Readers of this newspaper are likely aware of the 2020 Project – UC Merced’s ambitious plan to nearly double the physical capacity of campus and enable enrollment growth to 10,000 … Click to Continue »
Read More »Merced educators become students to learn new teaching methods
Roles were reversed for teachers of the Merced City School District as they trained on different ways to teach subjects. Teachers attended “Mini-Versity” to prepare for the upcoming school year, … Click to Continue »
Read More »Livingston denies claim on death of pedestrian
The Livingston City Council denied a claim for damages last week from the family of Bagicha Singh, who was hit and killed by a truck near Hammatt Avenue in December. … Click to Continue »
Read More »Merced Mysteries & Minutiae: County alarm policies different than new Merced ones
Recently, the city of Merced passed a false-alarm ordinance and began requiring home and business owners to get a permit for security alarms. False alarms became a nuisance for the … Click to Continue »
Read More »Merced native receives a promotion to Lieutenant Colonel
Maj. Jeffrey Michael Burnett of Merced has been promoted to lieutenant colonel and is transferring to Fort Belvoir, Va., from the U.S Embassy in Cairo. Burnett received a Defense Meritorious … Click to Continue »
Read More »Merced kids test slime, magnets, rockets in summer class
Merced school kids ended their summer program with some hands-on learning, building and flying balloon rockets, testing magnets and concocting their own slime. The World of Wonders Science Museum of … Click to Continue »
Read More »2 arrested; weapons, drugs seized by Merced gang unit, police say
Merced gang investigators seized about four ounces of methamphetamine, along with illegal weapons, marijuana and other evidence linked to alleged narcotics sales, the Police Department reported. Two people were arrested … Click to Continue »
Read More »Motorcyclist killed in Merced County crash
A 57-year-old Livermore man died when he was thrown from his motorcycle on Turlock Road, west of Hopeton, the California Highway Patrol reported. The man’s name was not released Sunday. … Click to Continue »
Read More »Pot cultivation sites raided in Merced County
Merced County Sheriff’s deputies raided a half-dozen sites on Saturday where hundreds of marijuana plants were being grown illegally, according to a sheriff’s sergeant. The harvest season for marijuana is … Click to Continue »
Read More »Crackdown ongoing as marijuana growing season rolls in
Sgt. Ray Framstad talks about Merced County’s illegal marijuana cultivation on Saturday, Aug. 6, 2016. … Click to Continue »
Read More »Los Banos rape defendant appears in court
A man charged with sexually assaulting a disabled woman after breaking into her home appeared in court briefly Friday, but did not enter a plea. Oscar Rodriguez-Zamora, 31, has been … Click to Continue »
Read More »25 people forced out of their homes in Merced apartment fire
More than two dozen people were displaced in an early-morning fire Friday that ripped through a K Street apartment complex in Merced, Fire Department officials said. Firefighters responded about 2:10 … Click to Continue »
Read More »Livingston family of fallen Sikh Marine hurt by Trump’s treatment of Gold Star parents
Five years after he was shot to death by enemy fighters in Afghanistan, Marine Cpl. Gurpreet Singh’s bedroom is still decorated in red, white and blue. His dress uniform hangs … Click to Continue »
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