FREE BMX CLINIC ATTRACTS 80

Scenes from Saturday's free BMX beginners' clinic.

DHM AUXILIARY TEA

Ripon High FFA’s Matt Fields earns top state ag mechanics recognition

RIPON - Demonstrating superior achievement in the development and application of agricultural mechanics, Ripon High FFA member Matt Fields was awarded the State Agricultural Mechanics Design and Fabrication Entrepreneurship and Placement Proficiency Award at the 82nd State FFA Leadership Conference in Fresno.

MOTHER’S DAY AT PRESTIGE

Scenes from Mother's Day at Prestege

REBEKAHS HELP HOPE SHELTERS

Lathrop High boosters plan dinner-dance May 15

LATHROP - The Lathrop High School Athletic Booster Club will be hosting a benefit dinner / dance on Saturday, May 15.

Indelicato sharing how to publishing a cookbook Thursday at museum

Want to know how it feels to publish a cookbook?

TORCH RELAY OPENS GAMES

Allen Thomspon had everything ready to go Saturday morning as he pedaled his way towards the starting gate at the Spreckels Park BMX track, preparing himself to participate in the first ever competition at the park – the kickoff to the second annual Manteca Senior Games.

Mormons lend helping hands to spruce up 13 city parks

Not even the sheer size of Shasta Park was enough to discourage a group of Lathrop-based Latter-day Saints from doing their part to spruce it up.

Book toasts unpretentious Lodi region wineries

Manteca author Debra Ann Ristau has one word for the Lodi wine growing region that includes all of San Joaquin County and a sliver of Stanislaus County – "unpretentious."

Thousands enjoy Cinco de Mayo at Orchard Valley

Vince Smith was among the thousands of people who browsed the dozens of booths in the parking lot of the Promenade Shops at Orchard Valley shopping center Saturday morning as part of the Cinco de Mayo celebration hosted by the South San Joaquin Hispanic Chamber of Commerce.

GETTING HOOKED ON FISHING

Scenes from the Sunrise Kiwanis' annual fishing derby and safety fair that took place Saturday in the CVS Drug Store parking lot on North Main Street. The Manteca Parks and Recreation Commission along with the Manteca Youth Advisory Council helped out with the event.

1990: Manteca’s population increases faster than SJ County; reaches 40,900

Manteca adopts marijuana rules

Maggie Gutierrez was concerned that Manteca's new laws restricting marijuana use would make it illegal for her husband to get the only "medicine" that has been effective at easing pain from a severe back injury that used to keep him bed ridden.

Manteca Idol attracting new contestants

The effort to reach out to local elementary students seems to have paid off for the Manteca Idol Board of Directors hoping to attract a broader cross-section of the community for the annual performance competition.

EIR work up next on 310-acre project

The North Pointe Specific Plan is a major project taking place in northeast Ripon.

New judge takes oath on Jan. 22

STOCKTON - Former Chief Deputy District Attorney Michael Mulvihill will take the oath of office on Thursday, Jan. 22, as San Joaquin County's newest Superior Court Judge.

Manteca adds first resident for 2015

Jessica Doyle spent her New Years Eve waiting. And waiting. And waiting.

Levee ‘boil’ triggered $100M disaster

State emergency officials were bracing for the worst.

MANTECA’S RIVER JUNCTION

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

Highway 99 freeway closure set

SALIDA - Major construction activities associated with the Highway 99/Highway 219 Kiernan Avenue Interchange Reconstruction Project are anticipated in early January.