LATHROP - The national King of Wake 2013 series is coming to Lathrop's Mossdale Quarry Lakes on June 29-30.
STOCKTON (AP) - California water officials released on Thursday the first part of a $23 billion plan to restore and protect the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta ecosystem and guarantee a stable water supply for millions of Californians.
Debbie Schickert races the sun to the horizon line, pounding city streets and sidewalks with a training partner before dawn.
Global warming for most is abstract. But that is about to change. Whether you believe it is an environmental crisis or unfounded, concern about global warming is going to soon change your life and how Manteca develops. And the solutions are going to cost you money. That's because Manteca - like all other local jurisdictions in California - is under a state mandate known as the Global Warming Solutions Act authorized in 2006 as Assembly ...
Sean Sangalang walked into Culver City last weekend with a chip on his shoulder. Or, more appropriately, his rippled, fibrous traps. It had been three years since he last competed in a bodybuilding competition in the Los Angeles alcove, and everything that happened on that day went badly. It was his worst finish since he started lifting competitively seven years ago, and the experience brought the strained relationship with his then-coach to a head. So ...
Al and Annie DeGroot were glued to EWTN Catholic TV all morning on Wednesday. Like millions of Catholics – as well as non-Catholics – worldwide, they were eager to find out who will be the next to succeed the chair of St. Peter, the first pope.
His voice carried across the basin, inviting hundreds of Little Leaguers and their coaches onto the pristine infield.
Martin Harris isn't necessarily against annexation and growth. It's the hidden consequences – like the impacts to fire protection and emergency services to South Manteca resident – that have him worried. On Tuesday Harris took his concerns to a meeting of the Manteca Planning Commission and spelled out how the pending annexation of the 184-acre Hat estate would further add to the problems that have befallen the Lathrop Manteca Fire District – which as early ...
Manteca west of Airport Way is shaping up as ground zero for four major city land use decisions in the near future.
Manteca Unified's Renewable Energy Efficiency Project is literally taking off the ground at Golden West Elementary School. The North Main Street campus in Manteca is where the groundbreaking ceremony to kick off the district's multimillion-dollar solar energy project – formally known as REEP – will take place on Thursday, March 21, at 4 p.m. This is phase one of the project's ground-mounted solar installations.
Water started flowing shortly without a hitch after midnight Monday to nearly 60,000 acres of Manteca, Ripon, and Escalon farmland.
When Kristy Oden began running more than a decade ago, her goal was simple and superficial.
They decided on the best chili and awarded the Judges Choice Award to Deanna and Don Dussau have one hot chili recipe. That's according to the judges in the Manteca Mayors Committee for the Arts chili cook-off on Feb. 24 that took place at the Manteca Senior Center. The couple representing the Manteca Mural Society dubbed their chili "Dussau's Dungeon RoadKill". There were 13 different kinds of chili. The entries included: ...
Bicycling across the 120 Bypass could become safer when the Manteca Bicycle Plan is fully implemented.
Carolina Gutierrez didn't grow up participating in scholarship competitions or pageants.
No one will accuse Ken McIntosh of being a man with no rhythm. His New Balance tennis shoes bounced to the beat playing overhead – and his body followed – as the 74-year-old former newspaperman led the Silver Sneakers through their warm-up. "Welcome. Glad to see everyone," he bellowed over Donna Summer's "Bad Girls" – the opening song to this hour-long workout at California Total Fitness. "Now let's get our cardio going. Step. Step. Step." ...
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 ...
By GLENN KAHL
The number of trees in public places in Manteca grew by a half-dozen on Friday. At last count, there were approximately 17,000 of these city-maintained trees, said Park Operations Manager and city arborist Kevin Fant during the annual Arbor Day tree planting which took place at the Manteca Public Library Friday morning. It is for that reason the Family City has once again earned the title of Tree City USA for the 22nd year in ...
It was a full moon Friday night – not a good omen for motorists driving into the North Main Street DUI checkpoint cone zone where two were arrested for drinking and driving and three others had their vehicles impounded. One of the two DUI suspects arrested allegedly had an alcohol level of more than three times the legal limit. Sgt. Jodie Estarziau was in charge of the assignment, reporting that 532 vehicles went through the ...