Dance contest part of upcoming Pumpkin Fair

So just who is more suave of a dancer - Manteca Councilman Steve DeBrum or Commons at Union Ranch (Premier Care) Chief Executive Officer Don Peterson?

MANTECA HISTORICAL SOCIETY BBQ SOCIAL

The 13th annual old fashioned BBQ social staged by the Manteca Historical Society took place Sunday afternoon on the grounds of the old Spreckels Sugar office off Norman Drive that now houses AKF Development and Jesus Mountain Coffee.

Trash talk: Air quality = higher rates

Manteca residents are recycling more and generating less garbage.

Government jobs & pay at top of SJ heap

Government provides the biggest slice of the employment pie in San Joaquin County and also offers the second highest average weekly wage.

Everything from carving to cooking at Pumpkin Fair

Manteca's best pumpkin desert makers and pumpkin carvers are competing at next weekend's 25th annual Sunrise Kiwanis Manteca Pumpkin Fair.

LATHROP DAYS

LATHROP DAYS BREAKFAST

The Lathrop Parks and Recreation hosted a pancake breakfast Saturday at the Lathrop Senior Center.

CVB ANNUAL DINNER

Piano concert Oct. 4 kicks off Kindred season

Award-winning concert pianist and composer from Sacramento, Tan Plescia, will kick off the 23rd anniversary season of the Manteca Kindred Arts Concert Association with a performance on Sunday, Oct. 4, starting at 3 p.m.

Ugly days near an end?

Manteca may soon drop out of the running for Weed Patch USA honors at least as far as part of the Highway 99 corridor is concerned.

ALL ABOARD!

LATHROP – Ron Dell'Osso always wanted his own train set as a child.

Tough new rules for mobile vendors start October 19

LATHROP – The new ordinance that will mandate taco and ice cream trucks, pushcarts, food wagons and other mobile vending operations to obtain a business permit from the city will take effect on Monday, Oct. 19.

It’s natural for Manteca bodybuilder

Paul Alberts didn't see any need to turn to the needle when he decided to embark on his bodybuilding career almost a decade ago.

Snow White: From Manteca to Paris

While she's only been competitively dancing as part of Harmony Flores' Dance Stars team for the last three years, 18-year-old Maggie Schreiber was determined that she was going to take her dancing to the next level.

SHARP seeking more volunteers

Roger Meadows just didn't sit around the house after retiring from his 27-year career with Lockheed as a project planner.

99RISE TREK

It's a 480-mile walk from Los Angeles to Sacramento.

Binford’s custom bike 2nd in cable competition

Everything that Paul Binford ever wanted to put into a custom bike he packed into the one he and his crew just finished.

Golf: Write off $1.4M loan

Manteca's golf course is expected to come within $13,300 of covering of its operating expenses in the fiscal year that starts in 15 days.

Minimum wage hike costs city $21,000

Upwards of 100 part-time Manteca Parks and Recreation workers are getting a pay raise in 15 days.

SERVING RIPON

Ripon's Harvey Douma, 97, is the ironman of community service.

MUSD-Beijing sister-school venture explored

Three Manteca Unified School District employees could find themselves in Beijing, China, late this month through early July.

Lathrop adds muscle effort to fight weeds

LATHROP – The Lathrop Manteca Fire District offers no breaks when it comes to weed abatement.

McCreath tapped for FC School principal

For Suzanne McCreath, the days of being vice principal of two elementary schools in Manteca Unified will end at the beginning of school in August. That's when she will assume her new post as principal of French Camp Elementary.

Enrolment available for upcoming Manteca Police Junior CSI Academy

Youngsters can learn some of the police procedures on collecting evidence at a crime scene.

Legal costs: Fatal blow?

The front entrance to The Hair Company is blocked off by caution tape.

Store aisles not wide enough

Manteca Feed was like the Toys 'R Us for farmers in Manteca and surrounding areas for more than half a century.

Lawyer creates fear in business community

Paranoia strikes deep

200-year flood threatens 30,000 Manteca, Lathrop, WR area residents

All of Lathrop west of Interstate 5 and east of the San Joaquin River, every dwelling in Weston Ranch as well as southwest Manteca neighborhoods could end up under upwards of 10 feet of water in the event of a major flood rated as a 200-year occurrence.

Manteca may add one police officer, one firefighter

Manteca may expand its public safety force by one police officer and one firefighter during the fiscal year starting July 1.

Non-profit groups get bucks for small bangs

They get the best buck for every small bang they can sell.