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LAFCo forcing SSJID to spend $1.9M on effort to lower rates

It's been 44 months since the South San Joaquin Irrigation District filed its current application before the San Joaquin Local Agency Formation Commission for permission to sell retail electricity to customers in Manteca, Ripon, and Escalon at rates 15 percent below PG&E prices.

April 20, 2013 | Dennis Wyatt | NEWS


Neighbors worry about French Camp fertilizer

FRENCH CAMP – Helen Carter watched the news on Wednesday night and cringed. A building with flames reaching high into the Texas sky suddenly and violently exploded – blowing the windows out of homes and businesses within a five block radius. While she undoubtedly felt empathy for those killed in the blast, Carter also became immediately concerned about a complex located less than a mile from her rural French Camp home that stores the same ...

April 20, 2013 | Jason Campbell | NEWS


Former Manteca resident returns home for concerts

Katie Byrd arrived in Nashville knowing the cross-country move was a Hail Mary. The songstress began dazzling crowds as a child in Missouri, where'd she win multiple talent shows and awards. The former Manteca and Ripon resident even flirted with a career in the country music capital of the world. But she was young – and without many contacts or much of a plan. Byrd returned to Nashville in March of 2012 a stronger, more ...

April 20, 2013 | James Burns | NEWS


Magazine cover features Mantecan’s photo

How many ways can you photograph a sunflower? The cover of this issue shows one perspective.

April 20, 2013 | | NEWS


Could West Texas inferno happen here?

LATHROP – The image of a West Texas fertilizer plant exploding Wednesday night startled a nation already on-edge after the terrorist bombing of the Boston Marathon earlier this week.

April 19, 2013 | Jason Campbell | NEWS


THAT’S THE TICKET

It takes reserve Manteca Police officer Eugene Estrella less than 30 steps to chase down a purse snatcher while on-duty.

April 19, 2013 | Jason Campbell | NEWS


BMX track reopens with Strider track

Municipal staff cut through the red tape to allow the Spreckels Park BMX track to reopen Thursday with the Strider track intact.

April 19, 2013 | Dennis Wyatt | NEWS


GETTING IN SHAPE

He looks like a miniature version of the Hulk, minus, of course, the green skin. Broad shoulders. Big arms. A square jaw. It's hard to imagine Alex Avila, Manteca's traveling personal trainer and a former Sierra High football standout, as a heavy child. But he was. Avila says he was 6 when he first took control of his body, laying the framework for a life in physical fitness. Back then, he had high hopes of ...

April 18, 2013 | James Burns | NEWS


Remove ‘bumps’ & BMX track reopens

Removing a series of "bumps" that max out at two feet in height will allow the re-opening of the Spreckels Park BMX track that was chained off Monday by the City of Manteca.

April 17, 2013 | Dennis Wyatt | NEWS


Scholars debate roles of constitution, government

The panel discussion between Mike Winther and Steven Routh was supposed to center on the Second Amendment.

April 17, 2013 | Jason Campbell | NEWS


Dairy princess touts benefits of milk

Annalicia Machado-Luis wears a crown and sash and rides atop sleek convertibles, waving and smiling to scores of people from Sacramento to Turlock.

April 17, 2013 | James Burns | NEWS


Manteca Garden Tour features 6 gardens

Six residential gardens in Manteca will be showcased in the 2013 Manteca Garden Tour which will be held on Saturday, May 11, the day before Mother's Day.

April 17, 2013 | Rose Albano-Risso | NEWS


MOMS fundraiser helps help children in foster care

The Manteca-Lathrop MOMS Club is coming to the aid of the children of the Agape Villages Foster Family of Manteca.

April 17, 2013 | Rose Albano-Risso | NEWS


Ripon runner finished ahead of explosions

Armando Ibarra-Espinoza had just arrived at a friend's house in a suburb outside of Boston when his cell phone began to chirp.

April 16, 2013 | James Burns | NEWS


City locks kids out of BMX track

Mayor Willie Weatherford believes it is a classic case of making a mountain out of a molehill.

April 16, 2013 | Dennis Wyatt | NEWS


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Academic achievements earn honors, scholarships for East Union High seniors

East Union High seniors were presented with scholarships and awards during last week's senior awards assembly.

May 19, 2013 | | NEWS


1973: 1st ever VOL titles for EU golf, baseball

Sixty years ago, on May 5, 1953, the Manteca High baseballers maintained their top position in the Valley Oak League standings when they defeated Tracy High 7 to 5. Leading hitter for Coach Arte Fairbanks' Buffaloes was Darell Phillips, who had a perfect afternoon by picking up two hits in two official trips to the plate and driving in two runs. He was also the winning pitcher.

May 19, 2013 | | NEWS


Deadly 9 hours on Manteca roads

Two separate car crashes on Friday claimed the lives of three people.

May 18, 2013 | Rose Albano-Risso | NEWS


Environmental study next step for Great Wolf

Nearly 100 acres of city-owned wastewater treatment plant land could end up as the premier family entertainment hub for the Northern San Joaquin Valley while tapping into the Bay Area market as well.

May 18, 2013 | Dennis Wyatt | NEWS


MANTECA POLICE INVESTIGATE FATAL TRAFFIC COLLISION

On Friday 05/17/2013 at about 0243 Hrs, the Manteca Police Department responded to the 300 blk of S. Airport Wy regarding a solo rollover vehicle collision. Several officers arrived on scene and found two adult males trapped inside a two door burgundy Scion. The vehicle had major damage and was positioned near a mobile home on the east side of Airport Wy.

May 17, 2013 | Glenn Kahl | NEWS


VFW post stepping up visibility

Carlon Perry leans forward onto his forearms, peering over the top of reading glasses.

May 17, 2013 | James Burns | NEWS


BRIDGE OVER McKINLEY

LATHROP - Pat Mitchell, watched intently as the first two 11 ton bridge sections were lowered into place Thursday morning to connect the production lines of California Natural Products with his six story Power Automation Systems (PAS) storage facility on the east side of McKinley Avenue.

May 17, 2013 | Glenn Kahl | NEWS


Super flush: One treatment plant for Ripon, Lathrop & Manteca sewer?

Manteca, Ripon and Lathrop could become more than just neighboring communities at least when it comes to wastewater.

May 17, 2013 | Dennis Wyatt | NEWS


Joyce Gatto: Lathrop’s artistic living treasure

LATHROP – Joyce Gatto has many fond memories of Vera Walquist for a number of reasons.

May 17, 2013 | Rose Albano-Risso | NEWS


REMEMBERING THE FALLEN

Nikki Freitas pinned down quivering lips as she surveyed the newest panel in the Welcome Home Heroes series.

May 16, 2013 | James Burns | NEWS


Lathrop may sell water allotment to Tracy for $5M

LATHROP - It's been a few years since the City of Lathrop financed its way into an additional allotment from the South San Joaquin Irrigation District's surface water treatment plant.

May 16, 2013 | Jason Campbell | NEWS


Kids sleeping in boxes for homeless awareness

A handful of kids are going to get a chance to think out of the box when it comes to perceptions about the homeless.

May 16, 2013 | Dennis Wyatt | NEWS


High Stanislaus River flows

Federal authorities are intentionally flooding low land along the Stanislaus River in a test to see whether it will help increase the chances of salmon fingerlings making it to the Delta.

May 15, 2013 | Dennis Wyatt | NEWS


Job pays $178.08 an hour

Your federal tax dollars funneled through the City of Manteca are paying Charlie Halyer $178.08 an hour and his fellow worker $144.88 an hour. The two are resident engineers. But they aren't being paid that rate to make sure a freeway bridge is built safely. Instead the Caltrop employees are being paid to make sure trees and shrubs planted along the 120 Bypass corridor and part of Highway 99 get enough water. "It's ridiculous," said ...

May 14, 2013 | Dennis Wyatt | NEWS


A SCHOOL TO BET ON

Efren Juarez had a good thing going with his business that hosted poster tournaments for non-profit organizations.

May 14, 2013 | Jason Campbell | NEWS


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