Victorious Elite Allstars capture four first place titles at regionals

Victorious Elite Allstars (VEA) Cheerleaders continue to impress judges and crowds alike with their high-energy performances and synchronized routines.

Joni Morris staging “Patsy Cline Christmas’

LODI - Joni Morris is well-known for her own special tribute to the queen of country music, Patsy Cline, and has been playing to sold out crowds across the country with her tribute shows.

10% of all Manteca homes sell

It is without a doubt the biggest two-year period of home ownership turnover in Manteca's history.

Holiday Affair: Friends, food, prizes & help for troubled Manteca teens

It's the $75 ticket that can actually save a troubled teen's life. That's not all the ticket buys. It also helps fund youth projects, library needs, scholarships, and domestic violence intervention services. And for good measure it includes a wide array of finger foods and cocktails for the ticket holder and a guest to enjoy in a holiday setting with hundreds of other people. The ticket holder also has a chance at cash gifts and ...

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Ballot measure would stop Sacramento from taking local money

Manteca is teaming up with other California cities as well as counties in a bid to have voters approve a ballot measure in the November 2010 election to effectively stop Sacramento from raiding funding sources for local government to balance the state budget.

Stuff the bus with food Saturday

Last year, the Manteca Unified transportation department initiated "Stuff the Bus For Kid's Sake" for the holidays.

Hospice tree lighting takes place Wednesday

It was an all volunteer effort for PG&E linemen who installed some 1200 lights on the Hospice of San Joaquin Christmas tree.

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SACRAMENTO BOUND

Two South County teams – the Sierra High varsity football and the Ripon High varsity volleyball – are still alive in Sac-Joaquin Section playoffs. Both teams travel to Sacramento this week. Ripon heads to Christian Brothers School for a showdown Tuesday and Sierra on Friday to Del Campo High.

Ripon plans tree lighting tonight

Ripon plans tree lighting tonight Ripon's Christmas tree lighting is tonight at 7 p.m. at the Mistlin Fountain at Oak Street and East Main Street. There will be free homemade cookies and hot chocolate provided by the Barnwood Restaurant and catering. The event will include Christmas music. Sierra winter concert Tuesday The Sierra High School Choir Winter Concert will be Tuesday, Dec. 1, at 7 p.m. in the Sierra High cafeteria. The ...

Getting on board computer literacy

LATHROP - First and second grade students at Joseph Widmer school anxiously awaited the arrival of the Give Every Child a Chance Technology Outreach Program (TOP) bus.

Wider days ahead for Highway 99

It's called California's Main Street for a good reason. Fourteen percent of the traffic on Highway 99 consists of trucks with most picking up agricultural products and manufactured goods from up and down the San Joaquin Valley and transporting them to markets throughout the nation and the world. The $252 million widening and modernization of the Arch Road to Highway 120 Bypass segment expected to start the spring of 2012 gives Manteca a transportation trifecta ...

Will loss of SSJID hurt other PG&E customers?

Can PG&E survive and make a profit without the need to raise rates on its remaining customers if it no longer can rely on monthly payments from Manteca, Ripon, and Escalon consumers?

Tree lighting on Monday starts holiday celebrations

Get ready for Christmas, South County-style. Starting things off are a flurry of four tree lighting ceremonies in Ripon, Manteca, and Lathrop. Ripon leads the way on Monday at 7 p.m. with the Christmas tree lighting at the Mistlin Fountain at Oak Street and East Main Street. There will be free homemade cookies and hot chocolate provided by the Barnwood Restaurant and catering. The event will include Christmas music. Then on Wednesday at 6 p.m. ...

Manteca on the grow during 1970s & 1980s

Editor's note: This is the fourth of a six-part series taking a look back at Manteca's first 95 years as an incorporated city. Voters approved incorporation on May 28, 1918.

Pedestrian struck by car on Center St. dies

A 70-year-old Manteca man struck by a westbound car in the 200 block of East Center Street at about 6:30 p.m. Wednesday died of his injuries in San Joaquin General Hospital, according to police reports.

Tony & Mrs. K’s Bakery Café opens at East Yosemite & Cottage avenues

It is a dynamic change of life for Artemis Vourakis from being a legal secretary to opening a Greek Bakery and Café at the corner of East Yosemite and Cottage avenues in Manteca. Vourakis' brother Hercules is opening a modern car wash on the site late in July or early August.