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Police group rejects city plan to give up money & hire back officers
The Manteca Police Officers Association doesn’t want to change the terms of their contract with the city to allow for Manteca to rehire at least part of the 12 officers that were laid off due to the budget deficit.




Lathrop fire appoints Manning as new chief
LATHROP – The Lathrop-Manteca Fire District board of directors Thursday night appointed Fred Manding as the new fire chief.

Mayor: Let’s rethink housing
Mayor: Let’s rethink housing
Mayor Willie Weatherford believes it is time to rethink how Manteca is building homes to meet the changing housing market realities.
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Lathrop City Hall retains usual holiday schedule
LATHROP – While neighboring cities such as Stockton and Manteca will close their offices during the entire weeks of the Thanksgiving and Christmas holidays, Lathrop City Hall will remain open except on the holiday itself and Friday.




Police ballot proposal goes nowhere
LATHROP – Right idea, wrong time. That was the consensus among the Lathrop City Council members on a proposal to put a ballot measure before the voters in the November 2010 elections aimed at raising local sales taxes to fund police services. The proposal went nowhere with the council taking no action at all during their Tuesday night meeting, citing the lack of adequate answers to a host of questions about the measure. “We should ...







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