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On Saturday, July 17, 2010, the Yosemite Youth Conservation Corps (YCC) held their 37th annual Parents Day at Badger Pass in Yosemite National Park. Parents Day marks the half-way point for teenagers participating in the YCC program at Yosemite, and provides an opportunity for parents to see their children spend …
Read More »Parents Need Help With An Expensive Commodity: Diapers
Shantay Balch of the B.L.A.C.K. Wellness and Prosperity Center says community advocacy groups are seeing a daily increase in requests for basic supplies, including diapers. “Calls are nonstop to agencies,” she said, including her own, First 5 Fresno County and the Fresno EOC. “They’re just nonstop. Diapers. Diapers, formula, water, …
Read More »Parents Of Joaquin Arambula Donate $100,000 To Group Opposing Dyer Mayoral Campaign
The family of a local legislator has made significant donations to a committee formed to oppose the mayoral campaign of former Fresno Police Chief Jerry Dyer. Campaign filings show that between October and November, Juan and Amy Arambula, the parents of Fresno County Assemblymember Joaquin Arambula, donated nearly $ 100,000 …
Read More »County Taking Applications Again For Foster Parents; Still A Backlog Due To New State Rules
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 …
Read More »Five-year-old girl and her parents killed in Stockton Mother’s Day shooting; 2 others injured
A 5-year-old girl and her parents were killed during a Mother’s Day shooting in their Stockton home, the city’s Police Department announced early Monday morning. Two other men, believed to … Click to Continue »
Read More »Parents react to Golden Valley High School lockdown in Merced
Parents of Golden Valley High School students react after learning the school was placed on lockdown as law enforcement agencies responded to a false report of an active shooter in Merced, Calif., on Friday, April, 20, 2018. … Click to Continue »
Read More »Shooting threat at high school was false, but it still shook Merced students, parents
On a day when high school students walked out of thousands of campuses across the country to advocate for stricter gun control, students at Merced’s Golden Valley High School felt … Click to Continue »
Read More »Parents should be more active in students’ education. Merced County educators explain
Finding ways to help parents become more involved in their childrens’ education and schools has been an enduring goal for Merced County educators. The Merced County Office of Education, Merced … Click to Continue »
Read More »Police questioning Atwater parents who disappeared after infant died
Police said they have now been in contact with an Atwater couple they had difficulty finding after their 2-month-old baby died this week. Police asked early Thursday for the public’s … Click to Continue »
Read More »A baby died in Merced hospital. Then her parents disappeared
Police are looking for the public’s help to find the parents of an infant who died earlier this week at Mercy Medical Center, Atwater police said on Thursday. Emergency responders … Click to Continue »
Read More »Teens beat up their Muslim classmate. Was it about race? Parents and police disagree
A Muslim teenage girl was badly beaten by a group of teens in a Boca Raton park Thursday afternoon. A video taken by a bystander went viral, prompting the question: … Click to Continue »
Read More »These Merced County parents were arrested because their kids missed school, DA says
Eight Merced County parents have been arrested this month for failing to send their children to school, according to the Merced County District Attorney’s office. The arrests come about two … Click to Continue »
Read More »Baby tests positive for meth. So do parents, now behind bars, police report.
A Modesto couple face felony charges of child endangerment after their 10-month-old daughter was found to have methamphetamine in her system, police report. Margarita Adams told officers she was sleeping … Click to Continue »
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