Fifteen-year-old Sandra Hernandez can’t get this one Tuesday morning out of her head. “All I was thinking at that time was ‘I wanted my dad back,’” she said. “I wanted him to get in the car and for us to go to school like any other day.” Her father, Hugo …
Read More »Cymric Oil Seep Appears To Have Stopped – But Now There’s A Much Bigger One
In early July, our sister station KQED first reported a huge oil seep in the Cymric Oilfield of western Kern County. At that time, hundreds of thousands of gallons of oil had been bubbling up to the surface for more than two months, yet neither the public nor lawmakers had …
Read More »He stopped at a Merced market to get a tea. He ended up beaten by police, he says
Merced police said Wednesday they have launched an internal affairs investigation into an incident that left a Merced man with a bleeding, swollen face and other injuries. Capt. Bimley West … Click to Continue »
Read More »These drivers were stopped for traffic violations. But then CHP’s K9s were called
Two California Highway Patrol Merced K9s uncovered large drug operations this week. At about 2 p.m on Tuesday, a male suspect’s vehicle was stopped by CHP officers for tinted windows … Click to Continue »
Read More »Merced County CHP stopped him going 103 mph. Then they found his duffel bag
Officers stopped a man exceeding 100 mph through Merced County, before finding a large amount of cash in the car, according to the California Highway Patrol. Officers stopped a 2017 … Click to Continue »
Read More »Rider injured when motorcycle slams into stopped truck near Merced
A Mariposa man riding a motorcycle east on Santa Fe Drive slammed into a stopped truck at the Beachwood Drive intersection about 11 a.m. Wednesday, Aug. 2, 2017, according to CHP. … Click to Continue »
Read More »Trains stopped after rail bridge catches fire southeast of Merced
All trains on the Union Pacific rail line southeast of Merced have stopped after the Duck Slough Bridge caught fire Thursday afternoon, California Highway Patrol and fire officials said. CHP … Click to Continue »
Read More »Carrying a sawed-off shotgun on a BMX and stopped for unsafe riding
Unsafe bike riding caused an alleged gang member to be arrested for carrying a sawed-off shotgun in southeast Fresno, police reported. Daniel Lee Jones, 35, a Mohammad gang associate, was … Click to Continue »
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