Manteca Business Owner Locks Doors In Fear Of ADA Lawsuits From Scott Johnson
What started as a small shop in the back of his parents' restaurant when John Perez was just 24 is now a 50-year-old business he shares with his sons.
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What started as a small shop in the back of his parents' restaurant when John Perez was just 24 is now a 50-year-old business he shares with his sons.
It's a new perspective in crime fighting that Manteca police are first to use in San Joaquin County.
An attorney known for serial disability lawsuits small businesses is now targeting business owners in Manteca. Now those owners and the city are working together to take businesses out of his crosshairs.
This week alone, Joann Morin has four funerals and a wedding to provide arrangements for. That will be difficult without the large van with a bouquet on the driver and passenger doors and the words "Manteca Floral Company" in very large green and yellow letters.
Mia Aguiar, 19, was arrested and is accused of reaching for her cellphone before veering off the road and hitting four teens, killing 14-year-old Zachariah Gomez.
Zachariah Gomez, 14, died at the hospital after being hit by a car allegedly driven by 19-year-old Mia Sara Aguiar, according to Lt. Mike Jones with the San Joaquin County Sheriff's Department.
Less than 24 hours after one of those four teens was killed, CBS13 cameras found several drivers along the road where the crash happened doing the very same thing that lead to the accident.
Mia Sara Aguiar, 19, was driving along Yosemite Avenue early Saturday morning, when police say she reached for her cellphone. While she was distracted, her car car drifted, striking four teenagers, killing one of them.
Authorities have raided a suspected marijuana growing house that was just around the block from an elementary school.
California is in a drought, but you wouldn't know it in Manteca: The city set its own record for water use in January with 245 million gallons
Police have arrested a Manteca man accused of killing his girlfriend's 19-month-old daughter.
Two people were injured when their Manteca mobile home went up in flames early Friday morning.
Zoey, a 2-pound Yorkie, vanished on Christmas Eve, leaving the Galans missing a member of their family.
Chipped paint, rot, not to mention Kris Kringle's missing shingles—they're all clues to what this Manteca Santa wants for Christmas: A new holiday hut.
Ronald Toppila will be transferred from a state medical hospital to a transitional facility, just blocks from a high school.
Karen Sterzl was reported missing in 1990. She was last seen in December of that year on a houseboat in the Stockton marina where police say the 36-year-old lived with her boyfriend of a decade.
The speed limit will be going up on 28 sections of road as a result of a traffic survey required every 7 years by state law. Speed limits are adjusted by how fast cars actually travel on that road.
Nurses at the Kaiser in Manteca say the hospital could be on the verge of shutting down, and that's forcing patients to drive farther away to get medical help.
Paula Camp of Kinder Camp Academy says it happens all too often. She drives up in the morning to find homeless people pitching tents right outside the front entrance.
A crackdown on smoking is underway in Manteca, where city leaders may soon ban smoking in all of its almost 60 parks.
Standing in her kitchen, Tina Mattes came face-to-face with a wanted man on the run.
The California Highway Patrol stopped the stolen bus using spike strips on Highway 120 near Sawyer Road after pursuing it for 20 miles.
Carol Castro and her 10- and 16-year-old cousins quickly jumped into action when they noticed flames coming from a home on the block.
The city of Manteca claimed the Pages had used more than 440,000 gallons of water. That's the equivalent of about 80 tanker trucks.
A suspect is now behind bars after a Manteca teen was reportedly held captive, tortured and raped for days.
