Manteca Bulletin

1 week ago | mantecabulletin.com | Dave Campbell

Manteca withstood a ferocious eight-point service run by East Union’s Keenan Yang in the second set Wednesday night and went on to sweep the host Lancers 25-22, 25-21, 25-21 in Valley Oak League boys volleyball action at Dalben Center. “They kept us on our toes,” Buffaloes coach Jennifer Reis said. “They are a good team, and they can get some runs just like any good team. We know a lot of those guys from club, and we know they will battle to the end, for sure.

1 week ago | mantecabulletin.com | Vince Rembulat

When Karanveer Singh was growing up in Lathrop, he was encouraged by one of his brothers to get into the sport of boxing. Some nine years later, this once “skinny kid” would grow to become a promising professional fighter out of Slick Rick Boxing in Manteca. Media Day was held Tuesday morning at the boxing gym located at 212 N. Main St. Rick Casillas, who is the owner and operator, took over the business from his mentor Richard Perez about four years ago.

1 week ago | mantecabulletin.com | Dennis Wyatt

It will be without a doubt the crown jewel of the 50-acre Woodward Community Park. The elaborate serpentine $2.8 million splash pad feature will include “mountains”, “the rain forest” water tunnels, a pebble beach, waterfalls, and a water trail. It’s location at the center of the park near the main parking lot drop zone and the picnic shelter will make it the main draw at movie nights, food truck events, and community events.

1 week ago | mantecabulletin.com | Dennis Wyatt

The northerly extension of North Union Road north of Shady Place will be widened to four lanes before the first of 455 proposed homes are sold. It is the continuation of a new city policy aimed at eliminating “lane squeezes” that proliferated after the turn of the century south of the 120 Bypass. The first large scale implementation of that happening this month is at the 818-home Lumina at Machado Ranch on the southwest corner of the intersection of Airport Way and Woodward Avenue.

1 week ago | mantecabulletin.com | Dave Campbell

Manteca won’t be allowing any more smoke shops within the city for the foreseeable future. The City Council instituted an emergency ban Tuesday for “health and safety reasons” while the staff looks at ways of better regulating smoke shops. This is not the first time city leaders have tried to put additional restrictions on smoke shops. The opening of a smoke shop  the 100 block of West Yosemite in the spring of 2021 irked some other merchants.