Manteca High grad promoting Lodi concert

The world's greatest bar band is coming to San Joaquin County.

LIONS BBQ RIB DINNER

The Manteca Lions are conducting a southern-style BBQ rib dinner on Saturday, July 11, at the Manteca Senior Center, 295 Cherry Lane. The social hour is from 6 to 7 p.m. while dinner and raffle follows from 7 to 8:30 p.m. Tickets are $20 a person. They are available by calling John Hinson at 485-8334, Lisa Stallings at 679-5835, Dave Macedo at 598-1900, or Rob Norlinger at 601-4039.

Exclusive concession deal in works for Mistlin park complex

RIPON – What has become one of the popular youth sporting destinations in Northern California will soon have its own concession company.

Park wants total $62.5 million

Manteca has 37 park projects on the books that will cost in excess of $62.5 million.

Manteca’s motorcycle cops do well in challenge

Two Manteca Police motorcycle officers won first and second place honors in last weekend's Sixth Annual Extreme Motor Officer Training Challenge in Carson City, Nevada.

Manteca seeks federal help to remodel fire station

Federal stimulus funds could make it possible for Manteca to reduce response time to 2,500 households in the northwest portion of the city.

Brother warned sister she’d be killed

The younger brother of Thursday's murder victim said he warned his sister and registered nurse Tevanie Deanne Tellez, 35, her husband was going to kill her and she would leave her children without a mother if it happened.

City awarding $1.4M in construction work

Two contracts designed to upgrade water and sewer service in Manteca are expected to be issued by the City Council on Tuesday.

Flags over Manteca

Volunteers helped place 2,400 flags on the Fourth of July as part of the Manteca Chamber of Commerce's Flags Over Manteca project.

Golf tourney benefits children’s foundation

The Knights of Columbus and the Manteca Children's Foundation will be sponsoring the upcoming Antone Raymus Golf Tournament.

Rock on

JULY 4th BLOCK PARTY

It was a July 4th celebration where neighbors regarded each other as family in South Central Manteca.

Badge of Life: Survival for police officers

The Badge of Life is a psychological survival program for police officers that may be adopted by the Manteca Police Department in the near future.

A new tune for dance regulations

Manteca is revising the municipal ordinance governing dances after finding the wording is similar to the City of Stockton entertainment permit process that the U.S. District Court struck down as unconstitutionally vague.

Three Rivers Powwow continues today

A 32-year Manteca tradition - the Three Rivers Indian Lodge Fourth of July Powwow – continues today from 11 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. with the grand entry at 1 p.m.

Merchant sued despite trying to upgrade ADA

She did what she was supposed to do.

Cheese bus heist in Manteca

A Tillamook Cheese sales tour caravan was disrupted when five of its vehicles were stolen from a Manteca hotel parking places Saturday with two of them being torched a day later by thieves.

Science camp popular Boys & Girls option

Jaden Powell's favorite subject in school is science.

$246K keeps Manteca in the hunt for Great Wolf

Arguably the most ambitious private-public partnership ever undertaken by the City of Manteca - the proposed 187-acre family entertainment zone that could be anchored by a Great Wolf Resort - is about to get another player.

Ripon council filing underway for two positions

Two seats are up for grabs on the Ripon City Council come November.

Chili cook-off honors memory of Les Reile

The late Les Reile made a habit of feeding the hungry in Manteca, Ripon, Escalon and Stockton.

THE DAIRY GRIND

Here's yet another sign of the times. The demise of family-owned dairy farm operations. In many cases, the dairy farm has been handed down from one generation to the next.

SSJID: LAFCo hinders effort for cheap power

By JASON CAMPBELL

City motel tax going before Lathrop voters

LATHROP – Last year Lathrop collected $350,000 in hotel taxes.

California milk meets global demand

There is a good reason these days why California has happy cows, as touted in the Milk Advisory Board-backed television advertising. It's the same reason that could put a happy smile on the faces of dairy farmers in the Golden State.

THRIVING AGAINST ALL ODDS

If you wait for your dad's shoes, you'll wait all your life.

It’s a never-ending cycle of work at the dairy

The day started at 5 a.m. for the Curnejo family. Jaime and wife Velma, and their older children, were up before the break of dawn – winter, spring, summer and fall. No fail. They had nearly 200 cows to milk in the barn.

SWEET LABOR OF LOVE

These are busy days at the FESM Hall in Manteca.

New norm: Exceptional drought?

It's been 14 years since the United States drought monitor went into effect.

Host families sought for Japanese teens

Thirty young Japanese students are looking for host families this summer. They will be arriving on July 26 and will be in Manteca until Aug 26. During that time, the students who are between the ages of 13 and 17, will be attending classes to be held at St. Mary of the Virgin Anglican Church at the corner of Cottage and Louise avenues in Manteca.