82 more homes in works along Woodward Avenue

Three separate projects that could add 82 homes on the south side of Woodward Avenue between Woodward Park and Atherton Drive are before the Manteca Planning Commission on Tuesday.

BEST BUY BACKS FREE TUTORING

HARVEST FESTIVAL FUN

Salt: The next sewer rate buster?

Salt could do to your monthly sewer bill what ammonia did – raise it considerably.

Employment picture improves in Manteca

Manteca's unemployment picture – as well as that of every other community in San Joaquin County – bucked the statewide trend in August as more people went back to work.

Social, turkey BBQ Sept. 27 benefits museum

Tri-tip, barbecued turkey, spaghetti, French bread, salad and marinated tomato slices are all on the menu at the 17th annual Old-Fashioned Barbecue Social on Sunday, Sept. 27 from 2 to 5 p.m.

Miss Lathrop contest today at Lathrop High

LATHROP - If you have been to a community event in Lathrop during the past 12 months, it is a very good chance that you have met Ana Pacheco and Omar Ornelas.

Harvest Festival weekend

Nobody is going to have an opportunity to dunk a man of the cloth in a big tank of water.

Brothers work in family store & on CSU degrees

It isn't uncommon for Parminder Singh to throw out a hello to a customer that saunters through the doors of his family's Discount Market.

POWERED PARACHUTE RESCUE

RIPON - The rescue of two lost and cold rafters on the Stanislaus River was credited to the Ripon Police Department's powered parachute – "Air One."

Idols deliver the sound of music from big screen

Now that the Manteca Idol judges have decided to come up with weekly themes for the contestants, the true talent of those who remain in the competition is about to shine through.

MRPS MEMBERSHIP DINNER

The MRPS held its annual membership dinner on Thursday.

MUST Pumpkin Run set Oct. 3

For the past four years, the Pumpkin Run has served as a major fundraiser for the Manteca Unified Student Trust.

Moms Club park day set for Sept. 23

The Moms Club of Manteca North will be holding a Park Day at Northgate Park on Wednesday, Sept. 23, at 10 a.m.

Civil Air Patrol squadron plans open house

LATHROP – The Sierra Composite Squadron, local unit of the Civil Air Patrol, is hosting an open house Sept. 29 at 6:30 p.m. at the Sharpe Depot on Roth Road in Lathrop.

THE DEL WEBB EFFECT

Spreckels Sugar in the 1950s paid its employees one week in $2 bills.

Del Webb residents spend disposable income

They come in waves.

Del Webb residents embrace clubs, volunteerism

Hundreds of cancer patients at Kaiser Permanente hospital in Manteca have been the recipients of love and comfort from a handful of women at the Woodbridge at Del Webb community in Manteca.

Fredricks ends 45 years as Sadie’s stylist

Everything comes in cycles for Karla Fredricks.

KID AT HEART

Anthony Thomas doesn't shy away from the label, or begrudge those that gawk and needle him with questions down at the skate park.

Twitter takes down fake MPD account

The picture was familiar to anybody who had followed the local news within the last week – the bullet-ridden Ford Explorer used in the failed getaway attempt by the Bank of the West robbers that ended with three people dead in North Stockton.

West Vile virus gaining in San Joaquin County

The West Nile Virus is more prevalent in San Joaquin County now than it was at this time last year.

She specializes in photographing autistic kids

Henry is an autistic and energetic child.

$50K reward for bank heist info

STOCKTON (AP) - Authorities are offering a $50,000 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of a fourth suspect in connection with a bank robbery that spun into a police chase and deadly shootout.

Water: Outlook not good

A streak of sub-90 degree days has Public Works Director Mike Houghton concerned.

THEY SAVED HER LIFE

Six-year-old Emily Hum dropped by Manteca's Union Road fire station Wednesday to meet some special guys - firefighters and medics who saved her life.

Gas station owner at odds with city

LATHROP – Dalwinder Dhoot can't dispute the fact that Lathrop voters overwhelmingly supported a one-cent sales tax increase in 2012 – to the tune of more than 77 percent.

Carnival helps fund recreation scholarships

LATHROP – All that Lathrop Mayor Sonny Dhaliwal wanted to do was bring some family entertainment to town.

Manteca scores with BLD

The Big League Dreams sports complex is heading into the home stretch of its eighth full season and it is still scoring big for Manteca.

Couple needs help purchasing a bed lift

Eddie Costa has been confined to a wheelchair for more than a quarter of a century.