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Clearing up inaccurate info on city ordinance
Editor's note: Police Chief Nick Obligacion penned the following in response to misinformation circulated on social media as well as on a television station.
Insight of a personal trainer
You are sweating and feel like you are about to pass out. You feel your body burning and just can't keep going. Right before you are about to quit you hear a voice yelling, "KEEP IT UP! YOU HAVE TO LEARN TO PUSH YOURSELF!" You pause for a second trying to give your body a break and to catch your breath hoping that your trainer isn't looking directly at you. Then you hear that scary voice yelling again, "DON'T STOP! YOU HAVE TO KEEP GOING! I DIDN'T SAY TO STOP!" That is when you realize and ...
Weatherford’s legacy: Calm City Council
A lot of things happened on Willie Weatherford's watch.
From gas lines to $3 a gallon gas
Remember the fall of October 1973?
Al Ftacek: Decorated WWII hero takes off on his last flying mission
On the World War II monument in Washington, D.C., is a photograph of Albert E. "Abe" Ftacek of Manteca. Beneath the title, "Activity During WWII," is an inscription that reads: "8th Air Force, 389th bomb group, 565th Bomb Squad, B-24 Radio Operator. Flew 33 bombing missions over Germany and France with the Lloyd L. Allen Crew and 2 with another crew. Awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross, Air Medal with 4 Oak Leaf Clusters, Good Conduct Medal and European Theater of Operations Medal with four Combat Stars."
Police chief isn’t suppose to be patron saint of homeless
Go ahead, slam Police Chief Nick Obligacion for his efforts to address the homeless/panhandling/public drug use issues in Manteca.
Will ‘new’ fifth council member get a free pass?
Ready for another Manteca City Council election?
'Village' for schools often exclude the community
You've heard the line so much that it starts to sound like a cliche: It takes a village to raise a child.
Your choice: Dance Saturday after ribs or oyster dinner
What's better than ribs? Ribs and dancing! The New Haven School Community Club annual Rib Dinner and Dance will take place from 6 p.m. to midnight on Saturday, Nov. 15, at the MRPS Hall, 133 N. Grant St. No host cocktails start at 6 p.m. with dinner at 7. Served will be all-you-can-eat-ribs by Fagundes, bread, salad, potatoes and wine. For more info about tickets go to http://community.mantecabulletin.com/events/detail/14164/
Does school brass fear Fant-led youth movement?
Did the Manteca Unified School District board meet behind closed doors in a bid to change the course of the Nov. 4 election?
Criminal-fornia: What’s next? A voter approved ‘purge’ night?
Isn't it great to be a criminal these days in California?
Whatever happened to a free education?
Read the fine print.
Arresting ‘Godzilla’costly
It's one of those freak things that somebody ends up saying while heavily intoxicated and ends up getting printed simply because it was said.
Wizard of Oz syndrome: We expect miracles
Barrack Obama is not the Wizard of Oz.
Winds of discontent rock Manteca Unified schools
It pays not to campaign.
Articles by Section - Local Columns
‘Oh, the pain, the pain, the pain of it all’
Pain is relative. In my case it's a first cousin.
I cringe at wild, gray eyebrow hair
It was there, stark as heck.
What if movie on taking out a sitting USA leader was made by N. Korea?
Forgive me for not jumping up and down and screaming "First Amendment rights" as some of the jubilant folks did who managed to secure a ticket for the first showing of "The Interview" on Christmas Day.
McBrian served Ripon with distinction
Bob McBrian was a unique fixture at Ripon's Veterans' Museum.
Reinforced grass driveways for Manteca?
Manteca wasted hundreds of thousands of gallons needlessly during the recent storms
Photographic portfolio in black & white
The Dec. 16 and 17 editions of the Manteca Bulletin were special to me for 45 reasons.
This is my time, my holiday, & my season
Hey there, Spirit, shadow of the year past or yet to come.
MANTECA: More Bedford Falls than Pottersville
It is not a perfect world.
Frank Sinatra sings about women like this
I'm a bachelor.
Traditional, tangible Christmas greeting card is alive & well
The traditional tangible Christmas card is alive and well.
Going Digital: Will somebody watch your kid in his bedroom?
Next month thousands of parents will unwittingly give the government the ability to snoop into their private lives.
Take your kids to see Santa Claus? There’s an app for that
Tech-savvy parents with a little bit too much money are forking out $29.99 to firms such as JibJab Media to allow their kids unlimited video chat time with an actor playing Santa.
MANTECA'S CHRISTMAS ANGELS
Contrary to popular belief, Santa's helpers come in all shapes and sizes.
Unpacking Christmas memories
Remembrances of my Christmas past or home is where the hearts are:
Retro music movement gives a pulse to vinyl sales
Vinyl records are supposedly making a comeback of sorts.
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