Archive By Section - Local Columns
When Lathrop voters overwhelmingly approved a one-cent sales tax increase to pay for essential city services, all that anybody knew was that the Lathrop-Manteca Fire District would be getting 40 percent of the money generated.
January 29, 2018
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Local Columns
In addition to showing just how much California is lacking in long-term water storage, the most recent California drought also exposed how dependent cities across the state are on groundwater to keep the taps flowing.
January 29, 2018
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Jason
Campbell
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Local Columns
Manteca's vehicle thefts in raw numbers last year were at the lowest since 2013 and 58.3 percent lower than in 2005 when 2.2 autos were stolen on an average day.
January 29, 2018
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Dennis
Wyatt
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Local Columns
The announcement that Pope Francis has appointed Bishop Myron Cotta to be the new shepherd of the Diocese of Stockton is "exciting" news to Catholics in the area, especially those in the large Portuguese community.
January 29, 2018
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Local Columns
Credit a teen-age "labor dispute" involving weeds leading to Cabral Motors being Manteca's oldest dealership in the same family entering its 61st year as Manteca celebrates the centennial of its incorporation as a city.
January 29, 2018
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Local Columns
I bought a new car in November.
January 29, 2018
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Dennis
Wyatt
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Local Columns
Manteca needs affordable housing.
January 27, 2018
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Dennis
Wyatt
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Local Columns
I don't ever plan on leaving California.
January 26, 2018
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Jason
Campbell
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Local Columns
Opening your own savings account as a kid was once a rite of passage.
January 25, 2018
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Dennis
Wyatt
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Local Columns
The homeless aren't "occupying" Library Park as they used to do.
January 24, 2018
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Dennis
Wyatt
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Local Columns
The deal of the century - at least from the perspective of the City of Manteca at this point in time - is in what apparently are the final stages of negotiations.
January 23, 2018
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Dennis
Wyatt
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Local Columns
Wet weather has pelted the area with more rain in the forecast.
January 22, 2018
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Vince
Rembulat
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Local Columns
Travelers along Harlan Road over the course of the next two months might be subjected to delays as the city works to repair the extensive damage that has been done to the frontage road from heavy truck traffic.
January 22, 2018
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Jason
Campbell
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Local Columns
The big decision about whether Manteca Unified will go ahead with all-weather tracks and a new Bermuda-hybrid style grass playing surface at each of its high schools will have to wait until next month.
January 22, 2018
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Jason
Campbell
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Local Columns
He always said was just a farm boy from Kansas.
January 22, 2018
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Dennis
Wyatt
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Local Columns
