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VIRTUAL STUDENTS
When Don Ogden first step foot inside the local California Connections Academy, he was met with an empty office space with no teachers.
Parents want Ripon Unified to close a school
Closing one elementary school to raise the daily attendance in others was presented as a solution Monday night to school district trustees as a way to restore electives and broaden the education opportunities of Ripon Unified students.
Moving toward cheaper Ripon power
Ripon PG&E customers will find out in the coming months if they will have cheaper power.
HELPING 150 KIDS
Nearly 150 Ripon students benefit weekly from free tutoring through Give Every Child a Chance.
Kindergarten sign-ups may move to March
Kindergarten registration in 2014 may start in March. The move from May to March is being considered tonight when the Ripon Unified School District board meets at 6 p.m. at the Ripon City Council Chambers, 259 Wilma Ave. The change is designed to give the district more time to plan for the number of classes and teachers. It also lines up with the kindergarten roundup process in neighboring districts. Ripon Unified School District's Kindergarten Orientation ...
Stretching $25.2M in bonds
Ripon Unified is looking to remodel Weston School thanks to a voter-approved bond measure. Preliminary plans call for reconfiguring the existing multi-purpose building – this facility is to be "repurposed" to accommodate the new library, speech classes, Title 1 classes, and a Learning Center / Resource Specialist Program – and constructing a gym with 4,200-square-foot of floor space. Permanent classrooms will replace the aging portables, with each room at 1,000 square feet and shared space ...
IT’S COLLEGE DAY
It was all about college in their future for upper class students at Park View Elementary School Friday morning as the sixth, seventh and eighth graders filed into the multi-purpose room wearing their colorful college T-shirts and sweatshirts.
She finds Bethany Home a blessing
Until Delia Barragan moved into one of the Garden Apartments at Bethany Home, she had never heard of the town of Ripon. Delia grew up in Texas, spent most of her married life in Union City, and just never had much reason to travel to these parts; that is until her daughter suggested she make the move. That was 13 years ago, and Delia has never regretted having made the move.
3 or 4 votes to fire, that’s the question
City Administrator Leon Compton is heading towards retirement. Kevin Werner – he's the city engineer doubling as the deputy city administrator for the City of Ripon – is the strong favorite for the position. The Ripon City Council, meanwhile, is looking into the ordinance involving the position that's stood for 60 years. As it stands, it takes a 3-2 vote from elected leaders to hire a City Administrator but a 4-1 vote to remove that ...
BURYING THE DEAD
Death and dying on state highways has become an accepted consequence of getting where we need to go. And having a drink for the road often signs the fate of the innocent.
Police arrests part of pressure on drug, gang activity in Ripon
The reassignment of an officer to the investigations division has helped the Ripon Police Department step up arrests.
Helping sexual assault victims
April is sexual assault awareness month. At Tuesday's Ripon City Council meeting, Raman Dhindsa of the Women's Center Youth and Family Services encouraged every person in town to end sexual violence and support survivors by providing prevention education regarding sexual assault issues. She's the FOCUS program manager for the Women's Center of San Joaquin based in Stockton. Elected leaders supported the cause with a proclamation. "The Women's Center has set an important example of how ...
BODY BAG JARS TEENS
Three Ripon High juniors told of the impact the Every 15 Minutes DUI drama had on them as they reflected upon the horror of the simulated crash scene at the high school campus Tuesday morning that claimed the lives of two of their classmates.
Go fly a kite at Mistlin Sports Park
This year's 'Color the Skies' will be an abbreviated version. In this case, no hot air balloons, sky divers, or vendors, but rather running events followed by a kite show at Mistlin Sports Park on Aug. 31. Jessica Coleman promises the hot air balloons will be back for 2014. At Tuesday's Ripon City Council meeting, she listed the current construction of the softball fields at Mistlin as one reason for the change. "We didn't want ...
ON THE MARCH
On Tuesday morning, well before the chime of the first school bell, retired Col. Patrick Dunn put his students through their final paces.
Articles by Section - Ripon News
Donoho earns RC salutatorian honors
Not too long ago, Katie Donoho ran her first-ever half marathon.
Ripon getting update on major Manteca project
The Austin Road Business Park is a planned 1,049-acre development located just outside of Ripon along Highway 99.
Vos nets RC valedictorian honors
The past few weeks of school have been a whirlwind for Taylor Vos.
Ripon Unified honors bilingual students
Being fluent in two languages has its advantages.
Honoring Ripon essay winners
What if you could create your own holiday? What would it be?
Suspicious case in park triggers Ripon bomb scare
A city maintenance worker discovered a suspicious looking suitcase shortly before 2 p.m. Monday near the baseball diamond at the Ripon Community Center in the 300 block of Fourth Street and summoned police.
Alvarez is new Ripona principal
Dante Alvarez is anxious to start his new job.
CLOSE-UP IN DC
Dan Vos and Brittany O'Brien learned first-hand the plight of the handicapped in the nation's capitol as they joined 64 classmates and chaperones in a weeklong tour of U.S. government offices and memorials in Washington, D.C. – in wheelchairs.
Ripon Unified board honoring essay winners
By VINCE REMBULAT
Waters earns Ripon High valedictorian honors
By VINCE REMBULAT
Wildfire destroys home, burns woman
EL CAJON (AP) - A small wildfire in San Diego County destroyed one mobile home, burned several others and several vehicles and left a woman badly burned Sunday before it was put out about 90 minutes later.
Ripon dining icon closing after 33 years
Ripon Chef John Mangelos has mixed emotions about closing his Barnwood Restaurant after 33 years due to shoulder injuries that have kept him from doing his job at the restaurant and catering operation.
$600K means Ripon will avoid portable toilets at sports park
Over the years, Tony Mistlin has given generously to the City of Ripon.
Kayak patrol busts illegal river encampment
The discovery of an illegal encampment along the banks of the Stanislaus River by Ripon officers Thursday afternoon netted one arrest for drug possession, according to First Sergeant Steve Merchant.
Ripon Police nab lingerie theft suspect within 60 seconds of receiving report
A 28-year-old Ripon woman, Chandra Ann Ashlock, was nabbed by a patrolman some 60 seconds after a dispatcher radio dispatcher put out the description of an alleged burglary suspect who had taken lingerie valued at $200 from the All About the Girls bra shop in the downtown business community.
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