BACKYARD R&R

When friends call Bonnie and Ron Barber and get no answer, chances are they couple is in Jamaica or Maui, their favorite R&R destinations.

Missionaries arrive with food, building materials as quake hits

Growing up in Ripon had relatively peaceful memories for Ed and Terri Beeler compared to their recent church mission trip to Mexicali, Mexico where they were greeted by a 7.2 earthquake that hit shortly after they arrived.

Captain Jack stepping down as SHARP leader

Jack Snyder steps down Thursday as the head of what is arguably Manteca' most effective volunteer corps: The Manteca Police Department's Seniors Helping Area Residents and Police.

Ripon salutes Silver Star service families on May 1

RIPON - Ripon Mayor Chuck Winn declared May 1 as Silver Star Service Banner Day in the community through a resolution at Tuesday night's city council meeting. It is the official day to honor those wounded and injured troops and veterans in the city of Ripon.

1960: Golden West will be Manteca’s 5th elementary school

93 more homes

An annexation that includes a proposal to build 93 homes is moving through the planning process.

EU graduates donate almonds to food banks

Two boys who grew up into successful professionals are behind a huge donation of almond snack packs to the Second Harvest Food Bank.

Manteca Garden Club donates raised gardens

Merrill Gardens residents with green thumbs will soon be able to putter in the garden with plenty of ease.

Firefighters raise $4,000 for HOPE Family Shelters

Not even rain kept the firefighters from doing what was needed to raise money for charity.

Give Every Child a Chance recognizes volunteer tutors

The 12th annual Give Every Child a Chance volunteer recognition dinner was conducted Friday at the Ripon High Fine Arts Building.

Waterford speaking at prayer breakfast

Phil Waterford – the owner of Manteca Ford-Mercury who openly strives to interweave his Christian faith and principles into his business – is the keynote speaker for the 44th annual Manteca Community Prayer Breakfast.

Art show & sale May 22 at museum

Artists who want to be one of those featured in the first art show and sale at the Manteca Historical Society Museum have until Monday, May 10, to sign up.

Police canine trials set for Manteca Saturday

The excitement is not only in the chase, but also watching canine police officers put their four-legged partners through their paces every year at the 40th annual Manteca police dog trials in Morenzone Park on Saturday at Center Street at Union Road.

CELEBRATING EARTH DAY

Scenes from the Earth Day activities Wednesday at the Manteca Library.

Victorious Elite Allstars claim 17 firsts, three national titles

Victorious Elite Allstars (VEA) Cheerleaders & Dancers finished off their season with 17 first places, 7 second places, 4 third places, 4 fourth places and 3 National Championship titles.

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.

EIR work up next on 310-acre project

The North Pointe Specific Plan is a major project taking place in northeast Ripon.

New judge takes oath on Jan. 22

STOCKTON - Former Chief Deputy District Attorney Michael Mulvihill will take the oath of office on Thursday, Jan. 22, as San Joaquin County's newest Superior Court Judge.

Manteca adds first resident for 2015

Jessica Doyle spent her New Years Eve waiting. And waiting. And waiting.

Levee ‘boil’ triggered $100M disaster

State emergency officials were bracing for the worst.

MANTECA’S RIVER JUNCTION

Spanish explorers climbing to the top of Mt. Diablo in the early summer of 1776 thought they had stumbled onto a great inland lake.

Highway 99 freeway closure set

SALIDA - Major construction activities associated with the Highway 99/Highway 219 Kiernan Avenue Interchange Reconstruction Project are anticipated in early January.

Major accident ushers in 2015

New Years' Eve celebrations netted five DUI arrests in addition to major injury accident in Manteca at 2 a.m. on the first day of 2015, according to Manteca Police Sgt. Rob Armosino.

AMONG ACCLAIMED ARTISTS

Sam Farrow has been grinning from ear to ear since Christmas - and for good reason.

Manteca officer honors NYPD’s fallen

Manteca police motorcycle officer Patrick Danipour took up JetBlue's offer for a cost-free flight to attend the funeral of the recently slain 40-year-old NYPD officer Rafael Ramos - a trip that would have cost him at least $1,000 - to join other law enforcement personnel from across the country honoring the officer's sacrifice.

Who will be Ripon’s fifth council man?

Seven candidates vying for a vacant seat on the Ripon City Council will have their say on Monday.