Manteca CAPS dinner theatre set for March 27

"Sleepless in California" is the name of this year's production for the mystery dinner theatre benefit for the Manteca CAPS organization that serves mentally challenged adults.

GOURMET SAMPLER

An $11,800 bounce in prices

No category of housing in Manteca has dropped farther in value than the Cherry Lane condos.

SSJID ponders opposing PG&E ballot measure

Language in PG&E's $6.5 million gambit to prevent local jurisdictions from entering the retail power business under a ballot measure the company embraced in 2002 may make it difficult in the future for South San Joaquin Irrigation District to add additional power load should they secure the ability to sell power directly to customers in Manteca, Ripon, and Escalon.

Teicheria clan loses Family Feud

Family Feud was a memorable experience for the Teicheira family.

Spiritual advice from East Yosemite psychic

When spiritual advisor Christina Adams told me that my lifeline didn't run very deep, I figured that I was in for a very long palm reading.

Visionary Homes teams with Ocwen to assist customers behind on mortgage

Visionary Home Builders, a local non-profit HUD Approved Housing Counseling Agency has partnered with the Ocwen loan servicing company to help Ocwen customers who are behind on their mortgage.

1920: Fog-related mistake causes false city fire alarm

Two more weekends left for snow tubing

LATHROP - The weekend forecast? Look for a lot of snow down to 23 feet with dry snow tubing conditions.

Residents fight to clean up chicken waste

FRENCH CAMP - At the end of a remote road lined by houses, children play in yards just a short distance from a stagnant, 16.5-acre lagoon filled with the waste sludge of a factory egg farm.

Raymus joining Little League Hall of Fame

Bob Raymus, better known as "Coach Bob" around the ball fields at Lincoln Park, is being inducted as the first coach for the Manteca Little League Hall of Fame.

Bankruptcy brush led to growth cap

Home after home seemed to pop up overnight in the mid 1980s in Manteca putting a strain on services.

SIXTH MAN

Scenes from Thursday's varsity game as East Union hosted cross-town Manteca High.

ODDS & ENDS

Practicing for a major incident

It was the scene of a tragedy for Manteca Fire Department's multi casualty incident training on Thursday.

Manteca’s biggest neighborhood ever

The biggest residential project ever approved for Manteca is about to get bigger.

RESPECTING THE FALLEN

Family get togethers, barbecue, or a celebration at the park like the big gathering that Manteca had over the weekend is "not the true meaning" of Memorial Day weekend, said American Legion Post 249 Commander Jim Winston to the sparse group that showed up Monday at the historic Union Cemetery on Louise Avenue and Union Road.

Walnut huller seeks SSJID water for fire protection

Walnut grower Chris Van Groningen is hoping the pressurized irrigation system installed by the South San Joaquin Irrigation District west of Ripon and south of Manteca could be tapped for fire suppression.

Lathrop honors those soldiers who have fallen

"The freedom we enjoy is not free," Lathrop Mayor Sonny Dhaliwal told the crowd gathered in front of the Veterans Memorial for Monday's Memorial Day observance.

Mattheis goes from serving as Lutheran minister to an atheist

AmyJo Mattheis isn't your run-of-the-mill atheist.

Honoring the ultimate sacrifice

The pastor. The retired steel worker. The congressman.