Tracy motor officers salute retiring lieutenant

RIPON - It was a class act – a police escort – for Ken Bunch of Ripon on his last day as a lieutenant with the Tracy Police Department.

‘THE MESSIAH’

SONdance plans pair of performances

SONdance is once again preparing for its annual presentation of "A Christmas to Remember."

COPS SHOP FOR KIDS

Manteca Library winter holiday hours

Stockton-San Joaquin County Public Library facilities including the Manteca branch will be closed for several days in December for the Christmas and New Year holidays.

Concerts, parade, ballet & wild game feed events on tap

There's plenty of holiday happenings taking place in Manteca, Ripon, and Lathrop.

When in America, speak.... Spanish?

When in Rome, do as the Romans do.

HYDRANT HIT

Elder Chad Hickman leaving on 2- year mission for LDS

Chad Hickman, 20, will be leaving on Dec. 16 to serve a two-year mission for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

Delta College’s choral & guitar concert in Lodi

LODI - Delta College Fine Arts Department presents the Delta Choral and Guitar Winter Concert, performed by Delta Singers, Delta Concert Choir and Delta College Guitar Ensemble on Saturday, Dec. 12 at 7:30 p.m. at the St. John's Church in Lodi.

OMELET EGGSTRAVAGANZA

Elliott scores Hall of Fame spot

Marion Elliott has been singled out for his devotion and untiring efforts to see that the 13 to 15-year-olds in Manteca and in the Western United States got their chance at bat in the character building program known as Babe Ruth Baseball.

Ground breaks Monday for 52 affordable housing units

Manteca is adding another 52 affordable housing units for low-income seniors.

JINGLE BELL ROCK PARADE

Manteca traditions: Gifts for foster kids to wild game feed

Giving, Manteca-style shifts into high gear this week.

SSJID OKs emergency water sale to Tuolumne

Nobody just gives away water these days.

Sales tax deals net Manteca $3.5M so far

Sales tax sharing deals that brought The Promenade Shops at Orchard Valley anchored by Bass Pro Shops and Costco to Manteca have netted municipal coffers $3,539,221 in taxes over four years.

Ripon Unified faces bus driver shortage

Ripon Unified still has some tweaking to do with its transportation.

NOMINEES SOUGHT

Alex Hildebrand was an engineer by training and a farmer by vocation.

Crab feed battery suspect in court March 4

The Manteca High teacher arrested last month after a fight outside of a crab feed for a local elementary school will get his day in court.

2nd chance at first love

Nine days after Valentine's Day and exactly 21 days after their engagement, Patrick Payan and Andrea Juarez will exchange vows and wedding bands in front of family and friends.

PASTELS & PETALS

Mantecan Jean Ramey has added another feather to her artist's cap. Her nostalgic watercolor rendition of a restful garden setting has earned the nod of the Manteca Garden Club to be the signature picture that will grace the brochures, flyers and posters of the garden tour in May.

Sinkhole poses driving hazard on Highway 99

A sinkhole started developing on southbound Highway 99 at Austin Road at about 9:30 Monday night prompting numerous calls to the California Highway Patrol.

Manteca band 4th in Battle of the Bands

There are no trophies for fourth place.

Olsen speaks Thursday at Manteca gathering

Assemblywoman Kristin Olsen, R-Modesto, is speaking this Thursday at a meeting of the Manteca Patriots.

DUI/drivers license checkpoint Friday

The Manteca Police Department Traffic Unit will be conducting a DUI/Driver's License Checkpoint on Friday, Feb. 14, at an undisclosed location within the City of Manteca between the hours of 7 p.m. to 2 a.m.

SSJID seeks to squeeze more crops out of water

A bold initiative to take farm water conservation to the next level is being vetted by the South San Joaquin Irrigation District.

Using hands to keep people alive

Manteca District Ambulance wants to give Manteca-Lathrop residents the power to save lives.

Tee time for Ripon Soroptimists

The Soroptimist International of Ripon is calling the area's best foursomes – men, women and mixed – to Spring Creek Golf and Country Club for its annual golf tournament on May 5.

ONE LETTER AT A TIME

Diane Stellhorn is an inspiration.