At Best Buy in Merced, minutes before 5 p.m. on Thanksgiving Day, dozens of people started folding up their lawn chairs and blankets after waiting in long lines for several … Click to Continue »

Vehicles lined up in all directions were “crazy” all day at a Merced gas station that got in on the Black Friday spirit for the first time this year, according … Click to Continue »

A 36-year-old Dos Palos man was stabbed Thanksgiving night during an argument that was sparked when he felt his wife’s cousin was “being too friendly” with her, the Dos Palos … Click to Continue »

Fire raced through a garage early Friday, gutting part of a home on the northern outskirts of Merced and displacing three people, including an elderly couple. Rob Parsons/rparsons@mercedsunstar.com … Click to Continue »

Fire raced through a garage early Friday, gutting part of a home on the northern outskirts of Merced and displacing three people, including an elderly couple. Calfire Merced County firefighters … Click to Continue »

Management and business economics major Christopher Bernal is leaving a legacy at UC Merced as the first student to establish an endowed scholarship to support other UC Merced students in … Click to Continue »

During this year’s Giving Tuesday – an international day of giving held each year on the first Tuesday after Thanksgiving – UC Merced will honor the late professor Will Shadish … Click to Continue »

The West’s most powerful water managers held an emergency conference call on the morning before Thanksgiving to consider the same question people across the country are asking: What will the … Click to Continue »

It started Tuesday with a string of threatening phone calls from someone claiming to be with the Internal Revenue Service. “This last one said, ‘We’re going to turn this in … Click to Continue »

Before the month is over, Golden Valley Health Centers will be delivering 10 refurbished laptops and three iPads to the Boys & Girls Club of Merced County, according to a … Click to Continue »

District 2 county Supervisor incumbent Hub Walsh has conceded his seat to challenger Lee Lor following newly released election results that showed Lor in the lead. “I’ve been honored to … Click to Continue »

The friends of an 11-year-old Merced girl are helping her fight cancer with braceletts, bottles, cans and a lot of love. Dakota Anderson has been fighting cancer since she was … Click to Continue »

A 10-month-old baby from Merced spent his first Thanksgiving surrounded by his parents and community members at the American Legion Hall on Main Street. His mom, May Yang, filled his … Click to Continue »