Tomato Queen of San Joaquin subject of Haggin Museum symposium

It's going to be all about Tillie Lewis, "Tomato Queen" of the 20th century, at a Haggin Museum symposium in Stockton set for Oct. 25 with a hosted lunch included – focusing on a woman who went above and beyond in a man's world.

Ripon elementary schools all top 800 in STAR testing

RIPON - Ripon teachers and parents had a lot to celebrate with the release of the STAR test scores that placed all of the public elementary schools above the state's target of 800.

Lathrop willing to pay up to $100K a year for someone to sell city

LATHROP – Lathrop is a city in need of a sales agent. Someone who will not only devote his full time to sell the city's potential as a good location for business but, more importantly, to aggressively pursue that goal.

SJ County farm crops tops $2B for 2nd year

Farming continues to be San Joaquin County's $2 billion baby.

LATHROP YOUTH FOCUS COMPETITION

Lathrop seniors chili cook-off this Thursday

LATHROP – Second chances do happen. Even for chili cooks whose dishes did not quite make it to the top three winners in the recent cook-off in Manteca to benefit the Second Harvest Food Bank.

Ground zero for retail

The Highway 120 Bypass and Union Road interchange will soon become ground zero for retail in the South County.

Union Pacific, Manteca PD set up sting at crossings

People who drive or walk around railroad crossing gates are going to be the focus of "Operation Lifesaver" Wednesday morning when Union Pacific Railroad and the Manteca Police Department join forces to make a difference and hopefully save lives.

Teen volunteers donate thousands of hours

Twenty area high school students have volunteered over 2,500 hours so far this year working at Doctors Hospital of Manteca in their after school hours.

Couple preps wall as a labor of love for mural project

The early morning chill still hadn't even completely thawed when Tom and Gayl Wilson were busy boarding in a scissor lift that'll take them high above the blacktop directly across from Library Park.

Debbie Gross: A mom on the run to have fun

Manteca's Debbie Gross hadn't done much running since her college days but when an opportunity came up recently to participate in a 2-mile race in Escalon with a friend, she decided to give it a try.

MANTECA LIONS DINNER

Social, turkey BBQ Sunday benefits Manteca museum

Tri-tip, barbecued turkey, spaghetti, French bread, salad, 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.

TIPTONS DONATES SCHOOL SUPPLIES

PRIZES FIT FOR ROYALTY

Atheists, freethinkers gathering at Manteca Library

David Diskin doesn't want to offend anybody.

Two men escape car fire

Two Manteca men in their early 20s survived a flash fire in their 1996 Chevy Lumina Monday afternoon as it was parked in a rural dirt driveway on Peach Avenue west of Union Road shortly before 2 p.m.

Ernie’s chef back on TV

Top Chef launched chef Michael Midgley's star as a small-town cook with big-league potential.

Mayor: Time to step up water conservation

Manteca Mayor Willie Weatherford wants the city staff to start taking steps to reduce water waste now and not later.

Library town halls set in South County cities

What are the immediate and long-term library needs of Lathrop, Manteca, and Ripon?

There are 25 days left to donate

When Jennifer Munoz came up with the idea for trying to raise $3,000 to overhaul Santa's Downtown Manteca home, she knew it was going to be a long shot.

Fool’s gold: Trio loses $7K

A "gold bar" the size of a small chocolate bar and supposedly valued at $14,000 took a trio of shoppers to the cleaners at a Manteca shopping center over the weekend.

CORE STRENGTH

By day, Robert Iniquez is a mild-mannered salesman with Golden State Lumber.

RI Tech opens; 20th year for St. Anthony preschool

The year 2013 closed on a high note for other schools that are not part of the Manteca Unified School District area.

Weston Ranch homicide leads to second arrest

WESTON RANCH - A 49-year-old woman was arrested on charges of murdering a Weston Ranch man in his home.

Fire district upset about home plan

LATHROP – It was the last piece of the puzzle.

Manteca in 1917 was a boom town

By DENNIS WYATT

Manteca rents hit record highs

There's one segment of the Manteca housing market that's pulling in more dollars per square foot than it did back in 2006 - apartments.

Growers press for early SSJID irrigation run

Alfalfa growers in Manteca, Ripon, and Escalon need water.

UFO? Readers shoot down speculation

It's a bird.