Christmas food giveaway

Helping Hands at Cornerstone Church in Manteca is expecting to give away nearly 200 Christmas food baskets this Saturday, Dec. 19, from 10 a.m. until noon.

Austin Road project with 4,198 homes requires water tank

Manteca's third water tank may go up on Atherton Drive just north of Woodward Avenue to make sure adequate pressure can be provided for southeast Manteca as well as the 1,050-acre Austin Road Business Park project.

Nile Garden 8th grader county spelling champ

Leonor Borges sort of expected to represent Nile Garden when the school spelling bee rolled around.

SANTA VISITS LATHROP SCHOOL

GOLDEN WEST CONCERT

Golden West school held its annual holiday concert Thursday at the Golden West school gym.

ODDS & ENDS

NEW CORPORATION YARD

LATHROP – The City of Lathrop may soon be able to move its corporation yard from its old and cramped location to a spacious 12-acre property on Louise Avenue. The new site, which was purchased by the city a few years ago, at one time housed a business called Lague Sales which sold government surplus materials and equipment.

Turkeys R Us still short turkeys for 300 families

Turkeys R Us needs another $2,800 by Friday to make sure the 1,300 struggling families in Manteca, Ripon, and Lathrop that they helped at Thanksgiving will also have a Christmas meal.

St. Vincent de Paul Society: Ministry of service

When you think of St. Vincent de Paul Society, think of the following statistics: 7,664 families; 15,513 adults; and 14,529 children.

30TH HOLIDAY AFFAIR

The 30th annual Manteca Soroptimist Holiday Affair was conducted Wednesday at the Bank of Stockton branch on North Main Street. The event raises money for the various community endeavors of the service club.

Telethon total now at $100,391

Late pledges have pushed the 2009 Manteca/Lathrop Boys & Girls Club Telethon total to $100,391.

Manteca CVB offers last-minute gifts that benefit local non-profits

Are you looking for that last-minute gift for that hard to buy for friend or family member?

CD benefits Christmas meal effort

Brieanne Jansen just wants to use her gifts to help people.

Lathrop-Manteca firefighters play Santa

LATHROP – It's a party that only gets bigger and brighter each year for area families feeling the economic pinch.

ODDS & ENDS

Manteca scores with BLD

The Big League Dreams sports complex is heading into the home stretch of its eighth full season and it is still scoring big for Manteca.

Couple needs help purchasing a bed lift

Eddie Costa has been confined to a wheelchair for more than a quarter of a century.

Valencia running for mayor of Lathrop

LATHROP – When Rosalinda Valencia called for Lathrop Mayor Sonny Dhaliwal to step down from his position at a meeting last month it drew a collective exasperated breath from the crowd.

Strategy: Inconvenience homeless

Manteca Police for the past six weeks have stepped up their pressure on the homeless at Library Park.

WOODWARD & WATER

"Little drops of water

Chamber seeks help to clean 2,500 flags

The Manteca Chamber of Commerce along with a small army of volunteers have helped line Manteca's streets with 2,500 flags at least 10 times a year since 2002 to mark major holidays.

Water supplies tighten

There is less water than previously thought available from New Melones for South County farmers and municipal users in Manteca, Lathrop, and Tracy.

THE HAM MAN

There are four seasons of the year – winter, spring, summer and fall.

Ripon hosts 300 Police Explorer cadets

Some 300 Police Explorers from throughout the state converged on Ripon High to test their proficiencies in day-to-day police tactics and procedures in the fourth year of the Central Valley Explorer Competition.

Panera Bread seeks OK from Manteca planners

Panera Bread is before the Manteca Planning Commission Tuesday seeking approval of a 4,200-square-foot restaurant on East Yosemite Avenue.

Walkup focusing on movie on mime

Jon Walkup is at it again.

ON TAP OR IN BOTTLE?

What's safer to drink: Manteca tap water or bottled water?

Tap water: A twist of chlorine

Can you really taste the difference between bottled water and tap water?

Some of the cleanest water on the planet

Some of that water flowing from your faucet in Manteca between April and October likely first reached earth as a snowflake in the rugged Sierra terrain north of Yosemite Park.

Troop packing event collects items and hand-written letters

Teri Palmer has put together enough care packages to know that the best gift an American soldier can receive isn't soap, soup or a magazine, but a hand-written note.