Manteca News

A big rig driver has minor injuries from the accident that over turned his truck into a utility pole.

After less than seven months on the job, the fire chief of the agency that oversees the Tracy and Sharpe defense depots, abruptly resigned Monday.

A 35-year-old woman was stabbed to death early this morning and a 48-year-old man believed to be her husband has been arrested on suspicion of killing her.

A man was arrested Thursday in Manteca on suspicion of stabbing his wife to death, police said.

The fireworks on sale in Manteca and Ripon represent more than just a patriotic bang for your bucks.

Twenty years ago a Midas shop owner was ordered to desist from unnecessary repairs and customer scare tactics.

The courthouse in downtown Stockton is a hub of activity each and every weekday.

San Joaquin County may have transformed from an agricultural hub to a sprawling suburb full of Bay Area commuters, but its country roots are never more prevalent than during the run of the fair.

More people may be staying at home this year to celebrate the Independence Day weekend because of the slumping economy, but if they celebrate with fireworks, they could face a $1,000 fine or even jail time, unless they live in one of five Bay Area cities.

A teenager died early Thursday in a single-vehicle crash in a rural area south of Manteca, authorities said.

Jun 25, 2009 5:37 am US/Pacific MANTECA The San Joaquin County coroner has arrived at an accident in San Joaquin County where a car loaded with teenagers has crashed killing at least one.

An attorney for a woman named Melissa Huckaby - no, not that Melissa Huckaby - said he's close to filing a lawsuit against at least two media outlets that he says wrongly published his client's photo.

At Stockton's McKinley Park on Tuesday, Frank Fajardo was first in line to wash his hands and pick up a sack lunch from a table arranged by the Head Start Child Development Council.

This much is certain: No matter which route transportation officials choose to build the North County Corridor expressway, somebody's going to have to move.

Manteca police have two persons in custody following a hit and run involving a vehicle into a house.

A handful of employees at the Sharpe Army Depot are being hailed as heroes after they rescued a man from a pickup truck that was resting upside down on some railroad tracks moments before it was struck by an oncoming Altamont Commuter Express train this morning.

Monday was a busy day for the San Joaquin County civil grand jury. The 2008-09 panel of 18 jurors issued its final law and justice reports before being thanked and discharged by Superior Court Judge George Abdallah Jr., who then oversaw the random selection of 19 new members and 10 alternates for the 2009-10 grand jury.

Members of Tau Chapter of Delta Kappa Gamma, an international society of educators, have developed a program called Books for Babes, which provides "baby's first book" to each baby born at St.

Stockton attorney Al Ellis is preparing a lawsuit against media outlets that identified his client, Melissa Huckaby, by name and photo as the woman who was arrested by Tracy police in the slaying of 8-year-old Sandra Cantu.

Manteca Unified's latest budget proposal puts 200 teacher's jobs on the line along with several programs.