Manteca's main retail hub one day is expected to create a continuous 3.5-mile ribbon along Atherton Drive from the future McKinley Avenue interchange to a point just west of Wellington Avenue.
LATHROP - Jasmine Ivey burst onto the scene at Lathrop High waving pom-poms and leading cheers.
LATHROP – The water meters in the older section of Lathrop aren't functioning properly.
Kristin Miller wanted to read a very specific book. She was searching for a story about a girl that had a premonition about her death and then worked closely with the police to solve the murder before it actually happened – a sort-of mystic mystery unlike the books that she commonly came across. The only problem was that there was a reason she wasn't coming across books like that – that story didn't exist. So ...
Leo Matthews was taken out of St. Anthony of Padua Church, his 'lifeless body' hoisted by classmates during a re-enactment of the crucifixion scene on this Good Friday.
Manteca's employment rate was at its highest level in February since mid-2007 as 87.2 percent of the 27,600 people in the labor pool had jobs.
Jennifer Marek is the new publisher of the Manteca Bulletin. The longtime Manteca resident started with the Manteca Bulletin in October 2004 in advertising sales. Marek was promoted to classified manager and then overall advertising manager before being named the general manager for the Oakdale Leader in May 2006. "I like local newspapers as they are the only place you can go to get news of your community whether it is city council coverage, high ...
Manteca is about to start segueing from fossil fuel to electric power to move police officers around town.
LATHROP - An 8-year-old girl that dashed out into traffic in a Lathrop neighborhood on her bicycle and was struck by a passing vehicle is home with her parents after suffering only scrapes and bruises.
So just who is Phillip Randol? Yard signs placed thoughout Manteca have been displaying that question. You can find out by going to WhoIsPhillipRandol.com or stop by Crossroads Grace Community Church this Saturday or Sunday. It is all part of a contemporary delivery of a message that has stood the test of time being staged at the Moffat Boulevard house of worship Easter weekend. The Easter season presentation dubbed "The Fortunate Death of Phillip Randol" ...
TRACY (AP) - California water officials said Wednesday that a $14 billion twin-tunnel plan for the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta would restore the ecosystem and reduce deaths of threatened fish, although during dry years the delta smelt would be killed at the same rate as today.
Michelle Gallon has fond memories of her grandmother. There were the days as a young girl in Kenosha, Wis. – Gallon grew up in nearby Racine – that she spent learning how to bake in the matriarch's kitchen out of old cans because she couldn't afford to go out and buy actual pans. And then there were the days, recently, as the owner of Michelle's Golden Brown Breads when she got to show her grandmother ...
By DENNIS WYATT The Bulletin Rear Admiral Donald Gintzig will join Dakota Meyer - the first living Marine in 38 years to receive the Congressional Medal of Honor - as a participant in the 10th annual Memorial Day Weekend Commemoration on May 26 at Woodward Park. The two contacted organizers asking to attend when they heard the 12th panel of the Welcome Home Heroes Traveling Tributes that lists the names of more than 7,000 Americans ...
The public is invited to the annual general membership meeting of the East Union Cemetery Association to be held on Good Friday at 1 p.m.
Brother and sister Sadie Cabral and Joe Cala were Manteca High grads. Sadie operated her beauty salon for over 75 years until her death last year. Her brother Joe went into radio as a sportscaster with KNX 1070 News Radio in Los Angeles. Cala, who lives in Studio City, was recently inducted into the Southern California Sports Broadcasters Hall of Fame. His sights are now on garnering more honors as a screenwriter and actor. After ...
No one will accuse Ken McIntosh of being a man with no rhythm. His New Balance tennis shoes bounced to the beat playing overhead – and his body followed – as the 74-year-old former newspaperman led the Silver Sneakers through their warm-up. "Welcome. Glad to see everyone," he bellowed over Donna Summer's "Bad Girls" – the opening song to this hour-long workout at California Total Fitness. "Now let's get our cardio going. Step. Step. Step." ...
Three more outlet stores have inked deals to locate in The Promenade Shops at Orchard Valley. Manteca Councilman Vince Hernandez confirmed that Craig Realty working with center developers have secured three retailers s that are in the process of preparing to open stores in Manteca before Black Friday. Developer Poag & McEwen has submitted plans to the city to convert at least one of the spaces for the three stores. Hernandez noted the first of ...
By GLENN KAHL
The number of trees in public places in Manteca grew by a half-dozen on Friday. At last count, there were approximately 17,000 of these city-maintained trees, said Park Operations Manager and city arborist Kevin Fant during the annual Arbor Day tree planting which took place at the Manteca Public Library Friday morning. It is for that reason the Family City has once again earned the title of Tree City USA for the 22nd year in ...
It was a full moon Friday night – not a good omen for motorists driving into the North Main Street DUI checkpoint cone zone where two were arrested for drinking and driving and three others had their vehicles impounded. One of the two DUI suspects arrested allegedly had an alcohol level of more than three times the legal limit. Sgt. Jodie Estarziau was in charge of the assignment, reporting that 532 vehicles went through the ...