The most exciting encounters I’ve ever had with wildlife have occurred while hiking or camping – deer, elk, coyotes, eagles, newts, snakes, bobcats, bears, a wide range of birds and … Click to Continue »

UC Davis Chancellor Linda Katehi met with demonstrators camping out in her office on Tuesday, March 15, 2016, absorbing sharp criticism of her service – since ended – on corporate boards, positions critics say were at odds with her job as leader of the university. Katehi eventually left the unscheduled …

6-month-old girl airlifted to Sacramento; condition unknown … Click to Continue »

Maintenance costs prompt owner to test market Camp could remain for 4-Hers through new arrangement Stanislaus County Farm Bureau owns site … Click to Continue »

One dead, one airlifted to Modesto hospital … Click to Continue »

The Merced County Sheriff’s Office has identified the man killed Sunday in a crash on Highway 99 as 19-year-old Jack Vann. The California Highway Patrol said the 2004 Chevrolet Tahoe … Click to Continue »

The private school was given materials by a lumber yard The school looks to study sustainability … Click to Continue »

A column on parenting and parenthood … Click to Continue »

Architecture and urban design are in the throes of a green fever dream: Everywhere you look there are plans for “sustainable” buildings, futuristic eco-cities, even vertical aquaponic farms in the sky, each promising to redeem the ecologically sinful modern city and bring its inhabitants back into harmony with nature. This …

Spring veggies A “Spring Vegetable Garden” class is scheduled for 11 a.m. Saturday at Merced Gardens and Nursery, 1007 Tahoe St. Presented by University of California Cooperative Extension master gardeners, … Click to Continue »

Scholarship luncheon aids 22 students in Stanislaus and Merced counties Other ag education programs also benefit CEO, recent graduate both urge internships … Click to Continue »

Suspected of attempting to ignite an explosive device San Jose man has family in Modesto … Click to Continue »

March 14 served as a salute to a mathematical symbol and a newly chartered fraternity at UC Merced, which celebrated with lots of whipped cream in the face. … Click to Continue »