Merced County’s top administrator sold back vacation and sick time in 2017 and took home an extra $ 30,950, more than the per capita salary for a county resident, according to … Click to Continue »
Read More »Merced County plan to ban outdoor weed growth hurts the poor and sick, advocates say
Merced County is making moves to reverse its stance on growing marijuana outdoors, which advocates say will affect the poorest and sickest medical cannabis users. The Merced County Board of … Click to Continue »
Read More »He sold powder to kill roaches, bed bugs in Los Banos. It made children sick
A San Jose man who sold “dangerous cockroach powder” in Los Banos and other area cities was sentenced to six months in prison, the state Department of Pesticide Regulation announced … Click to Continue »
Read More »This heatwave is making people sick. Emergency calls on the rise in Merced
Temperatures in the Central Valley consistently hit triple-digits, Merced fire fighters have seen an increase in calls for heat-related illnesses and fires, officials said. Lately, the Merced Fire Department has … Click to Continue »
Read More »Atwater man charged with two homicides is a ‘sick and twisted killer,’ prosecutors say
An Atwater man accused of stabbing another to death did so out of anger in a drug-fueled encounter in which the victim threatened the life of the stabber, his defense … Click to Continue »
Read More »Unused vacation, sick pay cost Merced County more than $1 million in 2016
Merced County paid more than $ 1 million at the end of 2016 to employees who cashed out unused sick and vacation time, a perk officials say encourages staffers to come … Click to Continue »
Read More »Part-time paid sick leave law takes effect
A new law takes effect today that will require businesses to offer paid sick time to all employees, either full or part-time.
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