Manteca, CA

Building affordable townhouses on municipal property on the edge of downtown is no longer deemed an affordable proposition.

Altamont Corridor Express (ACE) passenger rail service is eventually coming to Ripon with the earliest possible launch being 2028.

Sam’s Club has opened one of the largest fueling stations in the South County.

Manteca Police have confirmed a drive by shooting struck a house in the 1000 block of Tower Street Thursday around 1 p.m.

The South San Joaquin Irrigation District has forged a solution to handle stormwater discharge from a critically needed elementary school site in southwest Manteca.

The Riptide rolled once again. River Islands is now 2-0 after taking care of visiting Delhi (0-2) in non-league play Friday, 40-10.

Ripon Christian head coach Phil Grams came into the 2026 season needing just two wins to get to 100 total for his career. It did not take him long to get to the milestone after his team moved to 2-0 with a hard fought 20-6 victory over Stagg of Stockton at Memorial Stadium Friday night.

East Union’s Nikko Hisatomi gained 58 first-quarter yards Friday and scored a touchdown before leaving the game due to injury. Enter Darrion Brown. The Lancers junior took over the East Union ground game, gaining 142 yards on nine carries with three touchdowns to lead East Union to a 49-0 shellacking of visiting Modesto in non-league football action at Dino Cunial Stadium

Justin Muschott would have preferred to get his first win as Lathrop coach last week. It just so happened to come Friday at the expense of a good friend he succeeded, and on the campus where he got his start coaching high school as an assistant. His Spartans washed off the stink of their frustrating zero-week defeat by rolling past homecoming celebrant Sierra, 33-14.

The future is now. It is why the repeating of spin cycles of previous elections is insanity spinning out of control.