A Newark teenager died in a crash south of Newman Friday morning. Andrew Pereira, 19, was traveling at “an unsafe speed” northbound on Canal School Road from Highway 33 at … Click to Continue »

Merced’s holiday spirit will be at full tilt this weekend with a parade, concert, ballet and more planned. Merced’s 22nd annual Christmas parade and other festivities, planned by the Active … Click to Continue »

In less than an hour, two separate incidents Thursday evening left two pedestrians dead and investigators searching for answers. Investigators on Friday were searching for the driver of a pickup … Click to Continue »

Livingston Councilman-elect Wapinder Kang said he’s made a decision on whether he’ll be a councilman or police officer but will not reveal his decision until speaking with the city attorney, … Click to Continue »

For fossil-fuel foes fighting a new generation of U.S. pipelines, Donald Trump’s election as president may be somewhat beside the point. Instead of engaging a federal bureaucracy they believe will … Click to Continue »

Bottlenose dolphins swimming off the Florida Everglades, beloved for zipping alongside lonely boaters in the remote bays and rivers chiseled out of the vast marshes, have the highest levels of … Click to Continue »

For 20 years, the Merced Academy of Dance has provided people in Atwater and surrounding communities with an opportunity to watch ballet in their own backyard – something the troupe … Click to Continue »

A 21-year-old Merced woman was killed Thursday, the second pedestrian to be killed in the same night in Merced County. Officers were called around 6 p.m. to the area of … Click to Continue »

A man was killed on Winton Way south of Santa Fe Drive on Thursday, Dec. 1, 2016, after being hit by a truck that fled the scene, the California Highway Patrol reported. … Click to Continue »

The City Council election in Livingston remains a cliffhanger that may not come to a head until the last moment, when the election is certified. Preliminary results show Wapinder Kang, … Click to Continue »

The Christmas season is upon us, with holiday shoppers beginning to rush about in the cooling December air. While many Merced residents find the chill of oncoming winter refreshing, there … Click to Continue »

A man in his 40s was killed Thursday night when he was struck by a pickup truck that fled the scene, the California Highway Patrol confirmed. Officers were called at … Click to Continue »

The entrance of the Merced Golf and Country Club on Thursday was filled with a pile of basketballs, toy cars, board games, dolls, action figures and stuffed animals under a … Click to Continue »