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State swiping $1.3M from Manteca RDA
California's continuing budget crisis could undermine efforts to provide affordable housing in Manteca as well as force the city to borrow money from an internal account to keep street maintenance crews working.
Binford turns ‘Sopranos’ into rolling art
For more than two years Paul Binford thought about how he could take his passion for the hit HBO show "The Sopranos" and turn it into a piece of rolling art.
Shooting victim uncooperative with police
A man believed to be in his early 20s, who was shot in the legs last Monday night at the corner of Northwoods Avenue and Lovell Way, was released from a Manteca hospital the night of the shooting.
Police thwart mail theft
While most of Manteca was glued to their televisions watching the Super Bowl, Manteca Police patrolman Mike Espinosa was stopping a car in the 300 block of Mikesell Street that turned away from him and into an alley in mid block.
Dispatcher takes final police call
Police dispatcher Rudy Fowler has dedicated three decades in keeping his officers safe on the streets of Manteca – doing a great job in serving the public as well.
Divorce Care ministries underway Tuesday
Two 13-week ministries aimed at helping people struggling with families breaking up – Divorce Care and Divorce Care for Kids – start this Tuesday from 7 to 9 p.m. at Crossroads Grace Community Church, 5505 Moffat Blvd.
Familiar Lathrop faces in Images of America
LATHROP - The title of the book is "Filipinos in Stockton." But inside this compendium of archival photographs, part of the Images of America series which "celebrates the history of neighborhoods, towns and cities across the country" are a few familiar and once-familiar faces in Lathrop and even Manteca.
Free E-waste recycling in Lathrop on Feb. 21
The Lathrop Sunrise Rotary is planning an E- Waste Recycling fundraiser on Saturday, Feb. 21. From 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the ITT Lathrop Business Park off Louise Avenue near Interstate 5, the local service organization will be accepting those old television sets, monitors, PCs, laptops, stereo equipment, computer equipment, video game systems, CD players, DVD players, telephone equipment, copier, fax machines and cell phones, to name a few. The free service also includes ...
The California water torture: Mother Nature flaking out on Sierra snow
It isn't a snow job. California is in deep trouble. The Department of Water Resources Sierra snowpack survey this week showed it is at 61 percent of normal. A growing number of water experts are warning Californians the outlook for adequate water to irrigate crops, fight fires, run businesses, flush toilets, and water lawns is growing dismal with each passing day of dry winter weather. "It's not good," pointed out South San Joaquin Irrigation District ...
BMX track getting out of starting gate Monday
It's not just a crab feed. Tonight's Anderson's 209 BMX marinated crab feed that runs from 5 p.m. to midnight at the MRPS Hall, 133 N. Grant St., is a celebration of not just sweet success but one of Olympic proportions as well. A track builder from the American Bicycle Association will be in Manteca Monday preparing the Spreckels Recreation Park site at Moffat Boulevard and Spreckels Avenue for construction to mark the end of ...
Inductees selected for 2009 Manteca Sports Heroes Hall
Seven athletes who exemplified not just success in their chosen athletic endeavors but also in the standards they set as role models as well as the highly successful East Union High girls golf teams from 2006- to 2008 are being inducted into the Manteca Sports Heroes Hall of Distinction 2009.
CORRECTION
In Thursday's story about the off-duty Manteca Police detective who is alleged to have hit some guests at a party that he and his son and daughter attended, the last name of the man who videotaped some of the incidents that took place was misprinted. His name is Shiloh Martinez. Martinez's handheld camcorder was confiscated by police that night as evidence. Police gave him back his video camera last week.
An alarming charge: $700
You can – as the municipal law is now written – end up having the Manteca Police respond up to 24 times a year to false alarms at your business or home and not be charged a penny for tying up law enforcement services an average of 18 minutes per response.
Medical emergency responses continue to climb for city’s fire department
Call it the Manteca Medical Emergency Response Department. For the fourth straight year in 2008, the number of medical emergency calls Manteca Fire Department responded to increased while all fire calls remained relatively flat. Fire Chief Chris Haas' final annual report - he retires today – showed the department handled about 12 times as many medical emergencies in 2008 than actual fire calls. Fire calls went from 269 in 2007 to 270 in 2008. Emergency ...
RIDING RETIREMENT WAVE
Surfing is the sport retiring Manteca Fire Chief Chris Haas enjoys the most, and a new epoxy board will make it even better off the beaches near Monterey.
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SSJID sitting on $44.1M worth of unrestricted investments, cash
South San Joaquin Irrigation District had $44.1 million in unrestricted cash and investments at the end of 2012.
Lathrop Police conducting bicycle rodeo on Saturday
LATHROP – Bicycle safety is no laughing matter.
They deal with the bad guys
Odds are you've never met Albert Garcia.
Carnival Lathrop bankrolled with $7,000 in tax dollars is now underway
LATHROP – Steven Gascon doesn't mind the fact that the City of Lathrop shelled out $4,000 to rent the space in the Target parking lot for a weekend carnival.
Manteca part of ‘Today in America’ video
"Manteca: A hidden gem to live, work and play."
Single moms do what they have to do for kids
WATERFORD – Rebekah DelSanto did what she had to do in the best interest of her daughter.
12-mile back-up on Highway 99
Highway 99 traffic was backed up for nearly nine hours Thursday from a big rig that rolled on its side blocking all northbound lanes shortly before 7 a.m.
‘SURVIVE THEY DID’
It is seen as a "Miracle on Judith Court" Tuesday afternoon that is responsible for two brothers, 6, and 2, being rescued by a neighbor who jumped into her pool to save the youngsters she said appeared lifeless, floating on the top of the water.
110 workers using interest free city loans for computers
Thirty percent of Manteca's 330 municipal workers take advantage of the city's interest-free loan program to secure computers for their personal use.
Working mom enjoys her little lovebug son
If Christina Thurner had her druthers, she'd spend every waking minute with her baby boy.
Gayle & Jeff Pace: Del Webb’s frugal gardeners
Gayle Pace chuckles when she says, "I'm the flower floozy who works on a budget."
Commuters Backed Up On 99 For Hours When Ladder Causes Truck Rollover
Update: Traffic was still at a crawl as of 1 p.m. on Thursday afternoon slowing motorists who were driving northbound on Highway 99 between the Highway 120 Bypass and Yosemite Avenue. Tow trucks had pulled the truck around into one lane leaving the other lane open to allow restricted traffic flow on the freeway.
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