SHARP VOLUNTEERS

Flowers of Hope helps Doctors Hospital raise $1,500 for American Cancer Society

The Daffodil Days effort at Doctors Hospital of Manteca netted some $1,500 for the American Cancer Society from just 43 donors ordering flowers through the program.

Lathrop Rotary e-waste Saturday benefits American Cancer Society

LATHROP – Get rid of your old electronic machines, television sets that no longer run, or copier machines that have outlived their usefulness, and help the American Cancer Society Relay for Life.

YMI Palm Sunday Breakfast March 28

The St. Anthony's Catholic Church Young Men's Institute will be hosting a delicious breakfast in the St. Anthony School cafeteria from 7:30 to 10:30 a.m. after the 7 and 8:45 a.m. Masses.

Free Shred It event April 17 helps fight ID theft

Every 22.8 hours in Manteca during 2009 someone became a victim of fraud or forgery.

Rina’s Run takes place May 8 at Ripon High

RIPON – Dust off those running shoes and start stretching

MHS SPAGHETTI DINNER

Scenes from Wednesday's fundraiser for the Jeff Gonsalez Memorial Scholarship conducted in the Manteca High cafeteria.

Lathrop Boys & Girls photo contest tonight

LATHROP – A black bird captured in flight against a blinding bright sky. A close-up study of casual footwear worn by a trio of young children. A dramatic view of a mature tree with full foliage from the ground up.

$1M dollar view for $299K

It is a million dollar view with a $299,000 price tag.

Manteca Idol ready to launch seventh season

It started as a spin-off to the blockbuster television program to raise money for the Boys and Girls Club.

Interest strong in reserves even with pay reductions

Manteca's reserve firefighters have taken a 56 percent pay cut yet there is still a strong interest for the chance to land one of the available spots with the city fire department.

Dog survives house fire; now missing

LATHROP - One of three small dogs that managed to escape a house fire west of Manteca last week is missing and its owner, Harold Edwards, is heartbroken.

Great Valley Museum celebrates spring with open house and native plant sale

MODESTO – Great Valley Museum of Modesto Junior College invites the community to a Spring Open House on Saturday, April 3 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Guests can tour the museum displays and participate in special activities. Admission is free.

Old-fashioned barn dinner & dance on April 10 benefits Boys & Girls Club

An old-fashioned barn party – complete with dinner, dancing to a live band and lively conversation – is taking place in the Fonseca barn.

Ripon Soroptimists plan May 3 golf tournament

Ripon Soroptimists will hold its 12th annual "Opportuni-TEE for the Community" golf tournament Monday, May 3, at Spring Creek Golf & Country Club.

Sheriff hopefuls battle over personnel files

San Joaquin County Sheriff Steve Moore got into a fender-bender while on duty.

Lathrop valedictorians plugged into community

LATHROP – Gurpreet Atwal has a 4.26 grade point average.

Man faces carjacking charges

A 36-year-old Manteca man was arrested on Friday on charges of spousal abuse and carjacking after he allegedly pushed his estranged wife into a bookshelf, took the keys to her blue Saturn and split before Manteca Police arrived.

Lathrop 8th graders raise the bar

LATHROP – If dress is an important part of succeeding, the Lathrop Elementary 8th graders are headed straight to the Forbes list.

Cowell 8th graders remember late classmate during ceremony

Change and making a difference were the key words that echoed throughout the promotion ceremonies Tuesday at Joshua Cowell Elementary School.

Manteca’s biggest neighborhood ever

The biggest residential project ever approved for Manteca is about to get bigger.

RESPECTING THE FALLEN

Family get togethers, barbecue, or a celebration at the park like the big gathering that Manteca had over the weekend is "not the true meaning" of Memorial Day weekend, said American Legion Post 249 Commander Jim Winston to the sparse group that showed up Monday at the historic Union Cemetery on Louise Avenue and Union Road.

Walnut huller seeks SSJID water for fire protection

Walnut grower Chris Van Groningen is hoping the pressurized irrigation system installed by the South San Joaquin Irrigation District west of Ripon and south of Manteca could be tapped for fire suppression.

Lathrop honors those soldiers who have fallen

"The freedom we enjoy is not free," Lathrop Mayor Sonny Dhaliwal told the crowd gathered in front of the Veterans Memorial for Monday's Memorial Day observance.

Mattheis goes from serving as Lutheran minister to an atheist

AmyJo Mattheis isn't your run-of-the-mill atheist.

Honoring the ultimate sacrifice

The pastor. The retired steel worker. The congressman.

SSJID fights to protect water

The South San Joaquin Irrigation District has something that at least two thirds of California wants - water.

New homes = $2.6M in bonus bucks

Bonus bucks are back.

Manteca may allow hookah lounges, other tobacco uses

The city that led the drive in California in the 1970s to ban the sale of cigarettes from vending machines accessible to children may now make hookah lounges legal.

Immigrant tops Sierra grad class

Leonor Borges will be the first person in her family to go to college.