It’s time we address our fears and find a way going forward to live with COVID-19 PERSPECTIVE
Fear is it winning?
It is a legitimate question as we are within 30 days of having lived a year in some form of lockdown due to the COVID-19 lockdown.
More than a century ago the world got through a much deadlier pandemic by far in terms of death toll and the people who got sick plus the First World War. They did so with a less robust healthcare system, less science, and no social media.
California is on the verge of qualifying a gubernatorial recall election driven heavily by how Gavin Newsom has handled the pandemic. We have some schools with in-person learning and a lot of school districts where students haven’t seen the inside of a classroom for almost a year.
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By allowing ads to appear on this site, you support the local businesses who, in turn, support great journalism. Downtown Manteca: 209’s biggest art canvas Volunteers work on the mural on the side of the Spin Cycle dubbed “All Aboard”. It celebrates the completion of the last physical link of the Transcontinental Railroad at Mossdale Crossing in Lathrop on Sept. 8, 1869.
Tracy has the Grand Theatre for the Arts. Stockton has the Haggin Museum. Turlock has the Carnegie Arts Center. Modesto has the Mistlin Gallery. And Manteca has its downtown murals.
When it comes to art displays nobody in the 209 has a bigger arts venue or larger canvasses than Manteca.