Manteca Ford hosts today’s free breakfast

Phil Waterford knows that times are tough for families during this holiday season.

1930s: Farm woes, fires, & floods strike Manteca

Editor's note: The following is part of a series recapping Manteca history as the first decade of the 21st century draws to a close.

Manteca Bulletin not publishing Christmas

The Manteca Bulletin will not be publishing a Christmas edition on Friday so employees and carriers can spend the holiday with their families.

BOYS & GIRLS PARTY

Scenes from the Boys & Girls Club Christmas party.

REASON FOR THE SEASON

Scenes from Wednesday's performance of "The Reason for the Season" that took place at Manteca's Fellowship Baptist Church.

‘It’s a lot like Christmas’ at Union Commons

It was "a lot like Christmas" for the senior residents and their family members at The Commons at Union Ranch retirement center Tuesday night.

REAL TRASH TALK

Phyllis Abram was more than curious when she saw a ride-along with a Manteca municipal refuse collector on the live auction board at the Boys & Girls Club telethon.

1920s: The Great Drought hurts Manteca economy

It wasn't the Great Stock Market Crash of 1929 that was the defining economic development for Manteca in the 1920s.

Discovering tattoos mark more than just the skin

For the most part, tattoos are permanent.

CHRISTMAS SERVICE AT GRACE COMMUNITY

Holiday delaying garbage collection

Manteca municipal garbage will not be picked up on Friday which is Christmas Day.

Boys & Girls Club member profile

Boys & Girls Club member profile

Fellowship Baptist stages Christmas play tonight

"The Reason for the Season" Christmas play is being presented by the Fellowship Baptist Church tonight at 7 p.m.

Free Christmas Eve breakfast Thursday at Manteca Ford

On Christmas Eve, Thursday, Dec. 24, Manteca Ford-Mercury in partnership with The Place of Refuge Church will be offering a free Christmas Eve breakfast beginning at 8 a.m. continuing until 11 a.m.

RINGING IN THE SEASON

Honoring the ultimate sacrifice

The pastor. The retired steel worker. The congressman.

SSJID fights to protect water

The South San Joaquin Irrigation District has something that at least two thirds of California wants - water.

New homes = $2.6M in bonus bucks

Bonus bucks are back.

Manteca may allow hookah lounges, other tobacco uses

The city that led the drive in California in the 1970s to ban the sale of cigarettes from vending machines accessible to children may now make hookah lounges legal.

Immigrant tops Sierra grad class

Leonor Borges will be the first person in her family to go to college.