FROM THE ‘PUMPKIN MAN’

Hailey Ratto, 4, and her two-year-old brother Jake added their spirit to their grandfather Nick's pumpkin creations they brought into the Manteca Bulletin office this week. The family shares their art work every year dropping them off at the front door – a gift from the "Pumpkin Man." The family wished to send their thanks to Art Perry and family, The Dell Ossos and Tony Cardoza and family for their labors in producing the area's pumpkin crop.

Boys & Girls Club happenings

CLASH OF THE WARRIORS WINNERS

You can bid on a double date firefighter package

Dave Marques once graced Oxygen women's exercise magazine's firefighter calendar as Mr. December.

1969: Investigation of MUSD finances

Merchants nix paying for improvements

Downtown merchants and property owners don't want to tax themselves to provide services and improvements specifically benefitting the Manteca's oldest shopping district through the formation of a Property-Based Business Improvement District.

Plenty of Halloween fun set for tonight

Manteca's biggest Halloween family event - the MRPS Halloween Festival and Dance - takes place tonight at the MRPS Hall, 133 N. Grant St. from 4 p.m. to midnight.

16 days left to raise $18,400 to buy turkeys for Thanksgiving

Struggling families in Manteca, Ripon, and Lathrop face their bleakest Thanksgiving in 12 years.

Pacifica man’s driving ends in ‘hangover’

Driving under the influence – over three times the legal limit – was the charge. It was a "hangover" though that caught the attention of several Manteca citizens.

Different look, improved menu at East Union

Sometimes a remodel can completely change the way that something operates.

130 attend Del Webb costume contest hosted by Doctors Hospital of Manteca

It was a Halloween extravaganza at the Del Webb community clubhouse that saw some 130 residents in costume take part in a wine and cheese party last week hosted by Doctors Hospital Manteca.

Booth space for MRPS’s annual holiday boutique

The annual Holiday Boutique is planned for Dec. 4 through 6 at the Manteca-Ripon Pentecost Society Hall, 133 N. Grant St.

Sharing stories of breast cancer to help alert others

Life-threatening experiences with cancer were the entire buzz this week – women sharing experiences with surgery, chemotherapy and radiation – telling of their survival from an often devastating disease.

Manteca Idol: Singing down to the winner

Manteca Idol has officially hit its peak period.

Manteca artists take their work en plein air

Many artists let their creative juices flow in the solitude of their home studios.

Atheists, freethinkers gathering at Manteca Library

David Diskin doesn't want to offend anybody.

Two men escape car fire

Two Manteca men in their early 20s survived a flash fire in their 1996 Chevy Lumina Monday afternoon as it was parked in a rural dirt driveway on Peach Avenue west of Union Road shortly before 2 p.m.

Ernie’s chef back on TV

Top Chef launched chef Michael Midgley's star as a small-town cook with big-league potential.

Mayor: Time to step up water conservation

Manteca Mayor Willie Weatherford wants the city staff to start taking steps to reduce water waste now and not later.

Library town halls set in South County cities

What are the immediate and long-term library needs of Lathrop, Manteca, and Ripon?

There are 25 days left to donate

When Jennifer Munoz came up with the idea for trying to raise $3,000 to overhaul Santa's Downtown Manteca home, she knew it was going to be a long shot.

Fool’s gold: Trio loses $7K

A "gold bar" the size of a small chocolate bar and supposedly valued at $14,000 took a trio of shoppers to the cleaners at a Manteca shopping center over the weekend.

CORE STRENGTH

By day, Robert Iniquez is a mild-mannered salesman with Golden State Lumber.

RI Tech opens; 20th year for St. Anthony preschool

The year 2013 closed on a high note for other schools that are not part of the Manteca Unified School District area.

Weston Ranch homicide leads to second arrest

WESTON RANCH - A 49-year-old woman was arrested on charges of murdering a Weston Ranch man in his home.

Fire district upset about home plan

LATHROP – It was the last piece of the puzzle.

Manteca in 1917 was a boom town

By DENNIS WYATT