CLUB CITY CRAZE

Club City – the moniker given middle school dances staged by the Manteca Youth Advisory Commission in conjunction with the Manteca Parks and Recreation Department at the Golden West Community Gym on North Main Street – was the place to be Friday for the pre-teen set.

WHEELCHAIR TENNIS

The best players in Northern California were in Manteca Saturday for the city's fourth annual wheelchair tennis tournament at the Manteca Regional Tennis Center on Union Road in front of the golf course.

COPS, TRIKES, BIKES & HELPING ILL KIDS

Manteca Police help Stella Brockman students raise funds for St. Jude's.

She delivers for Manteca

Jennifer Gowans couldn't help but get emotional as she stepped up to the lectern early Friday afternoon to address the family, friends, and co-workers that had gathered in her honor.

CHP dispatcher meets 2 year-old he helped save from choking

Manteca's Anthony Martin – a CHP dispatcher in Stockton – was credited for his life-saving actions Friday morning that saved the life of a two-year-old toddler two months ago.

Victorious Elite Allstars performance at nationals something to cheer about

Three Manteca-based competitive cheer teams from Victorious Elite Allstars (VEA) put on a sensational show at a National Competition in Anaheim.

Ripon Soroptimists staging 11th annual golf tournament May 4 at Spring Creek

RIPON - Ripon Soroptimists invite you to join them for their 11th annual 2009 Golf tournament "Opportuni-TEE for the community" to be held on Monday, May 4.

Typical taxes on Mossdale homes reach $8,200 a year

It costs a typical homeowner in the Mossdale section of Lathrop west of Interstate 5 an additional $4,100 a year in property taxes to pay the debt of special financing districts.

Manteca hosts police canine trials April 25

The Manteca Police 39th Annual Canine Trials are set for two days this year – April 24, and 25.

Foreclosure inventory dropping

Jim Muthart has seen it all when it comes to foreclosures. Toilets unbolted and then stolen. Bath tubs sledge hammered. Air conditioning units cannibalized for copper. Holes punched into walls. Massive stains on carpets. And even a home where nothing was left in the kitchen except for ripped out flooring with marks left where there used to be a stove, dishwasher and cabinets, And as a real estate agent the banks he represented expected him ...

DeGroot gets Hall of Fame nod

You may never have met Nick DeGroot but he made it possible for clean, treated surface water to flow from Manteca and Lathrop taps.

Manteca veteran wants stronger John Birch chapter

Vietnam War veteran Clinton Boersma of Manteca is a man on a mission. The retired U.S. Air Force radar operator who saw action in Vietnam from 1967 to 1970, and whose two late brothers were wounded during World War II in Europe, is again engaged in another battle. As the head of the John Birch Society group in the Manteca, Tracy and Lathrop area, he is working hard to beef up the organization's membership. "We ...

Week in Photos: April 9-15

A sample of the photos taken by the Bulletin staff that appeared in the print edition of the Manteca Bulletin during the week of April 9-15.

St. Anthony’s volunteers mark Easter week with senior bash

During her last visit to Manteca, Sister Veronica Hagen encountered gray skies and foggy conditions reminiscent of her home back in London.

J Street Café hosts two Manteca singers tonight

The distinct talents of two Manteca performers – one relatively new to the music scene and another that has built up a following who her piano-driven vocals – will be showcased tonight at Modesto's J Street Café.

RELAY FOR LIFE

It wasn't the weather that brought Virginia Zore to California. It wasn't Disneyland or Hollywood or San Francisco or any of the other trappings of The Golden State. It was cancer. It was the Relay for Life. After flying clear across the country to visit friends in Manteca, Zore - who was diagnosed with lung cancer on Oct. 12 – represents the fighting spirit that the event promotes and the tenacity that one person can ...

(Almost) 50 shades of green