CORRECTION

The Lathrop City Council's regular meetings on the first and third Monday of the month will be rebroadcasted on the Tuesday after each meeting at 7 p.m. The council members, at their most recent meeting, also decided to continue the rebroadcasting of the regular meetings on Wednesdays at noon. Council meetings are broadcasted live on Cable Channel 97. In December, the council voted to change its regular meetings from every first and third Tuesday of the month at 7 p.m. to the first and third Monday of each month. That move necessitated the change in the rebroadcasting ...

Spreckels: Decade’s sweetest story

It was the biggest pile of rubble Manteca had ever seen.

Redundant farm conversion studies adding to cost of housing projects

Manteca bureaucrats have ordered environmental impact studies for farmland conversion despite the fact it has already been addressed in a litigated settlement between the development community, environmental groups, and public agencies throughout San Joaquin County.

ESCAPES SERIOUS INJURY

An intoxicated 30-year-old homeless man with the last name of Swanson was clipped by a westbound Union Pacific train and dragged 70 yards near the Yosemite Avenue crossing shortly after 6 p.m. Monday. The man escaped serious injury and reportedly only had shoulder abrasions. He was transported to a local hospital.

Kuhn among Almond Blossom Queen hopefuls

RIPON – As a lifelong Ripon resident, Megan Kuhn has nothing but fond memories of growing up around the Almond Blossom Festival.

Garden Club meets Jan. 18

The Manteca Garden Club welcomes garden enthusiasts in the Central Valley to attend their next meeting on Monday, Jan. 18, at 12:30 p.m. at the McFall Room of the Manteca Public Library to hear Diana Montgomery speak on "Four Seasons of Color" for your garden.

Keeping Meals on Wheels going

RIPON - Two Ripon women have stepped up to the plate and hit the ball out of the park in saving the Meals on Wheels program and enhancing the meals program at the Ripon Senior Center.

January: Big month for housing?

Manteca could end up with its best January since 2000 for new housing starts.

Manteca Visitors’ Center now open

The Central Valley's only visitor' center between Merced and Sacramento officially opens today in Manteca.

Museum talk features Save Mart’s Bob Piccinini

Bob Piccinini – the Manteca High graduate who helped build the family grocery business into more than 250 stores – is speaking during Thursday's Manteca Historical Society meeting.

Roundabouts could help reduce costs

More roundabouts could be in Manteca's future as a strategy to reduce the cost of housing, cut vehicle air pollution, and contain future city costs.

McNerney ‘not knowing facts’ prompts run

Elizabeth Emken is no stranger to the political arena.

ODDS & ENDS

MICK FOUNTS FUNDRAISER

Bingo Schmingo with Kathleen Rushing

The public is invited to enjoy Bingo Schmingo music, a lively musical presentation full of interactive songs, stories and dances.

SCORING WITH MUSIC

Gordon Kennedy trudges between rooms of his music lesson studio lackadaisically.

Zephyr hasn’t missed a beat

Zephyr is back.

New Melones water releases skyrocket to fight salinity

The Stanislaus River is paying for the sins of the Central Valley Water Project.

20 years for trying to kill sleeping couple

Ray Joseph, 20, of Sacramento, has been sentenced to 27 years in state prison for the attempted murder of a Manteca couple as they slept in their bed at their home on Victory Avenue in September of 2013.

1965: Old Southern Pacific Depot is being torn down

100 years ago

Get ready for rain barrels

New homes built in Manteca may soon have a new feature - rain barrels and cisterns.

RAIN DROPS RETURN

New Melones Reservoir - the linchpin dam on the Stanislaus River - is dropping again on the eve of a four-day weather system that promises to usher in March with a whimper.

Their mission: Remember the fallen

Tracy Cemetery is the resting place of nearly 1,000 veterans. They may be gone but certainly not forgotten.

Give Every Child a Chance bowl-a-thon on Saturday

The Give Every Child a Chance (GECAC) Antone E. Raymus, 16th Annual Bowl-A-Thon takes place Saturday, Feb. 28.

Property tax up 14%

Manteca's adopted budget calls for the city to dip into reserves to close out the books on June 30 to bridge a $592,940 structured deficit.

HOLD THE WATER

Don't expect to find that complimentary glass of water on your table the next time you sit down at a restaurant.

Rules against excess watering of landscaping being formed

Wasting landscape water for some future development could become a costly proposition.

Tentative port deal helps almond growers

The Almond Hullers & Processors Association applauded the tentative agreement reached to resolve the West Coast ports situation.

Weston Ranch student wins art contest

Victor Hernandez of Weston Ranch High School won the judges' nod in the art contest sponsored by the Manteca Garden Club. As the winner among 19 entries submitted, he receives $100 cash prize.

Area high school seniors honored by Daughters of American Revolution

Seniors at East Union, Manteca High, Lathrop High, and Sierra high schools were among those honored as Good Citizens by the El Toyon chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution. The local students were among the 14 who were recognized during a ceremony attended by the students with their parents, guardians, counselors, and administrators at the Central United Methodist Church in Stockton.