If you like Mexican cuisine there’s another Manteca dining option on the way.Taqueria La Rancherita is preparing to open in the near future at the former location of Chubby’s Restaurant next door to the Waffle Café and across from Burger King on North Main Street.Also working toward an opening is Fortuna Taqueria that’s preparing to open on West Yosemite Avenue at Jessie Avenue just over a block from the railroad tracks and two blocks from where another Mexican dining spot opened this month in the former Athen’s Burger location.The new Mexican dining options are in addition to at least three more restaurants planning to break ground this year. That includes Chick-Fil-A that will build on the northeast corner of Northwoods Avenue and East Yosemite Avenue after the Super Buffet Chinese restaurant is demolished, Habit Burger is building near Panera Bread on East Yosemite Avenue, and a yet-to-be-named fast food restaurant being built in a complex that includes an ARCO AM/PM gas station-convenience store as well as a car wash at Crestwood avenue and Lathrop Road.Panhandling inmedian alongEast YosemiteNo you are not seeing double. There were two panhandlers at mid-afternoon working the median on East Yosemite Avenue on opposite sides of the Highway 99 interchange.Panhandling is illegal at such locations given both intersections are controlled by traffic signals.