The vacant house next to Jay Bonieja’s Merced home has been a hotbed for squatting, cooking fires, drug use, violence and nudity. He’s complained many times and filed numerous reports … Click to Continue »
Read More »Car crashes into Merced house, multiple injuries reported
A gray Mazda crashed into a house on the corner of R Street and W 22nd Street after the driver of a white Honda attempted to make a turn, according to Merced Police Department officials. mvelez@mercedsun-star.com … Click to Continue »
Read More »Car crashes into Merced house, multiple injuries reported
A 20-year-old driver was injured Sunday in a two car collision that sent one of the cars careening off of R Street in Merced where it slammed into a house, … Click to Continue »
Read More »Trump’s climate view is closely held secret at leaky White House
Donald Trump insists he’s an environmentalist. But on the biggest issue of the day – the origins of climate change – his exact position remains a mystery. In his 31-minute … Click to Continue »
Read More »Tesla’s Elon Musk says he’ll quit White House role if Trump dumps Paris accord
SAN FRANCISCO – Elon Musk may be just about done with President Donald Trump. Musk, who heads Tesla and SpaceX, is ready to quit the White House advisory councils he … Click to Continue »
Read More »Merced police shut down indoor marijuana grow house
Merced police confiscated about 350 marijuana plants on Wednesday from a Merced home that renters used as an indoor grow. Police received a call from PG&E about a home in … Click to Continue »
Read More »Merced parent gives guitar to student whose house burned, was burglarized
Alejandro Baez gifted his guitar to his daughter’s classmate at Chenoweth Elementary School so 12-year-old Joe Tapetillo III could pursue his dream to be a musician after his guitar was stolen when his house caught fire last year. … Click to Continue »
Read More »This 12-year-old lost his house to a fire and his guitar to a thief. But, thanks to a kind gesture, the music is back.
First, a fire ripped through the home of young Joe Tapetillo III. With their home half-destroyed and uninhabitable, the boy and his family were forced to move to a hotel … Click to Continue »
Read More »Need a GED, job training or language skills? Merced Adult School holds open house
Merced County adults working to earn high school diplomas, U.S. citizenship and career training will discuss their experiences and achievements Thursday during an open house event that organizers hope will … Click to Continue »
Read More »3 officers injured in Los Banos house fire (Raw video)
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Read More »3 Los Banos police officers suffer minor injuries at house fire; 2 people pulled from burning home
Three police officers are being treated for smoke inhalation following a large house fire in Los Banos. The officers’ names were not immediately available. The fire was reported shortly before … Click to Continue »
Read More »SLOStringer killed in crash on Hwy. 101 on his way to house fire in Atascadero
Matthew Frank, the local photographer and news gatherer known as SLOStringer, was killed early Tuesday morning in a crash north of the Cuesta Grade while driving responding to a house … Click to Continue »
Read More »Merced firefighters seeking information in suspicious house fire investigation
Authorities are asking for the public’s help in an investigaiton into a suspicious fire that damaged two homes earlier this week in Merced. “Anyone with information can contact the tipline. … Click to Continue »
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