Art show & sale May 22 at museum

Artists who want to be one of those featured in the first art show and sale at the Manteca Historical Society Museum have until Monday, May 10, to sign up.

Police canine trials set for Manteca Saturday

The excitement is not only in the chase, but also watching canine police officers put their four-legged partners through their paces every year at the 40th annual Manteca police dog trials in Morenzone Park on Saturday at Center Street at Union Road.

CELEBRATING EARTH DAY

Scenes from the Earth Day activities Wednesday at the Manteca Library.

Victorious Elite Allstars claim 17 firsts, three national titles

Victorious Elite Allstars (VEA) Cheerleaders & Dancers finished off their season with 17 first places, 7 second places, 4 third places, 4 fourth places and 3 National Championship titles.

Manteca may take blight fight directly to neighborhoods

Manteca's next big redevelopment agency project could mirror Stockton's Strong Neighborhood Initiative.

Best of Manteca 2010 winners selected

Tommy's Beach Bar & Grill is the Best of Manteca when it comes to pub grub, a place to enjoy a drink and to dine-out.

Rains causing plenty of trouble for area farmers

April showers bring May flowers. But for area farmers, they would like to see the rains go away at least for a while.

Medicinal users fret about high cost of indoor pot growing

Three users of medicinal marijuana are concerned they won't be able to afford to grow their cannabis now that the Manteca City Council is adopting rules requiring them to raise it inside a closed structure.

Cash for clunker appliances = big savings

You wouldn't expect people to be lining up at the crack of dawn to buy energy and water efficient washing machines as well as energy saving refrigerators.

MIDDLE SCHOOL DANCE

Conserving drinking water & tax dollars

Manteca has found a way to keep the grass green and to save taxpayers green at the same time.

Help sought to spruce up EU Cemetery for Memorial Day weekend

Clean-up day at Manteca's historic East Union Cemetery in preparation for Memorial Day ceremonies will take place Saturday, April 24.

It’ll cost $1.14 a day to ride Ripon school bus

RIPON - A student riding a Ripon Unified school bus is going to be paying about 50 cents more per day for a total of $1.14. That is in contrast with other cities like Tracy where students are charged $2 per day to ride to and from school.

FFA livestock may graze at school site

The Rustic School site could soon benefit Manteca Unified students.

Motorcycle crash victims still critical

The two motorcycle crash victims from the Saturday midnight head-on collision on Woodward Avenue west of McKinley Avenue are still listed in critical condition in hospitals in Sacramento and Modesto.

Honoring the ultimate sacrifice

The pastor. The retired steel worker. The congressman.

SSJID fights to protect water

The South San Joaquin Irrigation District has something that at least two thirds of California wants - water.

New homes = $2.6M in bonus bucks

Bonus bucks are back.

Manteca may allow hookah lounges, other tobacco uses

The city that led the drive in California in the 1970s to ban the sale of cigarettes from vending machines accessible to children may now make hookah lounges legal.

Immigrant tops Sierra grad class

Leonor Borges will be the first person in her family to go to college.