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PG&E doesn’t care about taxpayers
When a tsunami hits, first there is an earthquake. Then, the ocean recedes only to recoil with a massive surge that devastates everything in its path.
Erasing individual values to counter gangs: Is it worth it?
It is open season on rosary beads in a growing number of school districts across the United States.
San Joaquin One Voice trip
Every year officials from county, cities, agencies and community leaders embark on a journey to Washington, D.C., to meet with federal officials and elected representatives to advocate for funding for local transportation and infrastructure projects.
Deport honors student, cuddle drug dealers
Before the federal government starts suing Arizona over immigration law, maybe Uncle Sam should get his own house in order.
What greater purpose is served knowing details of 8-year-old’s death in light of guilty plea?
Do we really need to know the sordid details of 8-year-old Sandra Cantu's death?
5,800 crosses: A solemn reminder of freedom’s price
A slight drizzle had turned into a steady rain following the cracking of thunder while I was on an early afternoon run down Wellington Avenue on Thursday.
Lathrop School gets A+ for its eighth grade promotion
Lathrop Elementary Principal David Silveira gets extra credit for going against the grain.
Ripon Farmers’ Market: Working together
Last year, the Ripon City Council explored the idea of developing a farmers' market in our historical downtown sector. The plan was to collaborate with downtown businesses, farmers' market vendors and the community to revitalize our downtown businesses. Unfortunately, due the multitude of regulations and to a late start, it was decided to postpone it until this year.
If that is what a hippie Republican is, then I‘m guilty as charged
The caller didn't waste any time.
Here is a bit of unsolicited advice for Class of 2010
It's pomp and circumstance time again.
A day in Manteca: Me & my shadow on various assignments
It was probably the best single learning experience of my life when a city editor in Southern California called over to me when I returned from a meeting saying I had 20 minutes to give him a 12-inch-long story on the city council meeting.
SSJID: 101 years of making the right moves
Men driven by a vision of bringing prosperity to the sandy plains on the southeast edge of the Delta have put Manteca and its neighbors in Ripon and Escalon in one of the strongest positions in California when it comes to water and power.
Panhandlers: When do you trust them?
Off and on for the past few weeks two different couples have taken a position at the stop sign where Hulsey Drive meets Commerce Drive by In-N-Out Burger. I'd come across them while making my daily Jamba Juice run
Growth fees & those who keep crying wolf
Should growth pay its own way?
Fisher masters public speaking
One story assignment last week went into greater depth than I expected and left me in awe at the direction life has taken one Ripon resident who loves people and farming almost equally and has become an outstanding public speaker and criminal interviewer.
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Dying art of polite conversation
He seemed a nice enough of a young man.
Manteca, circa 2014
Old-fashioned Americana, some claim, is passé.
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