Almond Blossom Festival parade today

RIPON - The 48th annual Almond Blossom Festival parade starts at 11 a.m. today in downtown Ripon.

Green eggs & ham inspire reading event on Tuesday

Do you like green eggs and ham?

GREASE IS THE WORD

The Sierra High Band conducted a 1950s themed dinner dance Friday night at the school cafeteria featuring live entertainment featuring various local bands, staff, and alumni.

CORRECTION

It's not shooting to kill, according to the California Highway Patrol.

ODDS & ENDS

Alarming shortfall for fire needs

Thousands of homes have been built in Manteca during the last 20 years that are outside a 5-minute response time of a fire station.

Mayor’s husband says his civil rights were violated at Lathrop art show

LATHROP – Lathrop Mayor Kristy Sayles' husband is demanding for a jury trial in the lawsuit he filed against the city and 12 other individuals.

Darretta reigning as Almond Blossom Queen

RIPON – Joie Darretta couldn't help but get choked up when she was thanking her family Thursday night during the Almond Blossom Queen candidates' introductions at the Ripon Community Center.

Festival carnival open through Sunday

RIPON – Kevin Tate and his crew of more than two-dozen workers started piecing together what would become the Ripon Almond Blossom Carnival on early Tuesday morning.

Best of Manteca closes nominations on Monday

Who is the best mail carrier in Manteca?

Almond Blossom breakfast Sunday

RIPON - The Almond Blossom buffet breakfast takes place Sunday at the Ripon Veterans of Foreign Wars, 12455 E. West Ripon Road.

ODDS & ENDS

Giving HOPE to 2,000 families

Dave Thompson was well aware of Manteca's homeless 20 years ago.

TURN: PG&E trying to lock high power rates into constitution

The California Legislature today is conducting a joint hearing on Proposition 16 – the measure PG&E crafted for the June 8 ballot requiring a super majority of voters to approve any attempts to weaken the for-profit's monopoly on retail power sales.

Lathrop Rotary, Lions planning Soup Bowl

LATHROP – This free soup meal, with no strings attached whatsoever, is not a myth, a legend or a fable.

ONE SWEET LIFE

"Coach" is still swinging for the bleachers.

ADA lawsuit: The $32,000 parking stall

There's a potential $32,000 pay day in Manteca for someone trying to make a living by filing Americans with Disabilities Act lawsuits for alleged non-compliance to federal rules.

8 MUSD schools gearing up for latest technology

If everything goes according to plan, eight elementary schools in Manteca Unified will be fully wired for 21st-century technology connection by September.

Manteca parade offers Independence Day fun

It wasn't exactly the fictional Wagon Queen Family Truckster from National Lampoon Vacation.

5 nurses start internships at Doctors Hospital

Five graduate nurses picked from a field of 187 applicants were welcomed into Doctors Hospital's six-month-long Versant internship program at a noon luncheon on Wednesday in the DHM conference room.

PATRIOTIC PARADE

Today's Manteca Independence Day Parade will feature over 34 entries to the theme of "Traveling the USA."

Pay raises for city workers in new budget

There's money for pay raises in Manteca's $30.1 million general fund spending plan for the next 12 months.

Independence booms stress some veterans

They've been known to drive dogs crazy.

Fireworks unnerve dogs, officials warn

Pet stores are offering sedation pills to calm dogs during the booming July 4th fireworks, according to Manteca Animal Control Officer Les Rowe.

Rhodes: America is land of opportunity

Gloryanna Rhodes loves the open spaces in America. That feeling first hit her in the gut about 45 years ago while going over the Altamont Pass on the way to Yosemite National Park as she gazed at the vast valley below.

SSJID leader talks about water, power

Water and power are the subject of Thursday's meeting of the Manteca Patriots.

Police group backs hopeful for council seat

Manteca City Council hopeful Richard Silverman has been endorsed for election in November by the Manteca Police Officers' Association.

Affordable housing concerns turn into foreclosure debacle

Editor's note: The following is the last in a series recapping Manteca's history.

Deal makes use of seal illegal

It will soon be a crime to use the City of Manteca logo for private or commercial purposes without the blessing of the city manager.

FIREWORKS BENEFACTORS

Whether the brand is TNT or Phantom, folks in the area have a choice when shopping for fireworks.