Manteca Bulletin

3 days ago | mantecabulletin.com | Bill Poindexter

STOCKTON — It was billed as “Night of Destruction.” Stockton 99 Speedway held a program on May 31 that was very different from the typical Saturday night of racing, and a very different crowd was there to enjoy it. A drifting exhibition was the main course on the warm evening with multiple sessions of revving engines, screeching tires, doughnuts and plenty of lingering tire smoke.

3 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.

3 days ago | mantecabulletin.com | Vince Rembulat

Areas of Manteca and Lathrop experienced power outages Friday due to a vehicle colliding into a PG&E power pole. The City of Lathrop Police Department posted via social media that officers responded to multiple calls regarding a vehicle that struck the high-voltage pole that evening. “Additionally, 911 callers reported that a fast-moving vegetation fire had started as a result of the collision,” Lathrop police said.

3 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.

3 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.