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Manteca celebrates being California’s watermelon capital today & Sunday
street fair 10-08-06
The crowd on Yosemite Avenue during a previous downtown Manteca street fair.
Manteca was known for watermelons long before it was incorporated as a city in 1918. It is why it is only fitting the biggest “block party” of summer — actually multiple blocks in downtown — kicks off summer today and Sunday in Manteca.