13+ hour, 22+ min ago  (1800+ words) The majority of elected city leaders for 25 years have embraced the need to widen Main Street through downtown to four lanes. But every downtown study commissioned by the council from the 1980s decreed Main Street needed to stay two lanes to…...

13+ hour, 57+ min ago  (617+ words) Dalben Center was a source of much excitement for East Union this past winter season, as both the boys and girls basketball teams enjoyed great success. And with that success comes individual accolades. Zyondupree Beasley is girls basketball MVP in…...

14+ hour, 8+ min ago  (1046+ words) It's a common rant. Manteca has too many gas stations. Given there are 33 places you can buy gasoline in Manteca with another 10 proposed that are in various steps of the planning/approval process, the argument has some credence. The question…...

1+ day, 13+ hour ago  (146+ words) The Ripon Social restaurant " that opened in the fall iof 2023" in the 200 block of West Ripon Road " is closing its doors after Easter Sunday brunch on April 5. The restaurant will still have live music and wine today, Friday, and Sunday....

2+ day, 13+ hour ago  (686+ words) Matthew Echivarre ended Turlock Christian's go-ahead rally with a diving catch in right field, leaving two base runners stranded in the top of the third inning. He then highlighted River Islands' devastating 14-run onslaught in the bottom half with an…...

2+ day, 13+ hour ago  (193+ words) Greg Cattanach found the fourth $100 Bulletin virtual Easter egg "hidden" at the new Woodward Park interactive waterplay feature now under construction. The clues are as follows: Woodward Park, Woodward Avenue, Woodward School, and Woodward Reservoir are all named after Walter…...

5+ day, 12+ hour ago  (1285+ words) There's still plenty of gold in California's fertile dirt. It lies dormant most of the year until the warm days of early spring force the natural bonanza to break through the soil and create dazzling clumps of lush, bluish green…...

5+ day, 12+ hour ago  (415+ words) Thirty years ago Spreckels Sugar " which was intertwined with Manteca's prosperity and history for 75 years " fell victim to changing sugar beet economics and tougher California air quality rules. The sugar refinery that employed 230 full-time and part-time workers was shuttered" on…...

5+ day, 12+ hour ago  (342+ words) The expansion of the Deaf Puppy Comedy in downtown as well as what could be Manteca's first four-story apartment complex are before the Manteca Planning Commission on Thursday. The commission meets at 6 p.m. at the Civic Center council chambers, 1001 W. Center St....

5+ day, 12+ hour ago  (302+ words) Marisa Russo is on a life or death mission. The Manteca Animal Shelter volunteer is trying to find a home for a healthy and playful husky before it is too late. Russo and others have been looking for a home…...