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Yosemite Falls, Bridalveil Fall, and other waterfalls in Yosemite Valley are flowing again after a series of storms over the weekend produced just under two inches of rain in Yosemite Valley. Yosemite Falls, which has been dry for several months due to an exceptionally dry year, is flowing again for …

Dr. Sukhjit Dhillon, an emergency medicine physician at UCSF Fresno, says she is concerned that the recent increase in COVID-19 cases will once again overwhelm hospital emergency rooms. New hospital admissions due to COVID-19 have increased in Fresno County by 71 percent in the past week, according to the U.S. …

Last week, Fresno County businesses celebrated that the county had advanced into the red, less restrictive tier of the state’s COVID-19 reopening plan. Then, this past Tuesday, they learned that they may be forced to close back up again, as early as next week, if the county’s case rate doesn’t …

Earlier this year, Fresno County stopped taking new applications for foster parents, citing a lack of resources to process them. While the county resumed taking applications this month, there’s still a backlog. The state established new rules for all caretakers of foster kids in 2015 to eliminate the separate processes …

New questions emerged Friday as the search continued for an 88-year-old Merced woman who apparently walked away from her senior-care facility a day earlier. Beverly Flores was reported missing at … Click to Continue »

One of the most controversial and influential leaders of the Fresno Unified School District Board of Trustees has announced he won’t be running for reelection. Fresno Unified Board trustee Brooke Ashjian made the announcement outside of the district’s headquarters. “So today, I announce that I won’t be running for school …

In its latest legal salvo against California, the Department of Justice announced Monday it is filing suit against what it branded an “extreme’’ state law that tries to give California … Click to Continue »

An abandoned building in Winton that burned two years ago was up in flames once more on Wednesday night, officials at Merced County Cal Fire reported. The building, located between … Click to Continue »

The Trump administration is once again calling for the complete elimination of a heating assistance program that helps to keep the homes of low-income families warm, including thousands of homes … Click to Continue »

Two suspected gang members were arrested last week in Le Grand after a foot chase with Merced police gang investigators, the Police Department reported Tuesday. Both men were armed with … Click to Continue »

The storms have passed and California’s dry winter has returned, raising the specter that the state could be entering another drought less than a year after the last one officially … Click to Continue »

In this very important month for the bald eagle, Terrence Ingram is trying to upend conventional wisdom about our majestic national symbol. He lacks the academic bona fides of an … Click to Continue »

Merced City School District students took the top spots in the elementary and junior high Merced County spelling bee competitions, according to officials. Sixth-grader Nikhil Parikh from Sheehy Elementary and … Click to Continue »