Irrigation season starts after March 21

The snowpack on the Stanislaus River watershed now holds the equivalent of 2 million acre feet of water - more than double the normal runoff for an entire water year.

Manteca gives HOPE shelters $200,000 for sewer upgrade

Federal pass through funds will replace deteriorating sewer lines at the HOPE Family Shelters' Raymus House on Union Road as well as expand the Manteca Senior Center parking lot.

KAT Country helps collect funds for stadium restrooms

The Ripon Community Athletic Foundation will be receiving a nice promotional boost come Friday.

Lathrop cuts water use in February by 20% over 2013

Residents of Lathrop used nearly 20 percent less water in February than they did during the same period in 2013 - the year that is used as litmus to gauge water conservation across the state.

Fant drops defamation suit against ex-friend

The defamation lawsuit filed by former Manteca Unified Trustee Sam Fant against former Weston Ranch resident Richard Smith has been dismissed.

WEEDS GROWING LIKE CRAZY

Unusually heavy weed growth triggered by a series of storms in January and February has prompted the Manteca Fire Department to move its weed abatement efforts up a full month. They will start on April 1 this year.

MANTECA HEADING NORTH?

Living outside of Manteca's city limits means you might actually have a bigger personal stake in what the City Council ultimately adopts as policy goals in the next general plan designed to serve as a blueprint for municipal growth.

Corned beef feed helps kids with autism

If wearing green isn't enough of a celebration for you on St. Patrick's Day, Frank Teixeira has got you covered.

Bronson may testify in case against Fant

The long and drawn-out saga of the 2014 Manteca Unified school board election may soon be drawing to a close.

Ripon Church of Christ plans new campus

Ripon Church of Christ's plan for a new campus is before the San Joaquin County Planning Commission on Thursday.

CIVIC CENTER EXPANSION

Space was at a premium at the Manteca Civic Center in 1998.

BANK ROBBER NABBED

Six Manteca Police officers responding to a late Monday afternoon bank robbery at the downtown Wells Fargo branch were able to arrest the suspect within minutes after a short foot chase.

Manteca Unified keeps close eye on SJ River situation

Every day Aaron Bowers - the Manteca Unified School Director of Facilities and Operations - checks in with emergency personnel keeping a watch on the San Joaquin River.

Families plan $25M lawsuit against city in fatal crash

The families of two motorcyclists killed on Woodward Avenue on Nov. 13 are planning on making a case there was negligence on the part of the City of Manteca and the developer that built the roundabout that was involved in an accident that took their lives.

Ripon Police made 3,500 traffiic stops during 2016

Traffic stops to total incidents in Ripon were up 15 percent.

‘DO IT RIGHT THE 1ST TIME’

Before they OK the city spending $1 million to redo the 100 block of North Main Street, the Manteca City Council wants to make sure ...

SWEET DEAL

Lorelai Howay has been selling lemonade at her sidewalk stand for the last three days in the 100 block of Veach Avenue to help fellow ...

Museum exhibit highlights Ripon athletes

The Ripon Clarence Smit Museum is joining in a Smithsonian outreach program which develops exhibits for small-town museums and cultural institutions in rural America spanning ...

Yokuts were first Manteca residents

Four thousand years before Joshua Cowell walked over the Sierra from Nevada's Carson Valley in 1862 and decided the sandy plains found near the ...

MEA: Board violated law regarding negotiations

Did the Manteca Unified Board of Education break the law Tuesday night?

Ripon turns on water play feature at park

Will road project shut down church?

The decision on whether to use eminent domain to acquire four feet of the frontage of the property owned by Adriana Lopez for the expansion ...

Cool water play & cool jazz at Library Park

Kids can cool off in the interactive water play feature while parents enjoy Stephen Bernd's cool smooth jazz sounds during this evening's Market ...

GOLF COURSE REPAIRS: $455K

The municipal spending plan for the fiscal year starting July 1 includes $455,000 for pressing repairs to the Manteca Golf Course and clubhouse.

TEACHERS REJECT CONTRACT

And now, they wait.

Fireworks illegally modified pose major blast risks

Sgt. Gregg Beall is one of Manteca Police's go to guys when they are dealing with a suspicious object that might harbor an explosive ...

Mexican man faces US trial after acquittal in Mexico

GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. (AP) - A Mexican national suspected in a 1989 slaying in Colorado can be put on trial in the United States, even though ...

A look at what is and isn’t known about London attack

LONDON (AP) - A look at what's known and what isn't about the violence in London that left seven people and three attackers dead:

12 arrested in night of terror

LONDON (AP) - British police arrested a dozen people Sunday in a widening terrorism investigation after attackers using a van and large knives turned a balmy ...

3 strikes & you lose your blue recycling cart

A small but growing number of Manteca residential solid waste customers are finding out the hard way that tossing garbage into city recycling or yard ...