Dennis Wyatt

Editor at Manteca Bulletin

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SMALL FISH, BIG IMPACT

4 days ago | mantecabulletin.com | Dennis Wyatt

It smells like cucumbers. It tops out at 2 to 2.8 inches in length. It is a luminous silvery blue color. That is what a Delta smelt looks and smells like in a nutshell. At one point, the fish that have a one-year life cycle were so plentiful that they were caught and sold commercially. Today, the fish that are unique to the San Joaquin-Sacramento Delta are on the verge of extinction in the wild.
Manteca needs to borrow $10M to help cover cost of water service

4 days ago | mantecabulletin.com | Dennis Wyatt

Manteca’s water operation and maintenance fund is about to go dry. It is what was projected to happen after municipal water rates were not increased for 15 years. The money being borrowed will come from the city’s water capacity fee collected on growth. The need for the $10 million loan was built into the water rate increase that finally went into effect last month. It will cover ongoing operations, maintenance, and capital projects as well as meet ongoing reserve requirements.
FIRE SAFETY FIRM BUILDING MANTECA SALES LOCATION

4 days ago | mantecabulletin.com | Dennis Wyatt

One of Manteca’s most problematic infill parcels has been proposed for a new commercial building. Much of the 16,877 square foot parcel at 160 Pacific Road immediately south of the United Cerebral Palsy facility that works with the disabled is within a 100-foot wide PG&E easement for high tension power lines that cuts across the property at an angle.
University of China at Davis where almost 10% of students are Chinese nationalists

4 days ago | mantecabulletin.com | Dennis Wyatt

Almost one out of every 10 students at the University of California is from China. That’s 3,627 sons and daughters of upper class of the People’s Republic of China taking seats away from 3,627 sons and daughters of middle class, working class, and poor Californians. Systemwide, the University of California’s 10 campuses have almost 20,000 Chinese nationals enrolled.
July 4 BLD event tickets $50 if they are available that day

1 week ago | mantecabulletin.com | Dennis Wyatt

If you have a desire to attend the family Independence Day celebration the City of Manteca is staging in partnership with YupUp at the Big League Dreams sports complex on July 4, you might not want to wait until the last minute to buy tickets. The tickets, if there are any left the day of the event, will be $50 at the gate for each person 2 years and older. Those under 2 are free. Presale tickets on the YupUp app are $35.
Is time ripe for perishable air cargo market?

1 week ago | mantecabulletin.com | Dennis Wyatt

Farmington Fresh, just 6.5 miles north of Manteca’s city limits, sits adjacent to a Stockton Metro Airport runway along Highway 99. It’s the only fruit packing and distribution plant adjacent to an airport in the nation.
ADDRESSING UPLIFTED SIDEWALK ON CITY OF MANTECA’S RADAR

1 week ago | mantecabulletin.com | Dennis Wyatt

Manteca Councilman Mike Morowit wants to see uplifted sidewalks addressed citywide. It is an issue that has plagued Manteca — and every other city — since the days when concrete sidewalks were first poured and trees planted nearby. The city, in at least 40 years, has not had a concrete and consistent plan to deal with trees pushing up public sidewalks in residential neighborhoods. That doesn’t mean they ignore tripping hazards on sidewalks.
COOLING ‘DOWN’ IN CALAVERAS COUNTY

1 week ago | mantecabulletin.com | Dennis Wyatt

Not looking forward to today’s high temperature forecast of 105 degrees? Don’t moan. It’s a good excuse to “get down” in Calaveras County. There are three pubic access caverns — with admission of course — where it’s a cool, consistent 55 to 62 degrees year round depending on the cavern. And they offer plenty of cool things to see that you won’t find above ground. They are all an hour or so drive away.
Higher education & the conceit of being self-proclaimed higher moral authorities

1 week ago | mantecabulletin.com | Dennis Wyatt

It was a political science class. One of my favorite subjects, by the way. That said, I spent most of the class with my mouth shut. Call it self-preservation, if you will. Perhaps a little back story is in order. It was 1975. I was in the second semester at Sacramento State. The first semester was baptism by fire. I learned not to ask questions that didn’t align with a professor’s beliefs. To be clear, it wasn’t all professors.
Preliminary work on upgrades to interchanges before council

1 week ago | mantecabulletin.com | Dennis Wyatt

Manteca is getting ready to take the next step in a multi-year process to upgrade and widen the Main Street as well as the Airport Way interchanges on the 120 Bypass. Caltrans signed off on the initial review in April to allow the projects to proceed. The City Council on Tuesday is being asked to authorize spending $3 million — $1.5 million for each interchange — to conduct the Project Review and Environmental Document phase.