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MANTECA'S MURALS
It's a scene that proves art imitates life – and vice versa. The delicate flakes are slowly drifting to the ground from trees frosted in white. In the foreground three kids frolic. It's a window into Manteca's soul. And it also happens to be one of almost two dozen downtown Manteca murals. The mural – aptly dubbed "Manteca Snow" – is one of Tom Wilson's favorites. It can be found on sycamore tree-lined Manteca Avenue ...
New mural spotlighting early Manteca industry
EDITOR'S NOTE: The muralist selected by the Manteca Historical Society to create the mural in Library Park that deals with Manteca's industrial past researched the city's industry history prior to submitting his proposal. The following is his research and how he intends to incorporate it into the mural. Altogether five murals are being added to Library Park. <p align="JUSTIFY" style="text-indent: 0.13in; margin-bottom: ...
Manteca High Mural Museum keeps culture alive on campus
Many of the artists are gone, but their works linger on for others to admire, enjoy and gain some inspiration.
Ripon bridge, trails, woods & river offer pleasant walks
RIPON - One of the most accessible spots in the Northern San Joaquin Valley for walking in a natural wooded area by the river is in Ripon and is visible from busy Highway 99.
DELICATO FAMILY VINEYARDS
Need an education on wine? Look no further than Delicato Family Vineyards. Open seven days a week, the Delicato Tasting Room at 12001 S. Highway 99 offers complimentary samples and gift ideas. According to Tasting Room manager Richard Foote, folks of all ages are always welcome, with sparkling non-alcoholic wines available for non-drinkers and those under age 21. But it's the Delicato wines that attract people from all over. "We have over 100 different wines," ...
A quick walking tour of Manteca’s downtown murals
Manteca's murals are designed to give visitors, newcomers and longtime residents alike an insight into the community's culture, history, and economy.
Jackson Rancheria presents Dickey Betts & Great Southern
JACKSON - Experience the best in Southern Rock when Jackson Rancheria presents Dickey Betts & Great Southern on Friday, March 9, in the Grand Oak Ballroom at the Hotel.
Superstar Alan Jackson at Stockton Arena July 27
STOCKTON - Country superstar Alan Jackson takes his tour to the Stockton Arena in Stockton on Friday, July 27.
DR. RICARDO CUEVAS
NAME: Ricardo Cuevas JOB: Dentist BORN: Tegucigalpa, Honduras. "At the time, in 1964, the United States needed internists and my father was able to come up on a professional services visa and we stayed. One of the biggest problems in the Midwest at the time was stomach cancer, and he wanted to go where he was needed so he could help prepare the patients so the surgeons could do their job." GREW UP: Dubuque, Iowa. ...
Comedian Colin Quinn performs “Long Story Short” at Gallo
MODESTO - The Gallo Center for the Arts welcomes comedian Colin Quinn, performing his highly acclaimed show, "LONG STORY SHORT," directed by fellow comedian Jerry Seinfeld on March 15 at 8 p.m.
From silent movies to Oscar party at State
MODESTO - The State Theatre is offering a series of classic films in February.
LET ME CALL YOU SWEETHEART
RIPON - It was a day of skating together with many girls who were excited to meet and skate as couples with the soldiers from Fort Baker and GIs who were anxious to share some special time with the girls from San Francisco whether they knew how to skate or not. There was a snack shop at the rink where the couple remembers enjoying sodas and hamburgers with fellow GIs.George Aguiar, 21, and Josephine "Jo" ...
Tidewater: Manteca’s ultimate 3.4-mile walk
You might want to take a more pedestrian approach to Manteca and walk. Not only does Manteca have a unique 34-acre linear park – the 3.4-mile long Tidewater Bikeway – that is ideal for walkers and joggers alike but the city is laid out in a grid pattern of major roads being a mile apart making it easy for you to gauge distances and progress as you get into walking more and more. First a ...
Secret of their 66 years of marriage is ‘hard work’
RIPON – The measure of love is to love without measure, according to St. Francis de Sales.
Childhood friendship blossoms into love
It was love at first sight for Nicole Hough. Growing up on Stockton's East Side, her husband of two years, George, lived only two houses down and was good friends with her older brother. Seeing him around the house on a regular basis only made the feelings grow stronger but nothing ever came of them – she left to attend high school over on the coast and he remained to finish his studies at nearby ...
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Bluegrass concert at Twisted Oak
VALLECITO - Twisted Oak Winery opens the 2013 concert series with the Peter Rowan Bluegrass Band under the stars at the winery in Vallecito.
5 free things to do in the Napa Valley
NAPA (AP) - Love the lush and lovely Napa Valley but hate how expensive it can be? You're not the first. In the late 19th century, writer Robert Louis Stevenson moved his honeymoon to the rustic but free setting of an abandoned mining camp when the $10-a-week going rate for Calistoga hotels proved too much for his slender purse.
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