$140M back into local pockets

South San Joaquin Irrigation District wants to put more than $140 million back into the pockets of residents, farmers, businessmen, and government agencies in Manteca, Ripon, and Escalon over the next 10 years.

SJ County growth topic of workshop set for tonight

Farmland preservation – as well as growth-related issues for the next 20 years – is the subject of a workshop tonight at Woodward School.

MARVIN MEARS: MIRACLE MAN

"It's such a relief – it feels good!"

Kaiser issues pink slips to Manteca hospital employees

Kaiser Hospital in Manteca handed out pink slips to an undetermined number of employees Tuesday morning – part of a Northern California region cut back.

Encouraging news for girl with heart defect

Casey Lynn Bauer received plenty of attention during last February's Congenital Heart Defect Awareness Week.

Manteca Rec offerings Kid Zone, before school program

Manteca Parks & Recreation has started this year's Before School Program, PM Kinderzone and Kids Zone program.

ODDS & ENDS

Roth Road closure next week

Roth Road will be temporarily closed to through traffic from Tuesday, Aug. 18, through Thursday, Aug. 20, while the Union Pacific Railroad replaces a railway crossing.

POINT LOBOS STATE RESERVE

CARMEL-BY-THE-SEA - It has been called "the greatest meeting of land and water in the world."

Chamber rolls out new magazine

Manteca's pitch to lure new retail and employment opportunities to the community is delineated in the Chamber of Commerce's new Manteca Magazine & Business Directory.

Tidewater history is subject of museum program

Just 25 years ago trains ran where the Tidewater Bikeway cuts through the heart of Manteca from Lathrop Road to Spreckels Avenue.

162 new home starts so far in ‘09

The song of the skill saws accented with the rat-a-tat of hammers has returned to Manteca.

Tighter budget imperils Ripon programs

RIPON – Falling revenues means Ripon Unified students and parents may find out in the coming months that programs they have expected to always be there – the reader's workshop as one example – could be history.

The long walk for the first day of school

LATHROP – Isaiah Robles woke up shortly before 6 a.m. Monday in order to make the long walk to school.

Love INC gathers Thursday to discuss community needs

Love In the Name of Christ – or Love INC of Manteca – will meet Thursday at 6:30 p.m. at Calvary Community Church, 815 Lathrop Road.

Water play victim of drought

First the good news: The water play feature at Library Park will be turned on in time for the 18th annual downtown Manteca Crossroads Street Faire.

Manteca building VFW hall

Bonus bucks - fees paid by developers for sewer allocation certainty - will pay for a 3,000-square-foot building to house the Manteca Veterans of Foreign Wars Jimmie Connors Post 6311.

Patty Reece’s passion blooms thru orchids

Patty Reece loves her orchids.

Run Saturday helps fight hunger

Mike Mallory wants to put hunger on the run.

18th annual Crossroads Street Faire this weekend

The Manteca Crossroads Street Faire is set for Saturday and Sunday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. each day.

Rotary rededicates plaque marking 1846 journey up San Joaquin River

The Lathrop Rotary rededicated a brass plaque marking the historic 1846 journey of the first known sail launch to journey from San Francisco up the San Joaquin River.

Police target texting, cell use while driving

Getting behind the wheel of the car?

MPD acquires tactical vehicle

It's a bird.

Dogs severely bite 2-year old Manteca boy

A 2-year-old Manteca boy was transported via helicopter to a hospital outside of the area on Sunday morning after sustaining a series of life-threatening dog bites from a pair of family pets.

State OKs $800K for Austin Road work

California is committing $800,000 to improvements for the existing Austin Road interchange on Highway 99.

Street Faire carnival opens at Orchard Valley

Kevin Tate had to go all the way to Europe to get the gondola-style Ferris Wheel that serves as one of the centerpieces of his California Carnival Co.

NEXT GENERATION

LATHROP – Eric Wohle walks through the lobby of the Lathrop Generations Center like he's been there before.

California’s cup still two thirds empty

April showers fuel May wildfires.

$2.2M settlement for death

The family of 34-year-old Ernest Duenez Jr. - the man shot to death by a Manteca Police officer in June 2011 - has apparently reached a $2.2 million settlement with the City of Manteca's insurance carrier.

Approving settlement & amount out of hands of Manteca’s leaders

A pending $2.2 million settlement won't put a dent in Manteca's municipal budget nor is it the doing of elected city leaders.