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MANTECA NEEDS VIPS
Additional looming budget cuts driven by the wobbling economy and the state swiping a chunk of Manteca's local tax receipts is prompting a revision to the VIPS program before it is even rolled out. Police Chief Dave Bricker had been planning to launch Volunteers in Police Servcie (VIPS) in Manteca by taking a page from nearby police departments such as Ripon and Turlock to tap volunteers from 21 to 50 to help augment police operations. ...
City officials urged to ‘bend over backwards’ to help developers
LATHROP – Former mayor Gloryanna Rhodes said Lathrop should roll out the red carpet for prospective businesses the way Manteca is doing. "Everything in Manteca today was projected for Lathrop," Rhodes said to City Council and staff during a special meeting Tuesday night which marked the return of the once regularly scheduled study sessions. With the economy in tatters and major development activity in the city near nonexistent save for River Islands and TCN Properties, ...
Federal dollars means 4 more Manteca cops for four years
Federal dollars through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act will help Manteca hire or retain four police officers for the next three years. The nearly $1.2 million in funds Manteca is receiving is part of $211 million California jurisdictions are receiving through the economic stimulus package to fund the Department of Justice Office of Community Policing Services (COPS) grants to hire or retain 649 officers statewide. The grants includes salaries and benefits for three years ...
Enterprise zone credits topic of chamber lunch
Future Spreckels Park and Manteca Commerce Park firms could benefit from those portions of Manteca being included in one of 42 state-sanctioned enterprise zones throughout California. Among the benefits are: •A hiring tax credit of $37,400 or more per new qualified employee over a five-year period. •Sales and use tax credit on machinery purchases for manufacturing. •Business expense deduction up to $20,000 per year on tangible personal property. •Net operating loss carryover of up to ...
Signs of the times: Manteca is walking the walk
Here's a shocker. The folks at Manteca City Hall are sitting down with the business community – essentially groups of businesses among the top 100 employers – to see what the city can do to make doing business in Manteca easier . It's a 180-degree turn from just a few years ago when folks at 1001 W. Center St. talked the talk and that was it. The first group to meet with City Manager Steve ...
25,000 Flags Over Manteca?
Come Memorial Day nothing would please the Manteca Chamber of Commerce more than to see their 2,400 flags augmented by 22,600 flags citywide. "We want to take the flag project to the next level," said Manteca Chamber of Commerce Chief Executive Officer Debby Moorhead. That next step involves encouraging every resident to acquire a flag and place it out on the same eight days each year that the chamber volunteers put the 2,400 flags up ...
ACE train strikes pickup
LATHROP – A Stockton man driving a white Nissan pickup was killed Monday after being struck by an Altamont Commuter Express train. San Joaquin County Sheriff's Department is investigating the incident that occurred at about 4:40 a.m. at a railroad crossing at East Roth Road near South McKinley Avenue. Killed in the accident was Jeffrey Donald Walters, 48, of Stockton. The commuter train consisting of five cars and a locomotive was traveling southbound from Stockton ...
Manteca may encourage ‘granny flats’
You'll find scores of low to moderate income rentals – and some owner occupied homes - tucked behind existing houses and off alleys in central Manteca. They often are 500 square feet or less but handfuls built in recent years are in excess of 700 square feet. The rents usually are hundreds below more traditional homes sitting on lots of their own. The proposed housing element update the Manteca Planning Commission will consider tonight include ...
Developers will pay for any council study sessions
LATHROP – During the real estate boom as recently as the beginning of Y2K, Lathrop City Council study sessions were held practically every other week to facilitate developments that were on the pipelines. With the recent reversal of fortunes in the economy resulting in budget deficits across every level of government in the country, everyone is looking for ways to save money. The City of Lathrop is no exception. The proposal currently on the table ...
Board may award bid on all-weather Sierra High track
The all-weather track at Sierra High could be one step closer to reality. Trustees of the Manteca Unified School District tonight are scheduled to award the contract for work on the nine-lane synthetic surface in Daniel Teicheira Memorial Stadium to either Ross F. Carroll, Inc. of Oakdale or Knife River Construction of Stockton. Those two were among the four bids on the project estimated at $509,363. Carroll, however, had the lowest overall bid at $401,355, ...
Manteca Artist Guild work on display
The Manteca Artist Guild has been a part of the area's aesthetic landscape for more than three decades. At one point during the mid-1980s, the guild's reputation attracted even the attention of the then-San Joaquin County Arts Council. Through the art council's sponsorship and participation, a tour featuring the working studios of the guilds' members was held. The art studios of more than two-dozen Manteca Artist Guild members were highlighted complete with newspaper coverage and ...
Dave Macedo: The 25-gallon donor man
How many pints are in 25 gallons? Ask Manteca businessman Dave Macedo. Like clockwork since November 1977 the former Manteca City Councilman has faithfully followed the eight week cycle as close as possible to give blood. On Monday, Macedo reached an impressive milestone– 25 gallons or 200 pints of blood – with a donation at Delta Blood Bank's Manteca location next to Rite Aid on North Main Street "They told me I've given enough to ...
Sierra High seniors attend UOP summer band camp
Jennifer Mitzman is keeping up with a family tradition. She and Ashley Bergman, both of Sierra High, attended the Pacific Music Camp on the campus of the University of the Pacific. Mitzman, who plays clarinet, is the third in her family to attend the Senior Band Camp for ninth-through-12th grade students. Both of her parents – Debbie and Joel Mitzman – are graduates of UOP, with her mother attending the same camp as a high ...
Fruit vendor part of daily Manteca routine
Have you ever seen someone regularly without really knowing them and find yourself relying on their presence as part of your daily routine?
Free Vial of Life forms for seniors
Seniors who must take prescription medicines are being encouraged to stop by the Manteca District Ambulance booth at the farmers market Tuesday to obtain a free Vial of Life kit.
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Ventura mulls ban on fixed-gear bicycles
VENTURA (AP) - Ventura County is mulling a ban on fixed-gear bicycles on park trails after a hit-and-run accident that left a rider with severe injuries.
PG&E may spend $12B to modify Diablo Canyon plant cooling system
SAN LUIS OBISPO (AP) - California officials and the operator of the Diablo Canyon nuclear power plant are mulling whether the plant will spend up to $12 billion to redesign its cooling system, blamed for sucking in fish larvae and disrupting the marine ecosystem.
Access to assisted care records difficult
CASTRO VALLEY (AP) - Despite a California law requiring assisted-care facility licensing reports to be easily viewable to the public, access to important background information on the facilities can be difficult to find, a newspaper reported Sunday.
Ex-Bell city manager to keep retirement funds
BELL, Calif. (AP) - Former Bell City Manager Robert Rizzo will be able to keep his retirement account and pension despite pleading no contest to corruption charges associated with granting himself a huge salary and generous benefits.
‘Zombies’ some 1,000 strong swarm Tokyo Tower in Halloween stunt
TOKYO (AP) - A zombie swarm in Tokyo? Why not, it's Halloween.
‘Zombies’ some 1,000 strong swarm Tokyo Tower in Halloween stunt
TOKYO (AP) - A zombie swarm in Tokyo? Why not, it's Halloween.
‘Zombies’ some 1,000 strong swarm Tokyo Tower in Halloween stunt
TOKYO (AP) - A zombie swarm in Tokyo? Why not, it's Halloween.
RDA holdings: $3.15M loss?
Four properties bought with Manteca Redevelopment Agency funds -including a 3.1-acre high-profile commercial parcel at Airport Way and Daniels Street - are destined to go on the auction block in 2014.
KEEPING THE FAITH
Nestled in the heart of downtown Ripon is the historic 129-year-old Ripon Free Methodist Church built completely out of redwood thus keeping it free of termites all those years.
Reptile group donates to Manteca Animal Shelter
Edgar Ortega is a reptile guy.
50 Manteca seniors plan to protest in Oakland
Fifty Manteca area seniors are traveling Monday to Kaiser's headquarters in downtown Oakland to protest the corporation's withdrawal of vital services at Kaiser Hospital in Manteca.
Lathrop may boast 1st public Parkour course
LATHROP – In the opening scene of Casino Royale, James Bond leaps from beam to beam, climbs wires and runs up cranes.
Three vie for position on Parks & Rec board
A fire captain, a criminal justice student, and a cell firm director are all vying for an appointment to the Manteca Parks and Recreation Commission.
State fines Lathrop glass plant $20OK for hazardous waste issues
LATHROP – Pilkington North America, Inc., a company that manufactures float glass used by architectural and automotive markets will pay more than $200,000 to settle violations of hazardous waste laws, the Department of Toxic Substances Control (DTSC) has announced.
Drummer won’t let brain tumor derail his worship team commitment
Ronnie LeMay has been a drummer for the Christian Worship Center's band for seven years. He plays the drums on Sunday and at the mid-week service. And he never fails to join the worship team once a week for practice.
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