COMMUNITY CHOIR PRACTICE

The Manteca Community Choir will rehearse for this year's Christmas cantata every Sunday evening in November at 7 p.m. at the Manteca Presbyterian Church on North and Main. Adults, teenagers and children are invited to participate in this cantata. "Christmas Fantasia" will be performed on Dec. 13 at 7 p.m. and is free to the public. Contact Anne Talcott at 823-0054 for more information.

Elder Heinze going on 2-year Chile mission

Daniel Heinze, a 2008 Sierra High graduate, will enter the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints Mission Training Center in Provo, Utah on Nov. 18 to begin preparations for a 2-year mission to the Chile Concepcion South Mission.

Scouting for food takes place Nov. 21

Scouting for food is a national canned food drive put on by the Boy Scouts of America.

Veterans Day at Library Park

Manteca's Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 6311 and American Legion Post 249 are holding a Veterans Day ceremony at Library Park on Wednesday, Nov. 11, starting at 11 a.m.

Neon Ink in free concert at Main Street Café Friday night

A new upcoming R&B Pop band will be performing a free show this Friday, Nov. 6, at Main Street Café at 7 p.m.

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Christ is a verb for Calvary youth

Christ is a verb and not a noun.

Kirk Waters takes oath as Manteca fire chief

Kirk Waters is officially Manteca's permanent fire chief.

Lathrop council may change meetings

LATHROP – When Jose D. Hernandez served on the Lathrop City Council two mayors ago, he lost a number of hours at work and, on a few occasions, arrived late at the meeting. Sometimes, he did not even have time to grab something for dinner while dashing off from work to the 7 o'clock council meeting at City Hall.

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Ripon gang member sentenced to 5 years

RIPON - A 16-year-old gang member has been sentenced to five years and four months in juvenile detention after pleading guilty to assault with a deadly weapon in a stabbing in August that left him with a broken hand.

SJ deputies looking for missing man

LATHROP - San Joaquin County Sheriff's Department reported Mario Pena as a missing person.

2 laid off officers land Hayward jobs

Two recently laid off Manteca police officers have been hired by the City of Hayward with a higher wage scale than they had in Manteca.

Give Every Child a Chance appreciates support of business, rest of community

In these tough economic times, Carol Davis greatly appreciates any and all donations to her non-profit organization.

Pumpkin Maze: Smashing hit

LATHROP - It is without a doubt the largest agri-tourist attraction in the Central Valley if not all of California.

Farmers say Obama plan won’t help deal with drought

LOS BANOS (AP) - Farmers in California's drought-stricken Central Valley said the financial assistance President Barack Obama delivered on his visit Friday does not get to the heart of California's long-term water problems.

Nurses, seniors picket Manteca Kaiser hospital

Kaiser Don't Break Our Hearts.