THEY’VE GOT TALENT

Scene's from the Widmer Talent Show.

SSJID may net $50M a year

An independent consultant's study contends South San Joaquin Irrigation District has undervalued PG&E's assets and underestimated future power costs.

City spending $89K in bid to get part of $800 billion

Manteca is spending $89,000 again for the services of a lobbying firm that specializes in pitching projects before Congressional leaders and key bureaucrats who give the thumbs up and thumbs down to how special federal funds are distributed to local jurisdictions.

Manteca farmers market returns on June 1

Manteca's downtown certified farmers market returns to Library Park on June 1.

Mantecan makes 15 dresses for Medieval Faire

The wedding day is in two months and you have yet to start making the gown for the bride who just happens to be your daughter.

Manteca CVB open house this Thursday

The Manteca Convention & Visitors Center is conducting a grand opening and open house for the Manteca Visitors Center located in The Promenade Shops at Orchard Valley this Thursday from 5 to 7 p.m.

PETS & PALS TURNS 25

Scenes from the Pets & Pals Adoption Center's 25th anniversary celebration that took place Saturday in Lathrop.

‘IT’S A GUY THING’

Scenes from Saturday's Calvary Community Church "It's a Guy Thing." The event featured a guest speaker, car show, chili cook-off, and fellowship.

MUSEUM ART SHOW

Scenes from Saturday's first annual art show conducted at the Manteca Historical Society museum.

1920: Manteca’s first Portuguese celebration

Cambra going for one last cruise

John Cambra loved hot rods which makes it fitting that they will escort him on his final ride on earth.

150 more Mantecans now working

Almost 150 Manteca residents went back to work in April to push the city's unemployment rate down to 15.5 percent for the lowest level for jobless since December.

Manteca museum art show is today

Several well-known Manteca artists like Tom Olson, as well as up-and-coming local talents of various art disciplines will be showing and selling their best works today at the first ever art show hosted by the Manteca Historical Museum.

Cheerleaders spend night in box for homeless

How many cheerleaders can you fit into a box?

Lathrop cooking up 2nd annual BBQ competition

LATHROP – San Joaquin Valley's sizzling hot summer in July is facing some stiff competition this year.

RUSTIC, COZY SETTING

Greg Lewis and Michael Parmenter sat in a table for two halfway between the bar and the main dining area of Finley's Bar and Grill. The two friends from Stockton are having lunch on the last day of 2014. They are among the regulars who have discovered this out-of-the-way modest-looking bar and grill on Airport Way between Lathrop Road and French Camp Road.

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.

Major accident ushers in 2015

New Years' Eve celebrations netted five DUI arrests in addition to major injury accident in Manteca at 2 a.m. on the first day of 2015, according to Manteca Police Sgt. Rob Armosino.

AMONG ACCLAIMED ARTISTS

Sam Farrow has been grinning from ear to ear since Christmas - and for good reason.

Manteca officer honors NYPD’s fallen

Manteca police motorcycle officer Patrick Danipour took up JetBlue's offer for a cost-free flight to attend the funeral of the recently slain 40-year-old NYPD officer Rafael Ramos - a trip that would have cost him at least $1,000 - to join other law enforcement personnel from across the country honoring the officer's sacrifice.

Who will be Ripon’s fifth council man?

Seven candidates vying for a vacant seat on the Ripon City Council will have their say on Monday.

Gift of life came from tragic holiday

Last year the family of 11-year-old Mariah Izzo had to make the most difficult and heartbreaking decision of their lives.

PG&E rates jump average of 6 percent

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Monthly rates for California's largest provider of electricity and natural gas service are going up by nearly 6 percent for the average home.

Cold start for 2015 expected

The forecast of temperatures dipping slightly below freezing Thursday hasn't triggered an emergency in San Joaquin County although cold, high winds have.

Manteca Bulletin starting its 107th year of publication

The wind-blown sandy loam plains of South San Joaquin County weren't exactly hospitable to farming back in 1908.