MUSIC, FUN & MORE

The San Joaquin County Fair kicks off Wednesday, June 14, with plenty of live entertainment, music, rides and games.

Ripon High’s ‘Mother Mary’ is retiring

The lady Ripon High students affectionately call "Mother Mary" - Mary Machado - is retiring from the school's front office after 29 years working in the Ripon Unified School District.

YMCA offering swimming at WR High pool

The pool at Weston Ranch High School will once again be open to the community during the hot Central Valley summer.

FBI locates office for five county region in Ripon

A Federal Bureau of Investigation regional office has located in Ripon adding to the presence of the State of California Crime Lab.

Manteca’s teen-adult- senior prom is Friday

Teens, adults, and seniors will hit the dance floor on Friday, June 9, for Manteca Parks & Recreation's 10th annual tri-generational prom.

‘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 they put in place improvements that don't have to be changed again 5 to 10 years down the road to accommodate growth.

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 student Emma Lockwood, 10, in her fight against bone cancer

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 six weeks from June 24 until Aug. 5.

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 southeast edge of the Delta would be the perfect place to buy land and farm, there were people living in the area we now call Manteca.

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 of Lathrop Road has been postponed.

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 & Music at Library Park.

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.

Budget cuts needed to cover raises

The deal has been done with the Manteca Educators Association for a new contract.

Saybrook gets OK for work tied to 6,800 more homes

After the massive housing tract proposed by Richland Planned Communities collapsed during the economic downturn, a handful of infrastructure projects needed to sustain growth were ...

Lathrop moves forward with 4 park projects

Over the last several months the Lathrop City Council has approved four new park projects.

FEES MAY KILL HOTEL DEAL

Poag & McEwen has been talking with chains seeking to build a second 125-room hotel across from the Hampton Inn Suites at The Promenade Shops at ...

HONORING RIPON’S BEST

The Ripon Chamber of Commerce has installed Harrison Gibbs as its chairman.

Marjie Thomas: Being golf pro not easy money

One of the biggest Manteca urban legends - if you can call it that - was that the late Alan Thomas was rolling in the money during ...

Expansions retain & add 984 jobs

The ability of Manteca employers to expand their operations in the past year has retained and added a combined 984 jobs.

SERVING WESTON RANCH

Could the Manteca-Lathrop Boys and Girls Club be coming to Weston Ranch?

Ripon resident collects Indian artifacts

Don Moyer has been researching Indian lore in and around Ripon and Manteca for some 50 years.

Nile Garden, Lincoln expanding?

Growth pressures are setting up a Manteca Unified board decision in the coming months that could increase the size of two existing elementary campuses - Lincoln ...

Lathrop installing more traffic signals

The Lathrop City Council has been waiting months for the traffic signal at Harlan Road and Stonebridge Lane to become a reality.

Will fees kill SaveMart store?

A $150 million interchange that Manteca leaders have no inkling of how they will pay to fund could end up killing a long-awaited SaveMart store ...

100+ OFF THE STREETS

It's been a year since Manteca Police initiated its homeless efforts by deploying Community Resource Officer Mike Kelly to help those ready to get ...

Board keeps kindergarten teacher aides

Kindergarten aides throughout Manteca Unified School District that were hired to spend 90 minutes every day assisting teachers with managing the classroom received a letter ...

Competitors team up to operate Manteca golf course

Manteca has a new golf pro - the team of Jeff and Geanna DeBenedetti along with Bent Beck and Wesley Bloodgood.