Organizers of a fundraiser for a 7-year-old girl fighting a rare form of cancer were stunned by the support they received at a Saturday, Feb. 4, yard sale. “I’m blown away,” said Steve Abercrombie...
Kids earn kudos for patriotic essays La-isha Otto, a seventh-grade student at Monte Vista Middle School, and Andrew Haynes, a fifth-grader at Freiler School, know why they pledge allegiance to the American flag each morning at school....
Accolades: Kimball High principal wins award Cheryl Domenichelli remembers standing in a field off Lammers Road alongside a small farmhouse. Four years later in the same place, she’s proud to be getting the first senior class at Tracy’s newes...
Accolades: Foundation helps local charities Several local charities received grants during the past year from the Community Foundation of San Joaquin. The foundation, a local philanthropic organization, doled out a total of $138,850 in 2011...
Accolades: City engineer honored by national association Kuldeep Sharma, Tracy’s assistant director of development and engineering services, will mentor a younger generation of public works professionals as a leadership fellow of the American Public Work...
Accolades: Aspiring Eagle paints backstops; FFA-ers earn honors Scout tends to diamond Looking at the chipped, green paint covering the Kimball High baseball backstops, Nathan Van Katwyk knew it was time for a change. The 16-year-old junior, who played in ...
Bikers beef up Interfaith toy stores The local chapter of the Henchmen Motorcycle Club made its annual donation of more than 500 toys to Tracy Interfaith Ministries on Tuesday, Dec. 6. Accordi...
Six Advanced Placement art students from West High School have been successful in a holiday card art contest sponsored by the California Transplant Donor Network, including the third-place winner, ...
U.S. Air Force Airman 1st Class Lemuel J. Cruz, a graduate of West High School, recently graduated from basic military training at Lackland Air Force Base in San Antonio, Texas. Cruz completed eig...
Tracy resident Kahlie Colwell, a freshman at Biola University, has been awarded the school’s President’s Scholarship for the 2011-12 year. The $9,000 annual award, the highest given by the univer...
Local students help jump past world record Eighty-five boys and girls at New Jerusalem School in rural Tracy joined first lady Michelle Obama and people in every state and around the world in a...
Eight piano students from Tracy played this summer at the Music Teacher’s Association of California convention. The performers were Nicole Wright, a junior at West High School; Mikaela Mizuno, a J...