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Aggressive panhandling? Call police

Aggressive panhandling? Call police

Arresting someone for aggressive panhandling in Manteca in all likelihood will not result in punishment in the form of jail time or even community service. ... Read More


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Aggressive panhandling? Call police

Aggressive panhandling? Call police

Arresting someone for aggressive panhandling in Manteca in all likelihood will not result in punishment in the form of jail time or even community service. ... Read More

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Ripon council going on worldwide web

Ripon City Council meetings could soon be accessible online. ... Read More

Posted: jun. 19, 2013 1:40 a.m. | | Ripon council going on worldwide web Comments 0 Comments
SEWING WITH LOVE

SEWING WITH LOVE

The women who work in a small but well-appointed room at the Woodbridge at Del Webb club house call the place, tongue in cheek, “the sweat shop.” ... Read More

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Lathrop moves to expand its sewer capacity

LATHROP — It isn’t electricity that’s important when you’re building new homes. ... Read More

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Manteca man faces rape, kidnap & torture charges

A 20-year-old Manteca man is in San Joaquin County Jail facing seven felony and one misdemeanor charges with total bail set at nearly $1 million. ... Read More

Posted: jun. 19, 2013 1:38 a.m. | | Manteca man faces rape, kidnap & torture charges Comments 0 Comments


Drive-thru dinner helps human trafficking fight

A drive-thru dinner fund-raiser is being held at Precision Automotive on Moffat Boulevard on Thursday, June 27, from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. to support the non-profit organization, Without Permission. ... Read More

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Chief’s academy steers youth in right direction

Chief’s academy steers youth in right direction

Julian Castillo’s experiences with law enforcement weren’t always positive. ... Read More

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'Reilly brings history to page, screen

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Columbia State Historical Park hosts 19th century Fourth of July celebration

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Diving great Louganis to marry in fall

NEW YORK (AP) — Former Olympic diving champion Greg Louganis plans to get married this fall. People magazine says the 53-year-old Louganis will marry paralegal Johnny Chaillot. The four-time gold medalist is the only man to win consecutive Olympic titles in springboard and platform diving — in 1984 at Los Angeles and 1988 at Seoul. After his diving career ended, Louganis revealed he was gay in 1994 and announced he was HIV-positive a year later. ... ... Read More

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Bieber behind wheel as car hits man in Hollywood

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FBI digging at ex-home of famed NY mobster

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IRS worker: No political bias against tea party

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Feds fire, demote employees over killing, rape

SYRACUSE, N.Y. (AP) — Federal probation officers in upstate New York have been fired or demoted after a man they were monitoring was charged with slipping out of his electronic bracelet, raping a 10-year-old girl and killing her mother during a carjacking at a New York mall. The changes at the federal probation office in Syracuse were detailed in a letter from U.S. courts administrators to Rep. Dan Maffei, who had written to the courts ... ... Read More

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Odd News

DRIVER SAYS HE WAS SPEEDING SO HE COULD DRY CAR: BLACK DIAMOND, Alberta (AP) — He was drying off his freshly washed car. ... Read More

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18 mayors want Congress to limit use of food stamps to buy soda

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USFS may not refill Incline Lake after all

RENO, Nev. (AP) — The U.S. Forest Service is leaning toward abandoning plans to restore a small lake overlooking Lake Tahoe to the way it was when the rich and famous vacationed at the private enclave a half century ago and instead let it return to a natural wetland. The federal government bought Incline Lake for $43.5 million in a land deal five years ago with the intention of repairing a small dam built in ... ... Read More

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Nation news briefs

FORMER PA. TEACHER CHARGED FOR CLASSROOM PIERCINGS: DILLSBURG, Pa. (AP) — A former teacher in central Pennsylvania is facing charges after police say she allowed a student to perform body piercings in class. ... Read More

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Fox News sued over airing suicide

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NYC to offer free phone-charging stations in parks

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Boy, 13, charged in 'wrestling' death of girl, 5

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A 13-year-old boy from a New Orleans suburb was charged with second-degree murder in the death of his 5-year-old half-sister after investigators said he told them he repeatedly struck her with wrestling moves imitated from TV. ... Read More

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Bill would honor Buffalo Soldiers' role in parks

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Unattended campfire caused Mariposa fire

MARIPOSA  (AP) — An unattended campfire near a main route into Yosemite National Park has grown into a blaze that has led to the evacuations of 800 homes and 1,500 people, officials said Tuesday. California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection officials released the cause of the fire Tuesday, as 2,200 firefighters - up from more than 700 Monday - worked to gain the upper hand on it amid windy, dry conditions. No other details ... ... Read More

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State news briefs

SURFER SHOT AT AMID EX-LAPD COP HUNT FILES LAWSUIT: LOS ANGELES (AP) — A surfer who was shot at by police during the manhunt for rogue ex-cop Christopher Dorner has filed a lawsuit against a Los Angeles suburb and its police department. ... Read More

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Bay Area briefs

BOY, 6, KILLED BY RELATIVE'S DOG AT UNION CITY HOME: UNION CITY  (AP) — A 6-year-old San Francisco Bay area boy died after he was attacked by a relative's dog, authorities said Tuesday. ... Read More

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7 years after the peak

Property tax receipts are rebounding for the second straight year in Manteca. ... Read More

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Hobbs may serve Ripon on SCOG

Stephanie Hobbs has been an active member in the community. ... Read More

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GIVE IT A TWIRL

GIVE IT A TWIRL

Dandi Manuel won’t tell you how old she is. ... Read More

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Union tiff over pensions means bus cutbacks

LATHROP — A transportation labor dispute that’s not even supported by the rank-and-file members of the unions that started the fight could end up drastically impacting public transit operations in San Joaquin County. ... Read More

Posted: jun. 18, 2013 1:22 a.m. | | Union tiff over pensions means bus cutbacks Comments 0 Comments
Cat in can prank goes way of tin garbage cans

Cat in can prank goes way of tin garbage cans

It was a simple prank. ... Read More

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Elementary vice principal promotion is approved by

Ann Jayne, instructional coach at El Dorado School in the Stockton Unified School District, was approved for a vice principal position in the Manteca Unified School District by the Board of Trustees at their last meeting. ... Read More

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Ripon council considers more Mistlin change orders

More change orders are in store for the softball project at the Mistlin Sports Complex. ... Read More

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Manteca may end squeeze play at Lathrop Road intersection

Manteca may end squeeze play at Lathrop Road intersection

The attempt at a squeeze play may end soon on westbound Lathrop Road at Madison Grove Drive. ... Read More

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FAST FACTS

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Twisted Oak Winery presents Mumbo Gumbo concert on June 29 in Vallecito

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NASA picks 8 new astronauts, 4 of them women

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