Fee designed to preserve ag land

Vineyards, almond orchards and strawberry fields will disappear when the proposed 1,049-acre Austin Road Business Park is fully developed.

Playground work set for Springtime & Sequoia

Two more parks are on target to have aging playground equipment replaced.

Council ponders future city hall, police station & corp yard

What will come first – a new police station, a new city hall, or an expanded corporation yard?

Schempers celebrate 70 years together

RIPON - It is a love story that began in the Southland – in Long Beach – where Leonard Schemper told his girl friend Ann that he loved her and asked her to marry him.

Eagle Scout project helping clothe needy

Lane McMurtrey is focused on clothing the less fortunate for his Eagle Scout project.

MANTECA PUMPKIN FAIR FUN

Pumpkin party still on a roll after 40 years

Forty years ago George Perry was among the pumpkin growers who decided to do something about the braggarts in Half Moon Bay who claimed they were the "Pumpkin Capital of the World."

2009 PUMPKIN RUN

There were 289 participants in Saturday's 2009 Pumpkin Run staged by the Manteca Unified Student Trust along the Tidewater Bikeway.

1,000 plus pairs of socks for needy tots

Most 11 year olds are thinking about their next video game purchase, hurrying home to watch their favorite TV show or playing football or soccer outside with friends. In that sense Nicolas Perez is just like his peers.

1969: Fire-damaged Manteca High building & tower are demolished

Industrial Park: Job generating success story

It may not be as flashy as Spreckels Park and it doesn't hold the promise of thousands upon thousands of new jobs like Austin Business Park, but the Manteca Industrial Park is still chugging along providing well over 1,000 jobs even in today's shaky economy.

Drive Crom Street at your own risk

Next time I need to access Crom Street to get to either Airport Way or Union Road, I'll think twice about taking that route.

Billie Jean is Dreama Diaz’ style

Video might have killed the radio star.

KIWANIS SPECIAL ACCESS DAY AT DELL'OSSO FARMS

Piano concert Sunday opens Manteca Kindred Arts season

Award-winning concert pianist and composer from Sacramento, Tan Plescia, will kick off the 23rd anniversary season of the Manteca Kindred Arts Concert Association with a performance on Sunday, Oct. 4, starting at 3 p.m.

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.

Gift of life came from tragic holiday

Last year the family of 11-year-old Mariah Izzo had to make the most difficult and heartbreaking decision of their lives.

PG&E rates jump average of 6 percent

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Monthly rates for California's largest provider of electricity and natural gas service are going up by nearly 6 percent for the average home.