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🌱 How big could Manteca’s next community park actually become?
Manteca, California Patch AM: a 3 min readHello Manteca! Stay connected with the latest updates from around town. Let's dive in! ☕️️
In today's newsletter:
- How big could Manteca’s next community park actually become?
- Will Manteca Unified grab millions for new electric school buses?
Today's riddle: The top potato won what? 🤔 (Answer below!)
- Sunday: Plenty of sunshine, with a high of 90 and low of 55 degrees. 🌶 Hot!
- Monday: Partly sunny and very warm, temps: high: 94, low: 55.
- Tuesday: Sunny and very warm, with a high of 93 and low of 55 degrees.
📰 News we're reading
• Manteca seeking to buy 60 acres for new city park (mantecabulletin.com) — Manteca city leaders are quietly negotiating to buy 60 acres of almond orchards along Union Road for what could become the city’s next major community park, anchored by a 13-field soccer complex and large event lawn. The concept also includes an amphitheater, indoor gym, pickleball and tennis courts, playgrounds, and big parking, while Woodward Park continues to build out with a new splash pad and future tennis courts. 
• $21.7M temptation: MUSD weighs electric bus grant from state (mantecabulletin.com) — Manteca Unified is weighing whether to use a major state grant to buy up to 47 electric school buses, which could save about $21.7 million but require big investments in charging and solar infrastructure. District leaders say they must balance cleaner buses and volatile diesel prices against rising PG&E costs, limited funds, and an ongoing shortage of bus drivers.
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💬 Chatter
What your neighbors are talking about on social media
- Anyone know this kitty.
Showed up tonight starving. Only has 1 eye. Seems young. Maybe a year or two? Super friendly and loving. Taking her to vet tomorrow to check for chip… (Nextdoor Highway 120 and Pestana) - Hello neighbors
I hope everyone will have a great day today and everyday I just wanted to announce the opening of my daughter Nour and her husband Adnen beautiful… (Nextdoor NW Manteca District)
- ABM posted a job opening for Warehouse Janitorial Cleaner in Manteca. Apply here.
- Manteca Unified School District posted a job opening for Sport - Varsity Head Coach, Softball - Lathrop High School in Manteca. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Manteca here.
🗞 Nearby News
Lathrop
- Farm Fest this Saturday at Delta College's north Manteca campus (mantecabulletin.com)
- Gier, Kamara, Nelson advance to state track & field finals (mantecabulletin.com)
- China's BYD just overtook Tesla as the world's largest battery energy storage deployer — capturing 13% of the global market in a single quarter (morningoverview.com)
Ripon
- Ripon, Park Ridge, Poco, 88 & Rice University Farmers Market Tips (farmonaut.com)
- Legend of the Cruise (modestoview.com)
- Jeanette Texeira Tingley Machado (mantecabulletin.com)
Ok Manteca! So now you're in the loop about what's happening today. Thanks for reading, and see you in your inbox next time! Oh -- and if you like what you're reading, invite a friend to Patch AM!
-- The Patch AM Team
P.S. The answer to today's riddle: A championchip (Thank you Timothy G. for sending it in!)
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