduate, will enter the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints Mission Training Center in Provo, Utah on Nov. 18 to begin preparations for a 2-year mission to the Chile Concepcion South Mission.

Scouting for food takes place Nov. 21

Scouting for food is a national canned food drive put on by the Boy Scouts of America.

Veterans Day at Library Park

Manteca's Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 6311 and American Legion Post 249 are holding a Veterans Day ceremony at Library Park on Wednesday, Nov. 11, starting at 11 a.m.

Neon Ink in free concert at Main Street Café Friday night

A new upcoming R&B Pop band will be performing a free show this Friday, Nov. 6, at Main Street Café at 7 p.m.

IN UNIFORM

Christ is a verb for Calvary youth

Christ is a verb and not a noun.

Kirk Waters takes oath as Manteca fire chief

Kirk Waters is officially Manteca's permanent fire chief.

Lathrop council may change meetings

LATHROP – When Jose D. Hernandez served on the Lathrop City Council two mayors ago, he lost a number of hours at work and, on a few occasions, arrived late at the meeting. Sometimes, he did not even have time to grab something for dinner while dashing off from work to the 7 o'clock council meeting at City Hall.

FLAG VOLUNTEERS NEEDED

Ripon gang member sentenced to 5 years

RIPON - A 16-year-old gang member has been sentenced to five years and four months in juvenile detention after pleading guilty to assault with a deadly weapon in a stabbing in August that left him with a broken hand.

SJ deputies looking for missing man

LATHROP - San Joaquin County Sheriff's Department reported Mario Pena as a missing person.

2 laid off officers land Hayward jobs

Two recently laid off Manteca police officers have been hired by the City of Hayward with a higher wage scale than they had in Manteca.

Give Every Child a Chance appreciates support of business, rest of community

In these tough economic times, Carol Davis greatly appreciates any and all donations to her non-profit organization.

Pumpkin Maze: Smashing hit

LATHROP - It is without a doubt the largest agri-tourist attraction in the Central Valley if not all of California.

Retired black minister struggles to secure VA benefits

This is a story of a retired black minister who served his country, refused a medical discharge for a back injury because of his sense of duty, and who was told by a Navy doctor that he could file for disability when his pain became more intense as he aged.

WATER WAR ON HORIZON

A water war is about to erupt on the Stanislaus River.

TRIPLE BLESSING

Three girls – believed to be identical triplets – were born to a Manteca couple last week who already have two children at home.

Manteca’s goal: 5th fire station, new police office

Manteca needs to restore police and firefighting staffing to prerecession levels.

Library landscaping facelift on Arbor Day

The Manteca Public Library landscape facelift continues on Friday.

Tesla bringing jobs to Lathrop

It's a business at the forefront of the movement towards fossil fuel-free transportation.

‘ACT LIKE ZACH, SMILE LIKE ZACH’

Zachariah Gomez Hernandez smiled.

SSJID taking delivery of federal power

Electricity generated at federal facilities will start powering the South San Joaquin Irrigation District offices and a portion of the agency's pumps starting in 2015.

Candidates’ forum to feature three SJCOE superintendent candidates

STOCKTON - An open forum featuring the three candidates running for superintendent of San Joaquin County Office of Education will be held Thursday, April 24, in the Fireside Room of Central United Methodist Church in Stockton, 3700 Pacific Avenue. The event, which is open to the public free of charge, will begin with a "meet and greet" starting at 6:15 p.m. followed by the presentation of the candidates at 6:30 p.m.

Sleepy Hollow nearly empty

Just over a month ago the Sleepy Hollow Mobile Home Park was busting at the seams with squatters.

Steve Winter joining Hall of Fame

Steve Winter - a Manteca High Buffalo through and through for 40 years first as a student, then as a teacher and coach, next as an administrator, and then five years as principal - is being inducted into the Manteca Hall of Fame.

Distracted driver kills pedestrian

Distracted driving involving a cell phone is believed to be responsible for the death of a 14-year-old pedestrian.

Uranium & arsenic well levels too high

LATHROP – It took eight years before Lathrop's Well 21 – constructed to serve the Mossdale and River Islands developments – was considered safe enough to bring online to augment the city's water system.

Ripon sets massive yard sale

The City of Ripon is holding its annual Community Yard Sale at the Mistlin Sports Complex on Saturday, May 3, from 7 a.m. until 12:30 p.m.

COMIC BOOK ARTIST

At an early age, Ramon Villalobos knew he wanted to be a comic book artist.

Villalobos illustrates ‘What If? Age of Ultron’

Ramon Villalobos is thrilled to be part of Marvel Comic's "What If: Age of Ultron" series.