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Uncle Sam not working as hard as many ‘illegal immigrants’

Sergio Garcia worked his way through college and law school.

September 03, 2013 | Dennis Wyatt | Local Columns


It’s fair to say what ails SJ Fair is its location

Is the San Joaquin County Fair worth saving?

September 03, 2013 | Dennis Wyatt | Local Columns


Survivor’s guide to the streets of Manteca

Turn signal? In Manteca? You don't need to use no stinkin' turn signal to drive in Manteca.

September 02, 2013 | Dennis Wyatt | Local Columns


United States of America: Made by labor

The temperatures are still in the 90s.

August 31, 2013 | | Local Columns


Helping needy: Slamming farmers while praising Internet billionaires

Come October literally hundreds if not thousands of tons of "food" will be plowed under throughout San Joaquin County.

August 30, 2013 | Dennis Wyatt | Local Columns


Memo to Cowsills: Cover my head with hair? If that were the only place, I’d be happy

I admit I'm a candidate for the missing link.

August 29, 2013 | Dennis Wyatt | Local Columns


The working poor discover 29 + 49 + 89 adds up to less money & still no healthcare

During the early stages of the foreclosure crisis I got into a heated phone exchange with Congressman Jerry McNerney's communications director.

August 28, 2013 | Dennis Wyatt | Local Columns


If $150 fee goes away Cal Fire needs “George Runner Rule”

Wildfires, they say, are getting worse.

August 27, 2013 | Dennis Wyatt | Local Columns


‘This is where we’ll fight it, boys’

MI-WUK VILLAGE – It's going to take more than a bucket of water and hoses to extinguish the Rim Fire.

August 27, 2013 | James Burns | Local Columns


Southside Park: The city cuts the grass, gangs own the turf

Southside is unlike any other city park.

August 26, 2013 | Dennis Wyatt | Local Columns


Remember the good old days when saying ‘I’m bored’ wasn’t a prelude to a thrill kill

"We were bored and didn't have anything to do so we decided to kill somebody." - what one of three teen suspects in a thrill kill told police in Oklahoma.

August 24, 2013 | Dennis Wyatt | Local Columns


Would Louisa Clapp view her namesake ‘lane’ as ugly today?

Louisa Clapp arrived in what is now known as Manteca in 1849 with her husband Noah.

August 23, 2013 | | Local Columns


Manteca decides smoking in parks less obnoxious than Big Government

Manteca is not New York Mayor Mike Bloomberg's kind of town.

August 22, 2013 | Dennis Wyatt | Local Columns


Breathable air or drive-thru windows?

Enjoying the air quality of the last few days?

August 21, 2013 | Dennis Wyatt | Local Columns


Privacy, helmet cams, ‘The Truman Show’ & Big Brother

Face it. You are Jim Carrey and you are the star of "The Truman Show."

August 20, 2013 | Dennis Wyatt | Local Columns


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Timelines before board for work at Colony Oak

Trustees of the Ripon Unified School District will review the preliminary timelines for the Colony Oak Elementary School reconstruction project at tonight's 7 p ...

August 14, 2017 | Vince Rembulat | Local Columns


Lathrop firm adds 95-foot tall crane

The nearly 100-foot tall crane that is on the corner of D'Arcy and Murphy Parkways?

August 14, 2017 | Jason Campbell | Local Columns


MANTECA MEANS BUSINESS

Tim Ogden means business.

August 14, 2017 | Dennis Wyatt | Local Columns


St. Patrick’s church set for $200,000 plus remodel

Ripon's St. Patrick's Catholic Church on East Highway 120 at Carrolton Road is planning a major interior remodeling at a cost in excess ...

August 14, 2017 | Glenn Kahl | Local Columns


Doctors Hospital CEO departing Manteca

Editor's note: This is Glenn Kahl's column " Thru Kahl's Kaleidoscope", A look at people & things in the South County

August 14, 2017 | Glenn Kahl | Local Columns


Bet you China won’t push back school start times

Education elitist experts like to point out repeatedly how they believe China is cleaning our collective clock when it comes to public education.

August 12, 2017 | Dennis Wyatt | Local Columns


Complaining isn’t going to solve the problem

Okay – I get it.

August 11, 2017 | Jason Campbell | Local Columns


Would SJ leaders jump at chance for legal brothels?

Let's say California voters in their infinite wisdom legalized prostitution.

August 11, 2017 | | Local Columns


Dennis Rodman, Dr. Strangeglove & duck and cover

Remember Bert the Turtle?

August 10, 2017 | Dennis Wyatt | Local Columns


Dennis Rodman, Dr. Strangeglove & duck and cover

Remember Bert the Turtle?

August 10, 2017 | Dennis Wyatt | Local Columns


SSJID conserving water could hurt those relying on groundwater

Flood irrigation of the endless almond orchards surrounding Manteca, Ripon, and Escalon is an inefficient use of water. That is especially true when compared to ...

August 09, 2017 | Dennis Wyatt | Local Columns


REMEMBERING THE FALLEN

Manteca has a memorial to those from the greater community who gave their lives while serving America in wartime.

August 08, 2017 | | Local Columns


Manteca Unified schools gear up for solar eclipse

It's called the Great American Total Solar Eclipse.

August 07, 2017 | Vince Rembulat | Local Columns


Bright idea to cut power costs: Switch to LED

All of the City of Ripon could one day have LED in all street lights.

August 07, 2017 | Vince Rembulat | Local Columns


WATER PARK TORTURE

Former City Manager Steve Pinkerton back in 2010 placed a wristband on his wrist while touring a Great Wolf Resort in the State of Washington.

August 07, 2017 | Dennis Wyatt | Local Columns


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