Handbell ensemble Sunday as part of Manteca Kindred Arts

One of the popular performances ever presented by the Manteca Kindred Arts – the Opus Handbell Ensemble – will take place again this season on Sunday, Dec. 20, at 3 p.m. at St. Paul's United Methodist Church, North Street and Powers Avenue.

NO CHRISTMAS MEAL

Hundreds of families in Manteca, Ripon, and Lathrop will probably go without a traditional Christmas meal for the first time since 1997.

Sierra grad making mark on music world as ‘Dev’

Devin Tailes already had a bright future when she moved down to Los Angeles in August.

LATHROP TWILIGHT PARADE

Rain failed to stop the Lathrop Festival of Lights Christmas parade Saturday.

BREAKFAST WITH SANTA

1979: Manteca is fast food Mecca

ODDS & ENDS

Time for MOMS to Go Bananas The MOMS Club of Manteca North is a local chapter of an international

The MOMS Club of Manteca North is a local chapter of an international support group for at home mothers and their children. With so many mothers working outside the home today it can be extremely hard for stay at home mothers to meet each other, the moms club allows at home mothers to get together in a supportive atmosphere.

Manteca: Epicenter of SJ construction

Manteca has emerged as the brightest spot for construction in all of San Joaquin County as The Great Recession rolls on.

Move afoot to augment force with reserves having 24-hour police powers

Manteca could soon have reserve police officers with "24-hour peace officer powers."

Wild game feast born out of desire to help others

It was 25 years ago when Jim and Jesse Costa first helped a family in need at Christmas time.

Faith-based Christmas events set for today

"A Calvary Christmas" – an original Christmas musical – is being staged tonight at 7 p.m. and Sunday at 2 p.m. at Calvary Community Church, 815 W. Lathrop Road.

Head-on collision on rain slickened West Ripon Road injures three Friday

A Manteca woman and her two sons were injured Friday at about 5:30 p.m. when their car collided in a grinding head-on collision with a Chevy Silverado pickup truck, according to CHP officers.

Manteca cops need help today shopping at Target for 100 kids in struggling families

The Manteca Target Store will see many off-duty Manteca police officers and their family members Christmas shopping the aisles this morning for youngsters who might otherwise go without.

Blood drive for 11-year-old girl Sunday

It's all for 11-year-old Erika Decena – a blood drive on Sunday.

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.