New home building pace triples

The pace of residential building tripled during April in Manteca with developers starting 37 new single homes.

Steve DeBrum picked for 2009 Hall of Fame honor

Manteca Convention & Visitors Bureau.

HOOKED ON FISHING

The Sunrise Kiwanis conducted their annual free kids fishing derby Saturday at the Longs Drug Store parking lot on North Main Street.

Project’s design puts brakes on speed

Crivello Estates - a planned semi-custom neighborhood of 65 homes in East Manteca - is being designed to avoid Vasconcellos Avenue from being turned into a thoroughfare.

Nestle’s reunion: 1,321 years of service

Nestles' Coffee plant is gone from the Ripon landscape – but it's not forgotten as being a big part of the city's industrial base.

FORE THE KIDS

The annual Boys & Girls Club golf tournament Friday at the Manteca Golf Course raised funds to help provide a positive place for 1,500 youth in Manteca and Lathrop.

Ripon adopts pandemic response plan

RIPON – When the San Joaquin County Public Health Agencies held a meeting more than two years ago to talk about how to prevent a flu pandemic, Ripon Police Chief Richard Bull and Sergeant Don Luthey paid attention.

MANTECA PRAYER BREAKFAST

Postal workers food drive on Saturday

The Manteca chapter of the National Association of Letter Carriers holds its 17th National Food Drive this Saturday for the benefit of the needy served through Manteca's St. Vincent de Paul Society.

Teen helps promote cancer awareness

There are a lot of things that 13-year-old Alex Duarte could have been doing last Saturday.

Doctors Hospital of Manteca lauded in Tenet Circle of Excellence judging

Presenting health care information to riders on returning Altamont Commuter Express trains is just one of the many reasons Doctors Hospital of Manteca received the Tenet Corporation's Circle of Excellence award for their levels of service, quality and operational performance.

Happy Wheelers yard sale set for Saturday

A yard sale this Saturday, May 9, from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. at 165 Watson Ave. benefits the Happy Wheelers.

It may cost a lot more to flush

Non-native minnows so small that you can literally see through them almost sent Manteca's monthly wastewater treatment bills up to $100 per household.

TICKET TIME FOR WEEDS

You've been warned. Manteca's weed cops hit the streets on May 15.

Spotlight for Best of Manteca winners on May 15

Where else do you celebrate the "Best of Manteca" except in the business that literally put the Mann-teee -kaa! in Manteca – Manteca Trailer & RV.

Roast, fund-raiser for Jeff Tilton on March 7

The Manteca Transit Center at Moffat Boulevard and South Main Street in Manteca is the setting for the Roast of Jeff Tilton, a candidate for San Joaquin County Superintendent of Schools in June's primary elections.

Friends remember Olympic torch relay in 1964

It's Winter Olympics time. And while the world's eyes may be focused on Sochi, Bob Steves and Tom Osborn's memories are flying back to the 1964 summer Tokyo Olympics.