Lathrop: To tweet or not to tweet?

LATHROP – Councilman Robert Oliver provided the comic relief during an otherwise serious discussion Monday night.

3-car crash sends woman to hospital

A pickup truck, a Honda SUV and a Toyota passenger car mixed it up in an intersection crash Monday morning at about 11 a.m. sending a Manteca woman to the hospital.

FESM starts off January crab feeds in Manteca

It's January and it can mean only one thing in Manteca – the start of the crab feed season.

Full speed ahead on outlets

Crews are working seven days a week to finish what will be Manteca's biggest retail coup of 2010 – upscale outlet stores.

The green crush

RIPON - Anthony Beato has a passion for his lot in life – between his family, rock crushing, and his church.

Rubber really meets the road in Manteca

Old tires may just end up on your street – in the asphalt that is.

Delicato Vineyards fine art show entries open thru Jan. 8

Delicato Vineyards is holding its 22nd annual Fine Art Show from Saturday, Jan. 16 through Saturday, Feb. 6.

New visitors center

‘Are You Being Served?’ opens Jan. 13 at Stockton Civic Theatre

STOCKTON - Stockton Civic Theatre will present "Are You Being Served?", the hilarious British comedy based on the most popular PBS Television Series in history, produced in England, and written by Jeremy Lloyd and David Croft from Jan. 13 through Feb. 17.

Expanded H1N1 flu vaccine clinics offered this month in SJ County

STOCKTON – Although the number of people getting influenza has been dropping off, national, state and local data all show that people are continuing to get sick and hospitalizations are still occurring. Health officials are hopeful that the H1N1 vaccination campaign to date has made an impact on the progression of the pandemic.

Rethinking how city serves Manteca

De-centralized government could be the next big thing in Manteca.

Vision 2020: An exercise in futility for 26 citizens back in 1998

It was almost a giddy experience back in 1998.

Housing rebound starts in Lathrop

LATHROP – The darkest hour in Lathrop's housing market appears to be waning as the city enters the third decade of its history as an incorporated city.

Congressional hopeful: Rags to success story

LODI – Robert Beadles believes that he's a man of the people.

WINTER’S DAY AT CASWELL

$2M facelift for two miles of Louise Ave.

A two-mile stretch of Louise Avenue is getting a $2 million makeover between Airport Way and Main Street this spring.

Court ruling shoots down ‘good cause’ for concealed guns

A federal appeals court known for its liberal-leanings struck down a mandate on Thursday that could make it easier for California residents to obtain concealed weapons permits.

Their love is still in full bloom

There's still magic in the air between Michele and Eric Davis – a Manteca couple who will have been married 25 years on Saturday.

Ripon’s Mary Cariged marks 102nd birthday

Mary Cariged of Ripon celebrated her 102nd birthday on Wednesday.

George ‘Pumpkin King’ & Vi Perry

When George and Violet Perry celebrated their 45th wedding anniversary, their five children knew exactly what special song they were going to dedicate to their parents to mark that momentous day.

Chance meeting led to love at first sight, then marriage

In 2006, the Seattle Seahawks made their first-ever Super Bowl appearance, facing the Pittsburgh Steelers at Ford Field in Detroit.

Women rule in California’s heart

Two Assembly districts. One California Senate Seat. The heart of California's conservative Central Valley.

NEW FACE FOR CHAMBER

Joanne Beattie – Agape Villages Foster Family Villages Agency's senior vice president for resources and development – has been selected to lead the Manteca Chamber of Commerce.

SSJID cuts costs to preserve bond ratings

South San Joaquin Irrigation District has almost $50 million in the bank.

32nd annual Quilt & Doll Show March 1-2

The Manteca Quilt & Doll Show is an event that perennially draws thousands of people to the Family City, many of them from out of town.

Manteca band rocks competition for first

Tower of Power. Earth, Wind and Fire. Chicago.

‘Bomb’ was cell phone, smoke detector

It might have sounded like a bomb.