A faith-based grassroots organization in the San Joaquin Valley is ramping up its resources and engaging its network of people to help communities that could be targeted by immigration raids this weekend. The New York Times reported Thursday morning Immigration and Customs Enforcement is expected to arrest and deport thousands …
Read More »‘Oildale’ Film Features Community As Backdrop For Story About Loss And Healing
Four years after the Hollywood blockbuster McFarland, USA, another film is featuring a small town in Kern County. This time it’s right outside Bakersfield in the unincorporated community of Oildale. The movie’s a fictional family drama, but the filmmakers say it pays tribute to the community’s musical heritage and its …
Read More »Community Engagement At Center Of New State Law On Air Protection
When it comes to monitoring air quality, we typically turn to air regulators, like the state and the local San Joaquin Valley Air Pollution Control District. But a recent state law is taking on a new strategy: Putting air quality in the hands of the community. And one person who’s …
Read More »Over A Hundred Organizations And Community Leaders Endorsed It, So Why Didn’t Measure P Pass?
If Measure P had passed, it would have created a 3/8 cent sales tax to fund parks and trail maintenance, and arts programming over the next thirty years. The “Yes on P” campaign was advocating for safe, clean parks. But in one advertisement from a Measure P opposition group , …
Read More »Reporting “Fresno’s Divide” Wraps Up With Open Community Conversations
There’s a divide in Fresno. The north part of the city – the area above Shaw Avenue — has more parks, better schools. And the meat rendering plant? It’s in Southwest Fresno. The project has been in partnership with Arizona State University’s News Co/Lab to improve transparency in journalism, and …
Read More »Eight Months After Las Vegas Shooting, A Community Still Seeks Healing
The tragic shooting at the Route 91 Harvest Festival last October in Las Vegas has largely faded from the headlines and Twitter timelines in recent months. But the story of the worst mass shooting in modern American history – a tragedy which left 58 dead – didn’t end when the …
Read More »Mariposa County Community Health Assessment (CHA) Report is COMPLETED!!
Who are Laotians? Merced’s Lao educates with ‘New Year’ celebration for community
For the first time in about 30 years, the Central Valley’s Laotians, Hmong and other people calling the Southeast Asian country of Laos their ethnic home openly celebrated the Lao … Click to Continue »
Read More »Participate in the Mariposa County Community Survey
Citizens are encouraged to share their thoughts an opinions in an online community survey about County services.
Read More »What does the ‘Community College Promise’ mean for Merced?
As tuition has steadily risen at four–year institutions over the last two decades, millions of students have turned to community colleges as a fiscally responsible option for earning higher-education degrees … Click to Continue »
Read More »Save the Date!!! Community Health Assessment Results Event
The Mariposa County Health Department would like to invite you to “Mariposa Advocates for Everyone’s Right to a Healthy Life” An Event held as part of National Public Health Week Friday, April 06, 2018 , 1:30 – 3:00 PM
Read More »‘Treasure’ of Los Banos community remembered after fatal crash near Chowchilla
Los Banos leaders and community members this week are mourning the death of one of the city’s most venerated icons. Joe Cox, a 92-year-old Los Banos resident who was an … Click to Continue »
Read More »A COMMUNITY FORUM
GIVE YOUR OPINION & HEAR IDEAS COMMUNITY HEALTH ASSESSMENT FOR MARIPOSA COUNTY What would a healthier Mariposa County look like? What are your main concerns about health and well being? What are your ideas for improving the health of County residents?
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