Future Spreckels Park and Manteca Commerce Park firms could benefit from those portions of Manteca being included in one of 42 state-sanctioned enterprise zones throughout California. Among the benefits are: •A hiring tax credit of $37,400 or more per new qualified employee over a five-year period. •Sales and use tax credit on machinery purchases for manufacturing. •Business expense deduction up to $20,000 per year on tangible personal property. •Net operating loss carryover of up to ...
Here's a shocker. The folks at Manteca City Hall are sitting down with the business community – essentially groups of businesses among the top 100 employers – to see what the city can do to make doing business in Manteca easier . It's a 180-degree turn from just a few years ago when folks at 1001 W. Center St. talked the talk and that was it. The first group to meet with City Manager Steve ...
Come Memorial Day nothing would please the Manteca Chamber of Commerce more than to see their 2,400 flags augmented by 22,600 flags citywide. "We want to take the flag project to the next level," said Manteca Chamber of Commerce Chief Executive Officer Debby Moorhead. That next step involves encouraging every resident to acquire a flag and place it out on the same eight days each year that the chamber volunteers put the 2,400 flags up ...
LATHROP – A Stockton man driving a white Nissan pickup was killed Monday after being struck by an Altamont Commuter Express train. San Joaquin County Sheriff's Department is investigating the incident that occurred at about 4:40 a.m. at a railroad crossing at East Roth Road near South McKinley Avenue. Killed in the accident was Jeffrey Donald Walters, 48, of Stockton. The commuter train consisting of five cars and a locomotive was traveling southbound from Stockton ...
You'll find scores of low to moderate income rentals – and some owner occupied homes - tucked behind existing houses and off alleys in central Manteca. They often are 500 square feet or less but handfuls built in recent years are in excess of 700 square feet. The rents usually are hundreds below more traditional homes sitting on lots of their own. The proposed housing element update the Manteca Planning Commission will consider tonight include ...
LATHROP – During the real estate boom as recently as the beginning of Y2K, Lathrop City Council study sessions were held practically every other week to facilitate developments that were on the pipelines. With the recent reversal of fortunes in the economy resulting in budget deficits across every level of government in the country, everyone is looking for ways to save money. The City of Lathrop is no exception. The proposal currently on the table ...
The all-weather track at Sierra High could be one step closer to reality. Trustees of the Manteca Unified School District tonight are scheduled to award the contract for work on the nine-lane synthetic surface in Daniel Teicheira Memorial Stadium to either Ross F. Carroll, Inc. of Oakdale or Knife River Construction of Stockton. Those two were among the four bids on the project estimated at $509,363. Carroll, however, had the lowest overall bid at $401,355, ...
The Manteca Artist Guild has been a part of the area's aesthetic landscape for more than three decades. At one point during the mid-1980s, the guild's reputation attracted even the attention of the then-San Joaquin County Arts Council. Through the art council's sponsorship and participation, a tour featuring the working studios of the guilds' members was held. The art studios of more than two-dozen Manteca Artist Guild members were highlighted complete with newspaper coverage and ...
How many pints are in 25 gallons? Ask Manteca businessman Dave Macedo. Like clockwork since November 1977 the former Manteca City Councilman has faithfully followed the eight week cycle as close as possible to give blood. On Monday, Macedo reached an impressive milestone– 25 gallons or 200 pints of blood – with a donation at Delta Blood Bank's Manteca location next to Rite Aid on North Main Street "They told me I've given enough to ...
Jennifer Mitzman is keeping up with a family tradition. She and Ashley Bergman, both of Sierra High, attended the Pacific Music Camp on the campus of the University of the Pacific. Mitzman, who plays clarinet, is the third in her family to attend the Senior Band Camp for ninth-through-12th grade students. Both of her parents – Debbie and Joel Mitzman – are graduates of UOP, with her mother attending the same camp as a high ...
Have you ever seen someone regularly without really knowing them and find yourself relying on their presence as part of your daily routine?
Seniors who must take prescription medicines are being encouraged to stop by the Manteca District Ambulance booth at the farmers market Tuesday to obtain a free Vial of Life kit.
Developers anticipate building 350 new homes in the next 12 months in Manteca. If that happens, it would mean 55 percent more homes would be built in the coming 12 months in Manteca compared to 225 homes from July 1, 2008 to June 30, 2009. Community Development Director Mark Nelson said based on data and comments provided by builders that he is fairly confident there will be 350 housing starts. He attributes it to the ...
LATHROP - Former Lathrop-Manteca Fire District Chief Jerry Sims has come out of retirement. It isn't, however, to pursue another career. Sims said he is tired of seeing the Matt Browne case stretched indefinitely and letting taxpayers' money being used in what he called a "frivolous" complaint against the city's former Chief Building Official. After reading newspaper reports about the Matt Browne hearing before the City Council on June 23, and the publication of Browne's ...
Big League Dreams – contrary to critics of the project – is anything but a financial drain on the city even in the current economic downtown.
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.
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.
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.