The nation’s heart experts tightened the guidelines for high blood pressure Monday, a change that will sharply increase the number of U.S. adults considered hypertensive in the hope that they, … Click to Continue »
Read More »30 million of us got high blood pressure today – because the guidelines were changed
The nation’s heart experts tightened the guidelines for high blood pressure Monday, a change that will sharply increase the number of U.S. adults considered hypertensive in the hope that they, … Click to Continue »
Read More »Here’s where all the marching bands were on Veterans Day
Marching bands from across the state came to compete Saturday, Nov. 11, 2017, in the 58th annual Central Valley Band Review at Golden Valley High School in Merced. … Click to Continue »
Read More »2 Merced teens were killed in 2013. One of the suspects has changed his plea.
Jury selection was underway Tuesday for an alleged Atwater gang member charged with killing two teenagers at house party on Westside Boulevard over Easter weekend in 2013. Jose L. Botello, … Click to Continue »
Read More »They were driving with expired registration. Then police dog a smelled something
Two men were arrested over the weekend in Los Banos after police found more than a dozen grams of methamphetamine during a routine traffic stop on Mercey Springs Road, the … Click to Continue »
Read More »The roofers were working hard. But when the anthem played in the distance, they stood
As debate over the acceptability of protests during the national anthem rages on, one image of roofers interrupting their labor to stand for the patriotic song has spread quickly online. … Click to Continue »
Read More »Atwater cops say they were investigating a domestic violence report but found heroin
A 41-year-old man landed behind bars early Thursday after police came to his Atwater home to investigate a domestic violence report but found nearly a pound of heroin instead, the … Click to Continue »
Read More »Can McDonald’s sell vegans on a soy-based burger? We’re about to find out.
We already have McNuggets, McRibs and McMuffins — and now McDonald’s is adding the “McVegan” to the mix. In Finland, at least. The fast-food company announced that it is trying … Click to Continue »
Read More »10 Merced parents were arrested because they didn’t send their kids to school, DA says
Ten Merced parents were arrested last week as part of a countywide truancy sweep targeting parents who are failing to send their children to school, the Merced County District Attorney’s … Click to Continue »
Read More »All 35 of the University of California’s highest-paid employees in 2016 were men
Some keys to earning more than $ 1 million as a University of California employee: Be a doctor. Or a coach. Or maybe an administrator. Also, be a man. The 35 … Click to Continue »
Read More »They were running from Chowchilla police, officers say. They were done in by a curb
Chowchilla police arrested two men inside of a stolen van full of “burglary tools,” officers said on Monday Officers on patrol saw a black SUV Monday morning that fit the … Click to Continue »
Read More »‘We’re still here.’ Mariposa hotel owner clings to hope as fire rages
– Thousands of men and women fled their homes and businesses in Mariposa this week as the roaring Detwilder Fire consumed thousands of acres of wildland. But Mary Foster stayed … Click to Continue »
Read More »Merced lounge suspect now in custody; attorney says police were ‘irresponsible’
Deputies arrested the robbery suspect Merced police say was in a downtown hookah lounge the night of a chaotic and violent confrontation with police, triggering protests in the days that … Click to Continue »
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