Del Webb residents drag race golf carts

It was a golf cart challenge between some 15 to 20 residents of the Del Webb at Woodbridge community in the northeast section of Manteca Saturday morning – an event where laughing was more important than winning..

Honoring sacrifice of 5,800 Americans

It could have been the story of the Navy Seal who gave his life so others could live, or the 5,800 crosses honoring those who paid the ultimate price for freedom.

Gold Star families honored at Prestige

Gold Star Mothers and family members from throughout the Northern San Joaquin Valley gathered Saturday to honor their soldiers and sailors who sacrificed their lives for their country while feeling each others everlasting grief.

2,458 homes in planning process for SW Manteca

The private sector is showing signs of growing confidence in the possibility of the new housing sector rebounding in Manteca during the next two or so years.

Manteca city planners OK housing plan update

The three-year long process to update the City of Manteca's General Plan Housing Element is only a City Council vote away from being finalized.

Ceremonies in Manteca, Ripon & Lathrop

Manteca residents for the past 137 years have made it a point every Memorial Day to venture to East Union Cemetery to pay their respect to those who served America.

1912 car part of Monday’s Memorial Day parade

Two entries in Manteca's first ever Memorial Day parade on Monday will be hard to miss – a Christmas-tree green 1912 vehicle and a fire-truck red 1913 four wheeler. Both were made by International Harvester Company. And both have been meticulously restored by octogenarian Everett Rankins.

Honoring America’s fallen heroes on hallowed ground

One sure way to get in touch with a soldier's sacrifice is to visit a cemetery.

Petco donates $10K for canine vests

FRENCH CAMP – Bill Houchins, Petco's regional manager presented the San Joaquin County Sheriff's Office with a $10,000 grant award.

Memorial Weekend Events

Honoring America’s fallen heroes on hallowed ground

5,800 crosses honor the fallen

The group of young FFA students from Riverbank was at Woodward Park just after sunrise on Friday. Past the noon hour, they were still there with their mallets making sure the 5,800 white crosses that represent the 5,800 Americans who have died so far in the Global War on Terror are firmly planted in the grassy ground.

Surveillance cameras may go at bus stops

An armed robber hits a downtown bank.

More studies for CenterPoint project

Environmental studies for a project that has the potential to add distribution center space in Manteca equivalent to eight buildings the size of the Ford Motor Company's small parts distribution center in Spreckels Park will cost an additional $38,720.

Manteca’s 3-day Memorial Weekend salute starts today

Manteca's three-day salute to veterans and those who have served America and either died in battle or have since passed away starts today at 5:30 p.m. at Woodward Park.

Police bust chop shop in Manteca

The Manteca Street Crimes Unit put a 29-year-old Manteca man, David Lee Tipton, behind bars Friday morning for allegedly operating a chop shop at his home after conducting a probation search at about 10:30.

Candini connecting with Yosemite

Sometime in 2016 you might be able to reach Costco without taking Daniels Street.

Soldier comes out of coma after 7 days

Manteca infantryman Nick Cargill, 24, opened his eyes for the first time after being in a coma for seven days following a horrific New Year's morning crash caused by an alleged drunken driver.

Boy, 14, struck by car while riding his bicycle

A 14-year-old boy riding his bicycle was struck by a car in the 1900 block of Sparrow Hawk Way just south of Atherton Drive at 4 p.m. Thursday in the neighborhood southeast of the Airport Way and 120 Bypass interchange

Doctors offers Niche nursing for seniors

Senior citizen patients at Doctors Hospital of Manteca are being given advanced care since the launching of the new Niche program.

Manteca slashes water use 27%

Mantecans reduced their water use by 27 percent in December.

River Islands seeks OK for 675 boat berths

The Army Corps of Engineers is seeking input on environmental studies that would allow River Islands at Lathrop to build 5.6 miles of levees on the Old River to accommodate the project's second phase as well as to build 675 boat berths.

BUILDING ON SUCCESS

Frank Saldana knows what it's like to be out on the street.

Teen’s essays impress Manteca veterans

For Conrad Sylvester, they are more than just words jotted on a page or recited into a recorder.

Great Wolf: Decision in June?

Is a 500-room Great Wolf Resort Lodge worth howling about for Manteca?

Lathrop moving forward in 2015

There are two types of cultures that permeate municipal governments.

Recruitment underway for Miss Manteca, Ambassador

Manteca Youth Focus is heading back to school to recruit the new Miss Manteca and Manteca City Ambassador.

Soldier fighting for his life

A Manteca soldier home for two weeks from his second Army tour in Iraq to see family and friends before reporting to his third war zone tour is fighting for his life in a Modesto trauma center.

QUILT SHOW MOVING

Thanks indirectly to an ADA requirement, one of the largest annual crowd attractions in downtown Manteca is moving to another location.

Convicted murderer pushing for new trial

The man convicted of murdering 51-year-old Michael Lawrence in front of his 8-year-old daughter in June of 2013 is trying to get a new trial.