NEWS Section
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Workforce shrinks by 8 more The departure of eight municipal employees in the coming weeks - from two police officers to a parks worker - means Manteca will just have $3.8 million left to cut in order to balance the budget for the fiscal year starting July 1. |
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Fire claims 2 cockatiels, 2 dogs in Lathrop LATHROP — A noontime structure fire Friday in Lathrop, with black smoke visible from the east side of Manteca, claimed the lives of two dogs and two cockatiels that had been left in the home while the owner was away. 
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It’s springtime in Manteca Spring has sprung. Today is officially the first day of spring 2010. But many area residents did not even wait for the calendar to tell them it’s time to get out and putter in the garden, get the Weed-eater out and banish the unwanted and annoying weeds out of the flowerbeds. If you drove around town or just around your neighborhood Friday, chances are you saw about half a dozen or more industrious homeowners and ...
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Former Bulletin publisher changes plea to no contest An earlier sexual battery not guilty plea was reduced to a “no contest” stipulation for simple battery against a female employee by former Manteca Bulletin Publisher Paul Mahony, 54, in the Manteca Branch of the San Joaquin County Superior Court Friday morning. |
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Orchid show set for today, Sunday STOCKTON – Patty Reece has come a long way since she watched the first orchid ever given to her as a gift shrivel up and die right before her eyes.
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HE’S NO DUMMY Scenes from Wednesday’s free puppet show at the Manteca Library that was made possible by the Friends of the Manteca Library.
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ODDS & ENDS Manteca CAPS dinner theatre set for March 27 “Sleepless in California” is the name of this year’s production for the mystery dinner theatre benefit for the Manteca CAPS organization that services mentally challenged adults. The dinner is set for Saturday, March 27, at the Manteca Senior Center, 295 Cherry Lane. Tickets are $30 apiece. No-host cocktails start at 6 p.m. followed by dinner at 7 p.m. that includes a live performance. There are also ... |
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Angelina “Angie” Denison Angelina “Angie” Denison of Galt died on Thursday, March 18 at age of 92. She was born in Yountville, Cal. on May 30, 1917, the first child of Frank and Isabel Silveira. She graduated from Escalon High School in 1935. |
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Mural society: Working on railroad In the not-too-distant future if the San Joaquin County Rail Commission is successful, sleek high speed Altamont Commuter Express trains will pull out of downtown Manteca on a 55-minute journey to San Jose.
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Lathrop may OK sale of fireworks for July 4th LATHROP – Safe and Sane fireworks could be part of the city’s July 1 birthday and Fourth of July celebrations this year for the first time ever. |
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You’ll get ‘All Shook Up’ enjoying Manteca High play You’ve got leather jackets, rolled up T-shirts, blue suede shoes, and motorcycles. Welcome, ladies and gentlemen, to “All Shook Up” – the Joe DiPietro-penned Elvis Presley-esque musical currently running at the Dorothy Mulvihill Theater at Manteca High. The production is a joint effort between the Manteca High School Thespian Club, Troupe #1507, and The Visual and Performing Arts Departments of Manteca High School. And while music and the 1955-era the performance is set in take ...
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Stella Brockman honors character, honor students Character Counts in the Manteca Unified School District. Each semester, many of the school sites from throughout the district honor those students who embody the six traits of the Character Counts program. This includes trustworthiness, respect, responsibility, fairness, caring, and citizenship. At Stella Brockman School, for example, six students in each of the kindergarten through sixth-grade classes received Character Counts awards Thursday at several assemblies. They were honored for their efforts for the second trimester. ...
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Which is better? Sierra, EU or Manteca? Are you true to your school? Then you have a chance to make it a winner in the Best of Manteca 2010 by casting your vote for either Sierra High, Manteca High or East Union High. Voting is now underway for over 70 categories through April 18 by going to www.visitmanteca.org as voting this year is online only. The awards show and celebration will take place on Thursday, May 6, at a rural Manteca Victorian ... |
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Manteca Tow Yard damages top $10,000 from break-in Thieves raided the Manteca Towing storage yard in the 3700 block of West Yosemite Avenue sometime Tuesday night or early Wednesday morning creating some $10,000 in losses. |
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Target Starbucks employee accused of pocketing money from cash register LATHROP – A 19-year-old employee at Target store in Lathrop was arrested Wednesday and booked into San Joaquin County Jail on charges of grand theft and embezzlement. |
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B&G basketball scores more teams The banners that hang inside the gym at the Boys and Girls Club of Manteca tell a story of success that until recently had been a distant memory.
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Hall of Fame deadline is Monday Nominations are being sought for the Manteca Hall of Fame’s Class of 2009. The deadline for submitting nominations is Monday, March 22. The annual induction dinner and ceremonies are scheduled for Saturday, May 1, at the Manteca Senior Center, 295 Cherry Lane. Nominees are being sought in the fields of education, business, health art, athletics, art, agriculture, government, community service and at-large. Individuals nominated must have resided within the Manteca Unified School District boundaries at ... |
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Dog sniffs out $20K in drug money “Rusty” the Manteca Police Department’s drug dog, was the star of a region wide parole sweep on St. Patrick’s Day Wednesday hitting on the “green” – $20,000 in green cold hard cash.
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Mick Founts unopposed in bid for top SJ schools post Manteca resident Mick Founts is virtually assured of election in June to the job as the San Joaquin County Superintendent of Schools.
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Bass Pro & BLD lured 3.1 million Manteca visitors Manteca wasn’t known for much of anything that would actually attract visitors 15 years ago. |
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Manteca leaders take plunge to obtain water park feasibility study Steve DeBrum sees the revival of the Manteca water slides in a newer and more high profile venue as yet another bold - yet conservative move - by municipal leadership to pump up the city’s economy by snaring visitors’ dollars. |
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Takada bows out, supports Emken Elizabeth Emken couldn’t have found a better supporter for her congressional race than Jeff Takada.
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Pregnancy Help Center moving to bigger office It used to be the Bobson Cleaners, the long-running dry-cleaning business in Manteca next to the Bank of Stockton on North Main Street. |
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ST. PATRICK’S DAY CELEBRATIONS Scenes from Wednesday’s St. Patrick Day celebrations in Manteca
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CORNED BEEF & CABBAGE Scenes from Wednesday’s St. Anthony’s Young Men’s Institute corned beef and cabbage dinner.
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MRPS CARD PARTY Scenes from Sunday MRPS Hall Poker and Bunco tournament.
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Ripon council revisiting negative stance toward big box retail stores RIPON — City council members in Ripon are going to revisit their “Big Box” store ordinance feeling its effect may have inhibited additional sales tax revenues. |
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Cowell School honors March All-Star students Joshua Cowell School Principal Harriet Myrick has released the names of the March All-Stars. The All Stars are selected based on academic effort and citizenship. 1st Grade, Miss Thiel/ Mrs. Kelley; Kyle Newman, Aiden Garibay, Andrew Moore, Brandon Navarrette, Caleb Watson, Adrianna Valez, Angel Ojeda, Eduardo Pulido, Majed Ammari. Mrs. Florez; Phoenix Anadon, Itzanami Bermudez, Zujey Arambula, Preston Church, Daniel Cavarrubias, Alissa Dias, Angelina Galletta, Oscar Garcia, Faith Johnson, Baldemar Medina, Lysha Nuncio, Marcelle Panelo, ... |
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Senior Center spaghetti feed on March 26 LATHROP — The Lathrop Senior Center is hosting a spaghetti feed dinner on Friday, March 26, from 6 to 8 p.m. at the Lathrop Senior Center, 15707 Fifth St. |
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ODDS & ENDS Hit the Streets for Hunger 5K run April 10 Hit the Streets for Hunger is a 5K Walk/Run with 1 mile and 5K courses along the Tidewater Bike Path in Manteca taking place on Saturday, April 10, in conjunction with the CVB Street Faire. This will be the first, of what will be an annual event to raise awareness and funds for Second Harvest Food Bank. This is a family-friendly event and all ages ... |
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Edna Petersen Edna Petersen, 85, entered into rest on Sunday, March 14, in Manteca surrounded by her loving family. She was born April 23, 1924 in Spirit Lake, Iowa. Edna joins her former husband and friend Fritz Petersen in heaven along with her son Joseph George Petersen and two siblings James Holmes and Alice Matthew. |
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City scores $494K from BLD The economy might be wobbling but Big League Dreams has legs. The sports complex set new records in 2009 surpassing $2.1 million in revenues plus 430,705 in paid attendance. That means the City of Manteca received $494,284.70 in 2009 as its share of the gross under terms of the 35-year lease agreement for the sports complex that features six replica Major League Baseball fields, two restaurants, and an indoor soccer arena. The $2,150,652 BLD grossed ... |
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Sierra High teacher faces charges of inappropriate sexual behavior Jeffrey Maurer, who teaches psychology, economics and government at Sierra High School, turned himself in to Manteca Police Tuesday night at 6:30 for alleged inappropriate sexual behavior with a student. |
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Neighbors holding garage sale for family that lost their home to fire Neighbors of Carlos and Helen Gonzales were quick to extend a helping hand when the couple and their extended family lost everything in the November fire that completely gutted their Yorktown Lane home. Damage to their home was pegged at $300,000 and another $100,000 for the contents.
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Parking lot sale Friday helps young victim of 2007 head-on car crash It was just an ordinary fall morning when Mauricio “Mo” Alaniz was heading down McHenry Avenue on his way to Modesto Junior College. |
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93-year-old’s kindness paid back with thievery The kindness of a 93-year-old Manteca retiree turned on him with thefts of some $4,000 in cash, and other valuables from his bedroom closet lock boxes. |
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11-year-old stacks up well against competition Thus far, Katherine Ray has stacked up well against the competition. But that comes to no surprise to Tanya Ray, who as often wowed watching her 11-year-old daughter stack cups. A student at Stella Brockman School, Katherine Ray is involved in the sport of speed stacking. For the past year, she’s been involved in the events sanctioned by the World Sports Stacking Association. “Actually, (Katherine) has been stacking for quite a while,” her mother said ...
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Volunteers, donors sought for Kiwanis Easter Egg Hunt The Manteca Noon Kiwanis is looking for a few generous men, women and businesses to help make the perennially popular Easter egg hunt a success again this year. |
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GAME TIME AT LIBRARY The Manteca Branch Library will host “We Got Game!” on Friday, April 9, at 3:30 p.m.
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Manteca Hall of Fame deadline Monday Nominations are being sought for the Manteca Hall of Fame’s Class of 2009. The deadline for submitting nominations is Monday, March 22. The annual induction dinner and ceremonies are scheduled for Saturday, May 1, at the Manteca Senior Center, 295 Cherry Lane. Nominees are being sought in the fields of education, business, health art, athletics, art, agriculture, government, community service and at-large. Individuals nominated must have resided within the Manteca Unified School District boundaries at ...
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Dodgeball tourney Saturday benefits food bank effort The East Union High School KIWINS Club Co-ed Dodgeball Tournament takes place Saturday, March 20, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the East Union High School Dalben Center. |
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MUSD board, Stockton council meet WESTON RANCH — Manteca Unified School District officials are scheduled to meet Thursday, March 18, with representatives of the City of Stockton. |
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GECAC offering six service challenge scholarship awards Give Every Child a Chance (GECAC) is once again offering the Service Challenge Scholarship. A total of six $1,000.00 scholarships are available to one graduating senior selected from each high school in Manteca Unified School District (Sierra, Calla, Manteca, East Union, Weston Ranch and New Vision High Schools). |
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CVB offers various tour packages The Manteca Convention & Visitors Bureau is offering a series of tours. You can travel with others from Manteca on tours both this year and in 2011. Call the CVB at 823-7229 or Doni Wheeler at Pleasant Journeys at 624-3318 for more information or to reserve your seat on one of these tours. • Alaska Cruise & Tour: May 12, 2010, 11 Night Tour including, Fairbanks, Denali National Park, Plus 7 day cruise traveling to ... |
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SCT shrimp feed & auction April 17 STOCKTON – The Stockton Civic Theatre patrons and supporters are invited to spend an evening of fun at the 2nd Annual SCT Shrimp Feed and Auction, featuring music by Waterloo, the well-known local Abba Tribute Band. |
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ODDS & ENDS YMI Corned Beef & Cabbage Dinner today at St. Anthony’s |
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Manteca may ax 68 teachers ificated personnel may lose their jobs with the Manteca Unified School District. Pink Slip Monday – the state-mandated deadline of March 15 for school districts statewide to send preliminary notices to teachers and other certified groups of possible layoffs for the upcoming school year –impacts all schools including the Lindbergh Adult Center. Included among the 68 layoff notices were 37 single subject positions, 10 elementary school teachers, eight Title I instructors, seven Read 180 teachers, ...
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Lathrop lays off parks project manager; OKs full-time status for part-timers LATHROP – The city’s parks project manager is gone. The equivalent savings for the city in the continuing budget bloodletting: $133,227. |
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Garbage trucks may go high tech with GPS tracking ck trying to steal a Manteca garbage truck. City leaders tonight are expected to authorize spending $51,710 to equip the solid waste vehicle fleet with a maintenance program that utilizes a global position system. It will, among other uses, keep track of a garbage truck’s location and activity. The main benefit though is to monitor the onboard diagnostic systems to immediately notify the vehicle maintenance shop of any problems. The GPS operation is compatible to ... |
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Manteca revs up for St. Patrick’s Day fun Everybody’s Irish on St. Patrick’s Day. On Wednesday, almost a dozen Manteca area businesses will take part in the revelry that honors the Irish patron saint that is revered in his homeland for banishing all of the snakes from the isle. Manteca’s largest St. Patrick’s Day celebration at Kelley Brothers Brewing Co. & Brickyard Oven Restaurant includes bag pipe music, traditional corned beef and cabbage, drink specials, and green beer. Papa Joe’s BBQ and Steakhouse ... |
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