Dennis Wyatt

Editor at Manteca Bulletin

Featured in: Favicon

mantecabulletin.com Favicon

newsbreak.com Favicon

turlockjournal.com Favicon

cerescourier.com Favicon

oakdaleleader.com Favicon

westsideconnect.com Favicon

theriverbanknews.com Favicon

escalontimes.com Favicon

209magazine.com Favicon

209businessjournal.com + 1 more

Articles

Work starting soon on new center being anchored by market

6 days ago | mantecabulletin.com | Dennis Wyatt

California Gold — the development firm behind the proposed Marketplace at Main on the southwest corner of Main Street and Atherton Drive — is ready to break ground. Representatives told the Manteca City Council Tuesday work will start in the coming weeks on the center that has secured a major supermarket as one of its main anchor tenants.
Double right turn from Vyn Ryn to Industrial will ease congestion

6 days ago | mantecabulletin.com | Dennis Wyatt

The potholes and cracked pavement are gone from Van Ryn Avenue at Industrial Park Drive. And now the re-striping of the new pavement is expected to ease chronic congestion issues at the intersection. City crews removed the median on Van Ryn Avenue to accommodate two westbound lanes approaching Industrial Park Drive. The curb lane is dedicated to right turns only. The other lane will be allowed to turn right as well as left.
NEW RESTROOMS ON TAP FOR 3 CITY PARKS

6 days ago | mantecabulletin.com | Dennis Wyatt

Manteca is doubling the restroom capacity at Woodward Park, the city’s heaviest used park. At the same time, the city has secured restrooms for two larger neighborhood parks being put into place in the coming year. “We have individuals from all walks of life and age using our parks,” noted Mayor Gary Singh. Singh — along with council members Mike Morowit and Charlie Halford — have been fielding requests from residents for restrooms in parks for a number of years.
Music on Maple marks Juneteenth on Thursday; skate event is Saturday

6 days ago | mantecabulletin.com | Dennis Wyatt

Manteca has two events celebrating Juneteenth. The largest is the monthly Music on Maple from 6 to 9 p.m. on Thursday, June 19, in the 100 block of Maple Avenue in downtown Manteca. The Manteca Recreation & Community Services event includes live music, food trucks, a dance workshop, vendors, beer garden, and an art display. Entry is free. The theme is “Unity in Sound.” Today, from 2:30 to 5:30 p.m., is a Juneteenth Celebration is taking place at the Manteca Senior Center, 295 Cherry Lane.
Nothing says peaceful protest quite like burning five Waymo robo taxis

6 days ago | mantecabulletin.com | Dennis Wyatt

The image of Waymo flambé on the streets of downtown Los Angeles on June 8 is symbolic. That’s what we were told by a piece in the LA Times that delved into what prompted some participating in the mayhem, as opposed to protesting per se against ICE immigration raids, to torch Waymos. The reporter interviewed those sympathetic to the idea of committing arson to release billowing clouds of toxic chemicals from lithium batteries into the otherwise pristine LA air.
Manteca queuing up more & more & more road work

1 week ago | mantecabulletin.com | Dennis Wyatt

No less than six projects relating to city street drivability, road safety, and addressing traffic congestion are before the Manteca City Council when they meet at 6 p.m. today. “The meeting is about streets, streets, and more streets,” noted Mayor Gary Singh. Projects before the council include: *Rehabbing streets in the Shasta Park neighborhood bounded on the west by North Main Street, on the north by East Louise Avenue, the east by Highway 99, and on the south by East Edison Street.
FAST TRACKING ILLEGAL ENCAMPMENT CLEANUP

1 week ago | mantecabulletin.com | Dennis Wyatt

Homeless encampments in the right-of-way along the 120 Bypass and Highway 99 through Manteca will soon be cleared quicker. The City Council when they meet tonight will consider entering a three-year contract allowing the city to remove homeless encampments six days after notifying Caltrans. Currently, the city contacts Caltrans that often takes up to 30 days to clear illegal encampment along freeways and within state right-of-way of interchanges.
HAWKS COMING TO MAIN AND NEAR MANTECA HIGH

1 week ago | mantecabulletin.com | Dennis Wyatt

HAWKs will soon be helping pedestrians crossing Manteca streets. The installation of a high Intensity Activated Crosswalk (HAWK) Pedestrian Hybrid Beacon signal system will take place this year at *The North Main Street intersection with Edison Street. *Garfield Avenue and Moffat Boulevard at Manteca High. HAWK signals operate in a YELLOW-RED-FLASHING RED sequence to alert motorists that pedestrians need to cross the road.
‘Transparency and accountability’ gets 632 views while wild accusations garner 100,000+

1 week ago | mantecabulletin.com | Dennis Wyatt

It is called a “Officer Involved Critical Incident Update.” It might as well as have been a posting of the “Ma & Pa Kettle Go to Town” vintage black and movie as far as the flash jury on social media is concerned. The Manteca Police Department, in the interest of “transparency and accountability”, posted the video updating the public in regards to the fatal officer involved shooting of 69 year-old Charles Craig Megonegal on April 30 at the Manteca In-N-Out Burger parking lot.
Manteca Police posts video of fatal shooting

1 week ago | mantecabulletin.com | Dennis Wyatt

A video regarding the fatal shooting involving five officers at the In-N-Out Burger on East Yosemite Avenue on April 30 was posted Friday by the Manteca Police Department on its social media platforms. The posting comes after the California Department of Justice concluded the driver of the white van used it as a deadly weapon. As such, the investigation is now in the domain of the San Joaquin County District Attorney’s Office.