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Browne flap nearing end in Lathrop

LATHROP – The final step in the long-running wrongful termination charges filed by former senior building official Matt Browne against the City of Lathrop appears to be approaching the finish line.

Ripon man’s generosity spurs savings

RIPON – Mike Restuccia didn't know that the financial markets would be on the verge of collapse when he first came up with the idea to give 8th grade students at Ripon Elementary $20 in a savings account as a way to teach them about saving money.

Trio tops East Union High Class of 2009

Lauren Mitchell, Robyn Raker and Jessica Golden could be considered this year's best and brightest students at East Union High.

Manteca makes major expansion of park system on Houx’s watch

The kids' squealing was sweet music to Steve Houx's years.

God moves Waterford to open heart to wounded war vets

"When God puts something heavy in your heart you get things done," Manteca Ford dealership owner Phil Waterford told a group of his employees as he stood in front of his business giving away a 2010 Ford Fusion and $3,000 in cash.

Farmers market returns downtown on Tuesday

The Manteca Convention & Visitors Bureau's weekly downtown certified farmers market returns this Tuesday, June 2, at Library Park.

Looking for a job is hard, hiring is not much easier

According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the unemployment rate in San Joaquin County jumped from 10.2% to 16.4% within the last year. And while finding a job during lean times can seem difficult, if not impossible, the process of hiring is not much easier.

DeMolay hosts omelet breakfast this Sunday

Manteca DeMolay is hosting an omelet, biscuits and gravy breakfast on Sunday, May 31, from 8 a.m. until noon at the Masonic Temple, 212 N. Powers Ave. in Manteca.

Caswell State Park: Closing soon?

RIPON – Splashing on the bank of Caswell Memorial State Park was a perfect way for Steve Barrera and his two children to beat the heat on Thursday afternoon.

40 years later, family reunites in Manteca

It was a truly electric and exciting moment in time.

It’s going to take $196,053 to turn green into compost

Manteca's green waste will soon go to Lathrop.

Firefighters come to rescue of Jr. Ambassadors

Not even a lack of firefighters slowed down a fill-the-boot charity event organized to help youth in the community.

BBQ today benefits Fun Unity Night effort

The Rev. Quincy McClain and the Southside Christian Church are again offering a summer event to reach out to help change the lives of hundreds of youth who live in what is one of Manteca's most notorious at-risk neighborhoods for gang influences – Southside.

SSJID marks 100 years of service

It was a good reason to party.

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.

1964: Flooding along San Joaquin & Stanislaus rivers

100 years ago

Lawsuit: Much ado about nothing?

On paper the lawsuit over whether Lathrop's one-cent sales tax increase was convoluted and inflammatory.

Manteca joins hunt for jobs

Build it and they will come.

‘Rhino’ stolen from Ripon High

The supporters of the Ripon High School athletic stadium construction are angry over the theft of an $11,500 Rhino 4-wheel quad used in the last three years of the multi-million dollar restoration project.

RUSTIC, COZY SETTING

Greg Lewis and Michael Parmenter sat in a table for two halfway between the bar and the main dining area of Finley's Bar and Grill. The two friends from Stockton are having lunch on the last day of 2014. They are among the regulars who have discovered this out-of-the-way modest-looking bar and grill on Airport Way between Lathrop Road and French Camp Road.