Early Thursday morning, gymnast Sunisa Lee became the first Hmong American to win a gold medal for team USA. And just as her hometown community in Minnesota cheered her on, the San Joaquin Valley’s Hmong community was watching as well. Geri Yang-Johnson of Fresno has never met Sunisa Lee, but …
Read More »‘Sunisa Lee Represents All Of US’ – Fresno’s Hmong Community Celebrates Sunisa Lee’s Olympic Gold
Early Thursday morning, gymnast Sunisa Lee became the first Hmong American to win a gold medal for team USA. And just as her hometown community in Minnesota cheered her on, the San Joaquin Valley’s Hmong community was watching as well. Geri Yang-Johnson of Fresno has never met Sunisa Lee, but …
Read More »Inaugural ‘UC Merced Day’ Paints Capitol Bobcat Blue and Gold
UC Merced students, alumni, leaders and supporters were in Sacramento last week to advocate for full state funding for the University of California and to promote the unique opportunities and … Click to Continue »
Read More »This stolen gold coin should be easy to recognize. It’s the size of a manhole cover
Brother, can you spare a gigantic gold coin? Hundreds of special German police officers executed raids across several buildings across southern Berlin early Wednesday, nabbing four suspects in the hunt … Click to Continue »
Read More »Gold Fire (Calaveras County)
Gold Fire Incident Information: Last Updated: July 05, 2017 9:20 pm Date/Time Started: July 05, 2017 4:56 pm Administrative Unit: CAL FIRE Tuolumne-Calaveras Unit County: Calaveras County Location: off Gold Strike Road and Cemetery Lane, San Andreas Acres Burned – Containment: 22 acres – 100% contained Long/Lat: -120.67848/38.20176
Read More »Elementary students learn about life in Gold Rush era
To learn about the California Gold Rush era, students at John C. Fremont Elementary went “back in time” Wednesday to experience life in the mid-1800s, according to the Merced City … Click to Continue »
Read More »Livingston family of fallen Sikh Marine hurt by Trump’s treatment of Gold Star parents
Five years after he was shot to death by enemy fighters in Afghanistan, Marine Cpl. Gurpreet Singh’s bedroom is still decorated in red, white and blue. His dress uniform hangs … Click to Continue »
Read More »New California Gold Rush beckons wind developers off coast
When turbines start spinning at the first U.S. offshore wind farm near Rhode Island later this year, some energy developers will already be eyeing a bigger prize. … Click to Continue »
Read More »Merced museum has “Gold Fever!”
The traveling exhibit is up for seven weeks It’s focused on stories that are not told in textbooks Snelling was a hotbed of dredging, a mechanized process to find gold … Click to Continue »
Read More »Merced museum has “Gold Fever!”
Merced County Courthouse Museum opens the “Good Fever!” exhibit at 5 p.m. on Thursday. Docent Herb Wood talked … Click to Continue »
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