Grandparents sharing memoirs at museum

Mary Hildebrand lived through one of the worst snowstorms to hit Pennsylvania during the early part of the 20th century.

Mini Miss Manteca would like to take cancer & trash it

Eight-year-old Alyssa Rose Elliott was enjoying her first day of the summer break.

Yosemite Conservancy goal: Connecting people with park

YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK – Yosemite Conservancy, a nonprofit organization benefitting Yosemite National Park and its millions of visitors, was launched last week with commendations by public officials, songs by local school children and cheers of people who love the park.

Mountain House Kite fest taking place this Saturday

MOUNTAIN HOUSE - The Mountain House Kite & Multi-Cultural Festival returns Saturday, June 12, to fill the skies with colorful kites and the air with laughter and music.

Big Band swing concert June 17 at Merrill Gardens benefits USO

Merrill Gardens at Manteca will celebrate Support Our Troops Week by hosting a Big Band Swing Concert played by "Tradewinds Dance Band" on Thursday, June 17, at 6 p.m. at the retirement community located at 430 N. Union Road.

Blood bank donating $10 per donor to help with cost of transfusion

Wanted: Blood donors to help Sierra Johnson, the 20-year-old Fresno State sophomore who is fighting acute lymphocytic leukemia complicated by Philadelphia Chromosome.

Single Moms of Crossroads reaches out

Every first Friday of the month at 7 p.m., a group of women meet at Crossroads Grace Community Church on Moffat Boulevard.

Technology Outreach Bus rolls out cutting edge

Manteca's "Magic Bus" is not a salute to the rock-n-roll band The Who that popularized the song with that name.

Linden youth raise $385 for GECAC tutoring

Megan Germann and Mallory Luck didn't have any experience with Give Every Child a Chance prior to two weeks ago.

Church program helps single moms

Precision Automotive was busy as usual on Saturday. Owner Chris Kohl with a small flashlight in hand was in the shop peering at the undersides of cars perched on hydra-lifts. His wife Shelley was inside the office attending to that part of the business.

Joe Martinez: Once a Marine, always a Marine

Sitting at the kitchen table interviewing the retired master sergeant, it was clear that the former tank platoon leader was someone who had given his all in his devotion to country - serving in both Korea and Vietnam.

Independence celebration set again on July 3

Manteca is again avoiding paying triple overtime to police officers as well as shaving thousands off the cost of the aerial fireworks by shifting the community's Independence Day celebration to July 3.

River Junction: County’s most flood prone area

Spanish explorers climbing to the top of Mt. Diablo in the early summer of 1776 thought they had stumbled onto a great inland lake.

MINI MANTECA COMPETITION

Police placing chaplains in schools

Thirteen men and women of faith are stepping up to help the Manteca Police.

River Islands seeks OK for 675 boat berths

The Army Corps of Engineers is seeking input on environmental studies that would allow River Islands at Lathrop to build 5.6 miles of levees on the Old River to accommodate the project's second phase as well as to build 675 boat berths.

BUILDING ON SUCCESS

Frank Saldana knows what it's like to be out on the street.

Teen’s essays impress Manteca veterans

For Conrad Sylvester, they are more than just words jotted on a page or recited into a recorder.

Great Wolf: Decision in June?

Is a 500-room Great Wolf Resort Lodge worth howling about for Manteca?

Lathrop moving forward in 2015

There are two types of cultures that permeate municipal governments.

Recruitment underway for Miss Manteca, Ambassador

Manteca Youth Focus is heading back to school to recruit the new Miss Manteca and Manteca City Ambassador.

Soldier fighting for his life

A Manteca soldier home for two weeks from his second Army tour in Iraq to see family and friends before reporting to his third war zone tour is fighting for his life in a Modesto trauma center.

QUILT SHOW MOVING

Thanks indirectly to an ADA requirement, one of the largest annual crowd attractions in downtown Manteca is moving to another location.

Convicted murderer pushing for new trial

The man convicted of murdering 51-year-old Michael Lawrence in front of his 8-year-old daughter in June of 2013 is trying to get a new trial.

1964: Flooding along San Joaquin & Stanislaus rivers

100 years ago