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Lathrop-Manteca, City of Manteca fire effectiveness common concern
You live in Manteca's city limits so why should you worry about the financial health of the Lathrop-Manteca Fire District?
SSJID et al sues to protect Chinook salmon from federal government
So how can restoring the commercial Chinook salmon fishing threaten the future of South County almond farmers?
The $25,000 question MUST be answered
Manteca Unified Student Trust is a solid non-profit that's working for kids.
The importance of letting mom know
Touching a mom's heart on Mothers' Day with memories of her devotion to her children over the years is as easy using as pen and paper or a computer key board.
The problem with unnatural deprivation diet strategies
If deprivation was a successful weight loss strategy, obesity would be obliterated.
Remember when boys wore pants on the waist & not below?
Remember the folks back in the early 1970s who said loosening school dress codes would destroy Western Civilization as we then knew it?
Waiting for Mr. Smith to go to Sacramento
They won't be waiting for Superman Monday at the corner of Louise Avenue and Main Street.
New 700-student campus may open as charter school
The South County's next public school could open with space for 700 kindergarten through eighth grade students but without a single "local" student sitting in a desk.
Why Manteca’s golf course is doing better
Recent articles in the Modesto Bee concerning their municipal golf courses and their continued financial troubles are almost a mirror image of the City of Stockton and their municipal golf courses. They continue to require General Fund money to keep them operational. And we are not talking about a small sum. Modesto reports their golf courses will require some $400,000 to $500,000 of General Fund dollars to keep them open this next fiscal year. Now where Stockton is attempting to lease their golf courses to private management, Modesto is actually considering closing two of their courses. The simple ...
Will Manteca tear out Wilson Park for a parking lot?
Wilson Park tucked behind the Post Office where Manteca and Sycamore avenues converge before meeting Center Street isn't the city's smallest park. That honor goes to appropriately named Mini Park that was created beneath a PG&E power tower on the southeast corner of Elm Avenue and North Street just three blocks away.
Youthful gang members effectively express themselves with their clothes
If there was something the schools could do to improve your child's safety and it wasn't being done, most parents would probably be hopping mad.
Manteca council: Are their tastes bold or reserved?
Modern or traditional is the question.
A more effective, less expensive Delta plan
It appears that there may be people on Gov. Jerry Brown's staff who are keeping him from becoming aware of the consequences of pursuing the plan formerly endorsed by the Schwarzenegger administration.
Handling conflict
It's difficult to stay calm when a co-worker is peering over your shoulder trying to make sure you complete your assignment accurately, or when a well-meaning family members is watching over your plate to make sure you don't stray from your diet.
What about the right to maintain control in prison?
Ever been inside a state prison?
Articles by Section - Local Columns
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.
Central Valley tule fog is why Santa needs Rudolph
Editor's note: Dennis Wyatt is on vacation. This column first appeared on Dec. 14, 2010.
Repeat childhoods of yesteryear today & they’d be child abuse charges
Editor's note: Dennis Wyatt is on vacation. This column first appeared on May 12, 2011.
CPUC acts more like lapdog than watchdog of PG&E
Editor's note: Dennis Wyatt is on vacation. This column first appeared on July 26, 2011
Sagging economy may be starting back up but what about pants?
Editor's note: Dennis Wyatt is on vacation. This column first appeared Feb. 8, 2002.
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