BINFORD’s 10TH ANNIVERSARY

Binford's Custom Cycles celebrated its 10th anniversary on Saturday on North Main Street.

Manteca saves 130 jobs

Second Harvest Food Bank Executive Director Mike Mallory was driving to work when he noticed the for sale sign at the corner of South Main Street and Industrial Park Drive in front of the B.R. Funsten & Co. distribution center. Mallory mentioned it to his wife Suzanne who happens to serve as Manteca's municipal finance director. She knew how devastating such news could be – B.R. Funsten & Co. is in the top 10 for ...

Manteca gets big bang from police group’s fireworks stand sales

Manteca Police Sergeant Jodie Estarziau was happy to see business steadily moving Monday afternoon at the Manteca Police Officers Association fireworks booth on the corner of Yosemite Avenue and Union Road. 'Along with help from the Manteca Police Employees Association and several City of Manteca employees, the booth – now in its fourth year of operation – helps to fund the community-wide fireworks show with a donation of 40 percent of their overall profit to ...

Police Explorers bring home 4 trophies

Five Manteca area teens – all Manteca Police Explorers – brought home four trophies from the Oxnard Explorer competition in Southern California. Competing with the best from the Los Angeles Police Department to Modesto, Honolulu and Las Vegas and Sonoma, the Manteca team took more trophies than any other department. The Los Angeles Police Department had a total 100 Explorers at the competition. Las Vegas Metro Police Department had 75. Their team was literally the ...

Manteca firemen attempt to revive poodle

A Sunday night mobile home fire loss was set at $110,000 to the home of Robert Hansen where a pet poodle died of smoke inhalation. Manteca firefighters said losses amounted to $90,000 to the structure and $20,000 to the contents. The alarm sounded shortly before 7:30 p.m. from the Almond Blossom Mobilehome Estates on East Yosemite Avenue after family members reported hearing a loud explosion. Black smoke could be seen rising over Yosemite Avenue from ...

Three Rivers marks 32 years of powwow celebrations

A 32-year tradition perpetuated by the Three Rivers Indian Lodge in Manteca is again taking place this weekend starting on Friday. That tradition is the Fourth of July Powwow. Three Rivers actually has been a part of the Manteca community for the last 35 years, but the first powwows were held in Stockton. All subsequent celebrations were later hosted by the nonprofit Native American drug- and alcohol-treatment facility located on a three-acre piece of property ...

Mobile home fire

Manteca firemen train their attention to a storage shed to the rear of a mobile home at the Almond Blossom Mobile Home Park on Pestana Avenue Sunday around 7:30 p.m. One mobile home unit was destroyed as well as a shed. Firefighters from the Lathrop-Manteca Department also responded to the call. Losses were placed at $110,000.

Central Valley Am Jam set July 16 at Ripon’s skate park

RIPON - The Central Valley Am Jam is coming to Ripon on Saturday, July11. The Curt Pernice Skate Park in Ripon is the fourth stop on the tour. The five top overall points earners will also qualify for the California State Games from July 16 through 19, and prizes for the top five skaters in each age group – broken up into nine and under, 10-12, 13-15, 16-17, and 18 and over – will also ...

$1 deal: Movie, fun, & friends

Fred White knew that when he set out to take his family to the movies he'd be staring at an $80 bill by the time it was all said and done.

Groenveld: was part of the fabric of Manteca

Arie Groenveld, 83, was an inquisitive man of habit – he will be sorely missed. Walking from his home insurance office every morning to the post office – nearly half a mile – he would whistle on his way and greet anyone he met. It was his way and it became a habit. Community members were quick to recognize Arie on the street – they would wave and he would wave back. He was definitely ...

Workshop addressing affordable housing need

The collapse of housing prices – plunging from a high median of $413,000 some 33 months ago to $178,000 today – have significantly increased housing affordability in Manteca.

BBQ competition at Lathrop summer festival

LATHROP – July is when summer really sizzles in the valley. But the real sizzler on Saturday, July 11, will be Valverde Park in Lathrop. With about two-dozen barbecue chefs expected to turn out for the International Barbecue Competition and Festival, you won't even need a GPS to show you the way to the Fifth Street community park. Just follow your nose and the aroma of charbroiled chicken and pork ribs will lead you to ...

Chamber mixer at BLD

The Manteca Chamber of commerce mixer was held at Big League Dreams sports complex.

MRPS Festa celebration

Manteca Ripon Pentecost Society held their 90th annual celebration.

Summer party nets $14,000 for HOPE Shelters

The homeless in Manteca aren't – for the vast majority – drug abusers or lazy.

RELAY FOR LIFE

It wasn't the weather that brought Virginia Zore to California. It wasn't Disneyland or Hollywood or San Francisco or any of the other trappings of The Golden State. It was cancer. It was the Relay for Life. After flying clear across the country to visit friends in Manteca, Zore - who was diagnosed with lung cancer on Oct. 12 – represents the fighting spirit that the event promotes and the tenacity that one person can ...

(Almost) 50 shades of green