POKER HELPS HOMELESS

Scenes from Saturday's HOPE Ministries second annual poker tournament conducted at the Bank of Stockton to raise funds for the organization's homeless shelters.

Manteca Youth Focus competition

The Manteca Youth Focus is staging the 2010 Manteca Scholarship Competition on Saturday, March 6, at 11 a.m. at Walter Woodward Elementary School located at 575 Tannehill Drive in Manteca.

‘LAUNCHPAD AWAY’ DEBUTS ALBUM

The Manteca-based pop rock/alternative band "Launchpad Away" conducted their album release show for the album "Dolphin Olympics... And Other Tales of Glory" last Friday at Main Street Café, 1351 North Main St. "Launchpad Away' is also scheduled to play the Bean & Leaf Café, 1254 W. Lathrop Road, in Manteca on Saturday, March 6, at 6 p.m. They will share the stage with Funky Tin and other acoustic acts. They are at the Main Street Café again on Friday, March 12, along with Jordan Waters and Never Finding.

Ripon concert March 12 helps Relay for Life

Ripon Christian School students are holding a benefit concert for this year's Ripon Relay For Life on Friday, March 12, at 7:30 p.m., at the school.

Worker’s unselfish act

LATHROP – Patricia Overy, a wife and the mother of four children ages 14, 7, and four-year-old twins, has volunteered to give up her job with the City of Lathrop so that a co-worker in her 60s will not be laid off.

Manteca mom fears son’s murderer may soon walk free

Michael McDonald was a happy-go-lucky kid.

Dick Hale went the distance to help others

It seems impossible that the heart of a man like Dick Hale would ever give out but it did.

MANTECA ARTIST OF THE YEAR

Sierra High band instructor Rick Hammarstrom was honored as the Artist of the Year at the 25th Manteca Mayor's Committee on the Arts awards event.

Pulte top property taxpayer

Pulte Homes is Manteca's largest payer of property tax.

$505,000 in federal funds help Manteca low income

Some $505,000 in pass-through federal funds aimed at helping low-income areas in cities across the United States is being allocated by the Manteca City Council Tuesday.

Manteca may delay payment of fees until new homes close escrow

Banks could be the big losers if the Manteca City Council Tuesday opts to allow home builders to hold off paying growth-related fees until the close of escrow.

Young medical assistants help in Haiti

Editor's Note: This is the third in a series about a Ripon medical team's humanitarian effort in making a difference for the people of Haiti.

ROP FASHION SHOW

Senior Brown Bag signup information

There will be sign ups to receive the Senior Brown Bag on one day only - Wednesday, March 3, - from 10 a.m. to noon at the Manteca Senior Center, 295 Cherry Lane.

Delta Water Users Association annual meeting on March 9

The Delta Water Users Association will hold its annual membership meeting on Thursday, March 11, at Isadore's, 680 North Main Street, Manteca.

Kindred Arts: Avenue Winds concert Sunday

It will be double the fun for guests who will be attending the Kindred Arts Association's concert on Sunday, Feb. 8, at St. Paul's United Methodist Church.

Major water saving initiative

There's black gold sitting in a pile at the Manteca Unified School District farm.

GAME CHANGER

Bill Cambra thinks the City of Manteca should give serious consideration to elevating part of Airport Way to serve as a levee.

Fee waiver for Manteca group sparks debate

The Manteca Jaguars are headed to Lathrop.

MANTECA MURDER SUSPECT ARRESTED AT DVI PRISON IN TRACY

Updated 3:40 p.m.

FOR THE BIRDS

Now is a perfect time to have a good eye-to-eye contact with many feathered friends that make themselves scarce outside of winter in the San Joaquin Valley.

MPD goal: Zero crime

Manteca Police - by virtually all yardsticks - has an impressive response time to priority one calls.

Ripon moving so bingo is legal at city sites

Ripon's elected leaders did some housecleaning Tuesday on their bingo ordinance.

Retired McParland School teachers gather for lunch

When teachers retire, they say goodbye to their students and to the years-long everyday grind in the classroom, but not to close friends. At least, that holds true to a group of retired teachers and staff from George McParland Elementary School. Once a month, these former coworkers take time out to catch up on post-retirement stories and simply renew close friendships over a scrumptious luncheon.

Homeless go underground

Progress is being made in Manteca's two-front effort to address chronic homeless issues.

Dhaliwal: Every last drop matters

Sonny Dhaliwal knows that there isn't an endless supply of water every time he turns on his tap.

$125K in losses from home fire

A home fire in West Central Manteca's Walnut Place neighborhood on the southeast corner of Walnut Avenue and Alameda Street caused $125,000 in damages.

FATAL SHOOTING ON MAIN

A 19-year-old Manteca man was gunned down outside the Straw Hat Pizza Parlor in the 1200 block of North Main Street at about 9 p.m. Saturday.

SSJID power moves on hold until Feb. 13

PG&E has two more shots using government agencies to derail South San Joaquin Irrigation District from entering the retail power business in Manteca, Ripon, and Escalon.

REHAB EXPERTS

Bobby Ismail specializes in the rehabilitation of the body, and now it seems, the building too.