News 10 reporter’s team loses math challenge

Prior to the Give Every Child A Chance tutoring challenge, Malik Rice admitted that math wasn't exactly his favorite subject.

BENEFIT FOR LAURIE MITTMAN

Holiday open house helps benefit Ripon athletics

RIPON - The Ripon Community Athletic Foundation is hosting an open house-style fundraiser for those looking to get a jump on Christmas shopping.

Manteca ground zero in moth fight

A small paper clip dwarfs it but don't let the light brown apple moth fool you.

EU Cemetery resting place of many who served God and country

Arval C. Campbell was just a teen-ager when he heeded the call to fight for his country in World War II. He was one of the lucky ones. He survived that horror.

Grocery Outlet shopping spree among bid items

Just how much groceries can you stash in shopping carts in two minutes?

Church helps victim of pursuit crash

A church and unexpected insurance coverage provided a surprise twist for the Manteca woman whose car was rear ended in Saturday night's police pursuit of a fleeing felon believing she had lost her transportation in the blink of an eye.

Gang seminar for families Thursday night

A special gang seminar is being offered to church members and other Manteca families Thursday night at the Fellowship Baptist Church at 1130 Pine Street.

ODDS & ENDS

99 widening may start in 2012

A wider Highway 99 plus a modern interchange to serve northeast Manteca will mean the loss of property for a number of people including Center Appliance, a Valero gas station, a small business center, a modular home lot, and a few homes.

Lathrop may pursue sales tax for police

LATHROP – Manteca did it in 2007, Stockton in 2005, and Ceres just last year. This year, it was Galt.

City Hall closed for six days in row

If you have business at city hall that's pressing, you'd better take care of it by this Thursday.

Firefighters collect 5,000 pounds of food for needy

Manteca firefighters delivered some 5,000 pounds of holiday foodstuffs – twice of what they collected last year – to the Second Harvest Food Bank Monday afternoon.

MESSIAH REHEARSHAL

Preparing for a Ripon tradition every Sunday this month are singers with the Ripon Oratorio Society who'll celebrate the season with the 64th presentation of Handel's "Messiah" On Sunday, Dec. 6, at 3 p.m. at the Immanuel Christian Reformed Church, Fourth and Orange streets.

Student mural contest offers winner $250

The Manteca Mural Society is hosting its very first Student Mural Contest where a student or group of students who attend or live within Manteca Unified School District boundaries has/have an opportunity to paint a mural on a building located in Manteca. Contestants must submit a mural design to the Manteca Mural Society by Dec. 1.

DIGGIN’ IN

After 80 years the Manteca Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 6311 is coming home.

People have spoken: 3 confirmed

LATHROP – Three men.

Costa’s Wild-game Feed to take place Friday, Dec. 5

The annual Costa's Wild-game Feed will be held Friday, Dec. 5, from 11:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Manteca Trailer and Motorhome, 204 Vasconcellos (corner E. Highway 120). A story in the Monday, Dec. 1, edition of the Bulletin inadvertently indicated that the event will be held on March 5.

Support county’s Friends of Library Saturday in Tracy

It's time to celebrate the continuing effort to support the Stockton-San Joaquin County Library and literacy year after year.

Wild times ahead at Costa's Feed

A decades-long tradition of giving at Christmas continues on December 5 at Manteca Trailer and Motorhome when the perennially popular Costa's Wild-Game Feed returns.

Appoint or elect?

The clock is running for Manteca to avoid a $234,795 stand-alone special election.

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A global movement whose mission is to demystify the seemingly secret codes of computer science is coming to Lathrop High School on December 11. The hour-long tutorials are not just for the Spartan students. The two introductory sessions are open to the public as well.

Take your seat: Uecker, Restuccia votes confirmed

The Nov. 4 general election was recently certified by the Registrar of Voters of San Joaquin County.

Grand jury: City in line with disposal of ‘surplus’

LATHROP – If you're a government agency, getting rid of stuff isn't as easy as just taking it to the dump.

Valley CAPS enjoys dinner on Ministry

About four or five times a year, Sister Ann Venita Britto and her Ministry of Caring will conduct a special Thanksgiving luncheon for those at Valley CAPS.

3 died from flu spread of 1918-19

The last time Manteca – and the rest of the United States – faced a major flu epidemic that had the potential of closing schools and quarantining victims was 96 years ago.

Sierra grad Placeres passes state bar exam

Samantha Placeres of Manteca graduated with her Juris Doctor degree from Pepperdine University School of Law in a commencement ceremony held on May 16 in Malibu.

DARK DAYS AHEAD

Last year Garrett Todd hoped to land a 40-inch television on Black Friday.

Roll-over takes life of Sonora woman

A rollover accident spurred by slow traffic and a driver trying to avoid a collision claimed the life of a 64-year-old Sonora woman on Thanksgiving.

VFW celebrates groundbreaking Monday

A new $1.6 million community center that will serve as the home for Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 6311 is part of the ongoing revitalization of the Moffat Boulevard corridor.