Tag Archives: Downtown

While the impeachment inquiry carried on in Washington, pockets of people took to the streets across the country on Thursday to support President Trump. One anti-impeachment rally took place in Bakersfield. Dozens of people gathered along California Avenue to protest the Democrats’ impeachment inquiry in Congress and to show their …

Tina Vanderpluym and her staff have been busy the past couple of days preparing and dipping 2,000 caramel apples. The staff had 1,200 apples placed on trays, laid out on … Click to Continue »

A Merced couple was arrested Thursday for allegedly torching their downtown business inside a 91-year-old building on Main Street, according to investigators. No one was injured in the Dec. 18, … Click to Continue »

A lane on Highway 99 and intersection in Merced will be closed until the late afternoon Tuesday after the driver of a semi-truck lost control of the vehicle, which landed … Click to Continue »

Part of the old El Capitan Hotel began to come down on Thursday, showing some of the first signs of a changing face for downtown Merced. The former apartment building … Click to Continue »

A couple was arrested in downtown Merced this week for alleged gang and drug crimes, according to Merced police. The Gang Violence Suppression Unit spoke to 38-year-old Robert Gonzalez of … Click to Continue »

Last week we brought you an investigative story about a secretive building in downtown Fresno that’s being used to process individuals coming into custody of Immigration and Customs Enforcement, or ICE . There’s no sign on the building, its address is not listed on the agency’s website, and immigration attorneys …

The opening of the UC Merced Downtown Center on Tuesday was heralded by leaders as a sign of a greater intertwining of relationships between the school and city. The $ 45 … Click to Continue »

Said to eventually hold about 370 employees, the $ 45 million UC Merced Downtown Center opened its first floor on Tuesday, Jan. 23, 2018. … Click to Continue »

The $ 45 million UC Merced Downtown Center was opened on Tuesday, Jan. 23, 2018. Construction continues on the building though employees will begin using it, according to officials. … Click to Continue »

UPDATE 12/7/17: The Fresno City Council voted 7-0 to approve the sale of the lot and Inyo and M for the planned hotel development. A long-vacant dirt lot next to the Fresno Convention Center Exhibit Hall could soon become a 200 room hotel, under a deal that is scheduled to …

The former Masonic Lodge on East Green Street in downtown Tehachapi is soon to become the new home of the city’s branch of the Kern County Library . The move to the new, larger, more modern space has been long awaited by the residents of the mountain community. We spoke …

A long-vacant dirt lot next to the Fresno Convention Center Exhibit Hall could soon become a 200 room hotel, under a deal that is scheduled to go before the city council next Thursday. The agreement would involve the city selling the three-quarter acre lot at Inyo and “M” Streets to …