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Retro music movement gives a pulse to vinyl sales
Vinyl records are supposedly making a comeback of sorts.
Challenge to Drain: Show us the paperwork
Ashley Drain has been on the job for just over a week and she has already managed to essentially throw the entire Weston Ranch High staff underneath a steamroller.
So when is Manteca going to shut up & listen?
You may disagree with Ben Cantu about a lot of things, but the four-time council candidate is right about one thing: The City of Manteca does neglect neighborhoods.
Would Steve Jobs have embraced Going Digital for his kids?
The parents are frustrated.
Out, out brief candle!
Editor's note: Phillip Bookman received the news that he has a cancerous malignant tumor on his bladder. He begins radiation this week. Sensing the inevitable, he wrote the following although noting there is probably a good chance of recovery.
Disconnect between school board & community
Forty-three days have passed since the resounding no confidence vote on the Manteca Unified School District board and they still don't get it.
They want us to shed tears for money that big oil is losing
It isn't unusual for a typical commuter from the Northern San Joaquin Valley to the Silicon Valley to travel 700 miles a week.
Out with the old, in with the new
There was no denying Ashley Drain's excitement. The smile never left her face the whole time – before, during, and after the moment she was sworn in as one of the two newest members of the Manteca Unified Board of Trustees at the panel's annual reorganization meeting Tuesday night.
Riffraff from SJ Valley buy $500K homes in Pleasanton
Folks who can only afford $500,000 homes are riffraff.
Thugs take to the streets (& freeways)
The right to demonstrate.
Drive-thru Living Nativity at Sequoia Heights Baptist
It wouldn't be Christmas without it! Sequoia Heights Baptist Church is presenting its annual drive-thru Living Nativity on Friday and Saturday, Dec. 12-13, from 6 to 9 p.m. at 1050 S. Union Road.
SONS OF ANARCHY
CHARMING – Unless you're a true sociopath, it's almost impossible to look at yourself in the mirror when you know that the things you're doing are wrong.
Climate change, the drought & Yosemite Valley
Extreme weather is bad, right?
ARE YOU GAME?
Many needy families and children did not get a visit from Santa last year because of wasted food. Apparently, a lot of the food served during the annual Costa's Wild Game feed ended up in trash cans because some of people decided they did not like the "game-y" taste.
Time to bite the bullet (train) & pull plug
If you own a Ford Focus, Chevy Cruze or a Honda Civic it costs you 16.3 cents a mile to operate your vehicle once gas, maintenance, tires, insurance and depreciation are taken into account.
Articles by Section - Local Columns
Bullying: Drain is doing it herself
It's only fitting to start your diatribe about how racist the school system is by making a racist statement of your own.
McLarty learns trustees well schooled in art of retribution
Connect the dots.
Tire marks, medians & public safety
Perhaps you don't like the new medians on Louise Avenue.
FACEBOOK FLAP
I ran for the school board back in the 1990s. My claim to fame was an endorsement from the Stockton Record (the Bulletin does not endorse for local races) and I thought I stood a decent chance. I am not wrong often, but boy did I misjudge that one.
Manteca USD: Uranus versus Pluto conflict
Folks who make their living tossing theories abound about human behavior generally define Millennials as those born between the 1980s and 2000s. Some define Millennials by those who were in their formative years or reached adulthood at the dawn of the 21st century.
Chocolate Salon, bull riding, BMX Crab Feed and more!
Get your dance shoes ready, because the Manteca Youth Advisory Commission is hosting the first middle-school dance of 2015 on Friday, Jan. 30, from 6 to 9 p.m. at Golden West Community Gym! All sixth through eighth graders are invited to dance and have fun with their friends. Bring your school I.D. (or other proof of school attendance), $5 for admission and don't forget about the school dress code! For more info click here:
Coming flood of misery for rural south Manteca folks
Rain and snow when it does fall can sometimes inflict painful misery on parts of Manteca and Lathrop.
You voted for eggs to sell at $3.16 a dozen
The chickens have come home to roost.
He’s not your father’s school board member
Out of sight and out of mind.
Toe the line? My feet aren’t exactly normal
Captain Kangaroo.
JANUARY IN MANTECA
Herb Caen liked to write about how the fog snuck into San Francisco on cat's feet.
Want some crab? No problem in Manteca
St. Anthony's School is holding its 6th annual Crab Feed on Saturday, Jan. 24, from 6 to 11 p.m. in the school gymnasium located at 323 N. Fremont Ave., with dinner beginning at 7. Wine & cheese tasting is from 6 to 7 followed by marinated crab, pasta, salad, bread, music and dancing. You may purchase tickets in the school office for $50 per person. This is an adult-only event and you must be at least 21 years of age. For more information, please call the school at 209.823.4513.
Outdoor cooking, common courtesy & air pollution
Got an outdoor kitchen with a wood-burning smoker or a pizza oven?
Going Digital means poor students may get left behind
There is a fundamental flaw in the Manteca Unified School District's Going Digital undertaking.
Manteca school trustees: 2 wrongs don’t make a right
It's really a simple equation when you boil it all down.
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