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Tracing Tracy Territory: Downtown tour group walks back in time
So there I was Wednesday evening, standing in the center of the third-floor lodge room of the Tracy Moose hall on Sixth Street.
May 17, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
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Roe Trapasso Bridges, stands in Fabio’s Italian Restaurant’s dining room on Wednesday, May 8. Bridges will close her restaurant on May 25. Glenn Moore/Tracy Press
Tracing Tracy Territory: Fabio's to shut doors
Two new restaurants scheduled to open in the next few months on West 10th Street will take the evolving downtown restaurant scene two steps forward, but there will one step backward May 25. That w...
May 10, 2013 | 1 1 comments | 6 6 recommendations | email to a friend
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Tracing Tracy Territory: Last dropof Heinz soon to be history
The last vestiges of the H.J. Heinz Co. in Tracy will soon be history. Heinz, for more than a half-century, a principal in Tracy history, closed its local production factory in January 1998, and th...
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Tracing Tracy Territory: Good fortune of McHenry House
A fortunate confluence of circumstances led to the opening of McHenry House Tracy Family Shelter a quarter-century ago.
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Ray Morelos and his wife, Josephine, hold a photo of the early days of El Castillo Café Mexican Restaurant in the 1950s in the dining room on Wednesday, April 17. The Moreloses have decided to close the restaurant at 600 Central Ave., which has been run by their families since it opened.   Glenn Moore/Tracy Press
Tracing Tracy Territory: Longtime restaurant to become new ale house
A major change is about to alter the face of the developing restaurant and entertainment scene anchored at the corner of Sixth Street and Central Avenue. At the same corner, El Castillo Mexican Res...
Apr 19, 2013 | 9 9 comments | 26 26 recommendations | email to a friend
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Tracing Tracy Territory: Camp Tracy veteran dies in Walnut Creek
Another tie to the ultra-secret prisoner-of-war interrogation camp at Byron Hot Springs has been severed.
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Tracing Tracy Territory: Trackside treat for grandfather
by Sam Matthews
Mar 29, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 5 5 recommendations | email to a friend
A brisk, cold wind was blowing out of the Altamont hills Saturday, March 23, but that didn’t keep me from driving to Kimball High School on the west edge of town to watch a track meet. I hadn’t bee...
Tracing Tracy Territory: A double dose of San Francisco
by Sam Matthews / TP publisher emeritus
Jul 02, 2010 | 1 1 comments | 33 33 recommendations | email to a friend
The opera and the Gay Pride parade mark Sam Matthews' memorable weekend excursion to the city.
Tracing Tracy Territory: Local gets close-up look at world's best
by Sam Matthews / Tracy Press publisher emeritus
Jun 25, 2010 | 1 1 comments | 36 36 recommendations | email to a friend
Steve Lopez patrolled the fairways of Pebble Beach as a marshal for the U.S. Open this past weekend.
Tracing Tracy Territory: A sneak peek at high-speed rail
by Sam Matthews / TP publisher emeritus
Jun 17, 2010 | 20 20 comments | 40 40 recommendations | email to a friend
Tracy's mayor gets a firsthand look at a seamless system that could one day end up running through Tank Town.
Tracing Tracy Territory: Still your hometown newspaper
by Sam Matthews / TP publisher emeritus
Jun 10, 2010 | 3 3 comments | 42 42 recommendations | email to a friend
The Tracy Press might have scaled back its print production, but we haven't forgotten why we're here.
Tracing Tracy Territory: Plug pulled on football luncheon
by Sam Matthews / TP publisher emeritus
May 28, 2010 | 2 2 comments | 46 46 recommendations | email to a friend
A community tradition that dates back to the 1920s could be coming to an end.
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