Cameron Peay already has a leg-up on the typical Black Friday shopping crowd. Rather than waiting until Thanksgiving night to show up at Best Buy and hope that he secured a good spot, the Lathrop resident grabbed his tent, some blankets and comforters, a pillow and some warm clothes and staked his claim in front of the electronics megastore Monday night. His goal? To secure a 42-inch flat screen television for $199 and possibly score ...
PG&E hasn't yet discovered a way to prevent Mother Nature from blasting its electrical system every winter with wind, rain and snow, disrupting tens of thousands of customers across its vast, 70,000-square-mile service area.
Ramona Tennant feels like she has to qualify her job every time somebody asks her what she does for a living.
Looking for a stylish hybrid sedan? Try the gas-electric 2011 Kia Optima. Currently available at Kia Country, 1515 N. Main St., Manteca, this midsized hybrid is listed with an estimated fuel efficiency of 35 miles per gallon, city. But that number may vary depending on the expected range for most drivers. In such case, Optima Hybrid could increase from as much as 41 mpg. Of course, those numbers fare much better for highway driving, where ...
For the last 16 years Billy Muhareb has turned The Waffle Shop into one of Manteca's most popular breakfast eateries.
Hahn Judy Nguyen has always been fascinated by eyes. The optometrist – who just recently joined the practice of Dr. Mark Harder as an associate in May after graduating from the Southern College of Optometry in Memphis – realized that her love for physics parlayed itself into the vision field. And as she delved deeper into the world of sight she quickly realized that there was much more than meets the eye in terms of ...
Suzanne Forsberg is starting an Occupy movement right here in Manteca. But instead of focusing on the evils of Wall Street or class inequality, the Rooster Juice owner wants to provide something for the 99 percent that enjoy tailgate-style food. That also includes the tailgate lifestyle and all of the fun and good times that comes with it. "We're just looking to give an environment where people come together, have a good time, relax and ...
The 2012 Nissan Rogue can be called a stylish, sporty and efficient compact SUV. But it's still OK to call it a crossover vehicle. In any event, the Rogue offers some unique features for this year. Take the SV model with four-wheel All-Wheel Drive, for starters. The one featured in front of the Tracy Nissan dealership at 3195 N. Naglee Road came equipped with the all-around view monitor. The 4.3-inch color display provided a virtual ...
Here's a quick question to find out if you're really a savvy Calfornia traveler: True or false, the three largest cities in California are Los Angeles, San Diego and San Francisco? No cheating, now – we all know it's awfully easy to look this stuff up on the Internet.
In a category populated with names like Civic, Corolla, Jetta, Cruze and Elantra, the new Ford Focus has a tough fight. The compact sedan grouping accounts for about 25 percent of the auto market worldwide and 20 percent in the U.S.
Audi didn't follow the leader when updating its Audi A6 sedan. It cornered the BMW 5-series and Mercedes-Benz E-class and then redefined the segment.
All duplicate transactions involving debit cards, credit cards and EBT cards that occurred at Raley's stores on Sunday, Nov. 6, have been sent to Raley's card processor to begin the reimbursement process.
Stores have come and gone the last 50 years in Manteca's downtown business district. The one exception is Tipton's Stationery & Gifts on the corner of West Yosemite Avenue and Maple Avenue. It keeps on going and going like the eponymous Energizer Bunny. Among the many downtown businesses along Yosemite Avenue that Tipton's has outlived in the past half-century: •Dress shops like The Twins Dress Shop of Mary Gomes & Minnie Mello, Peggy's, and Jo-Sels. ...
Rick O'Neill doesn't know much about bowling. He doesn't very much about video games or how to properly maintain the pin-setting machine that lines up every single frame during a game on the lanes. But with an extensive background managing the administrative portion of his own business, Manteca Bowl and Family Fun Center owner Bob Raymus thought he'd be perfect to serve as the new general manager for the facility. O'Neill will work closely with ...
Driving through California's Central Valley it's easy to speed right on by Bakersfield, the southernmost of the Valley's good-sized cities and the last one you'll pass before you head up the Grapevine toward Los Angeles. But next time, consider this: You're passing through Music History and it just might be worth your while to stop.