1+ hour, 22+ min ago   (333+ words) The good news: Cities in San Joaquin County have increased the availability of beds for homeless individuals. The bad news: There is an expectation current economic conditions will likely result in more homeless individuals. That is part of the conclusion…...

1+ hour, 34+ min ago   (307+ words) The San Joaquin County Board of Supervisors is maintaining pressure to stop the spread of invasive golden mussels and protect the Delta. At its August 4 meeting, the Board voted to extend the local emergency proclamation, reaffirming its commitment to addressing…...

1+ day, 1+ hour ago   (701+ words) Manteca’s future is looking up when it comes to residential and commercial development. And the epicenter could be at the Airport Way and West Yosemite Avenue intersection. It is near that intersection where a proposal is being advanced for a…...

1+ day, 1+ hour ago   (791+ words) It’s a rare, but all too-common, comment made by some that voice opposition to the Ripon Consolidated Fire District parcel tax. No one has died yet. It is not a heartless comment regarding the need for the tax that parcel…...

2+ day, 48+ min ago   (463+ words) Manteca’s effort to encourage redevelopment-style infill development to address housing needs is bringing a three-story four-plex to the 400 block of Sutter Street. The project, dubbed Sarene Place, is before the Manteca Planning Commission when they meet Thursday at 6 p.m. A…...

6+ day, 1+ hour ago   (685+ words) Manteca is taking a proactive instead of a reactive approach to its pending animal shelter expansion. And in doing so it will: Congressman Josh Harder on Thursday presented Manteca leaders an $850,000 check from the federal government that City Manager Toni…...

1+ week, 58+ min ago   (560+ words) Congressman Josh Harder is going to be in Manteca today at 11 a.m. at the animal shelter to present an $850,000 check from the federal government to help with the shelter expansion project. The mercury is expected to reach 98 degrees today and he’ll…...

1+ week, 48+ min ago   (162+ words) Craig Allen Montalvo Sr., 63, was arrested by Manteca Police Department following an investigation into allegations of sexual abuse involving multiple juvenile victims over a period of several years. Montalvo was booked into the San Joaquin County Jail on multiple felony…...

1+ week, 52+ min ago   (421+ words) A community center and swimming pool could be built on city-owned property on the northeast corner of Milo Candini Drive and Daniels Street across from the Big League Dreams sports complex. And if ground breaks in the next few years,…...

1+ week, 1+ hour ago   (875+ words) The western end of downtown is creating a lot of buzz. For years, it was dominated by vacant store spaces, a free-standing wall left over from a fatal 1980s fire, the homeless, and three boarded-up fire-damaged buildings. In the last year…...