Four-time heavyweight champion Evander Holyfield is the guest speaker The Carlos Vieira Foundation holds events to benefit many causes The 51 FIFTY Energy Drink sponsors it annually … Click to Continue »

An advocate for rural communities talks about the effects of pesticides in Merced County on Wednesday, March 9, 2016. … Click to Continue »

Seminar brought advocates together with researchers to build a relationship Subjects included factory farms, pesticides and local foods, among other topics Farming industry’s lobbying is strong in the state … Click to Continue »

The Virginia Smith Trust donated land for the UC Merced campus Land could still be developed for housing, retail and other uses The land was divided in half … Click to Continue »

Governors Highway Safety Association report based on first six months of 2015 California had highest rates for pedestrian fatalities 2015 numbers tripled in Merced County … Click to Continue »

Many on the high school’s boys section title team grew up in Mariposa Youth Basketball League The Mariposa County High players help as coaches in league Younger kids look up to high school players as mentors and role models … Click to Continue »

A man shot and killed Friday in Delhi has been identified as a 23-year-old Merced man. Abram Sigula Hernandez died at a Modesto hospital after he was shot while in … Click to Continue »

Jordan Bell, 38, was listed in critical condition Wednesday in Modesto Crash reported Tuesday night on Commerce Avenue in Atwater … Click to Continue »

Every day Southern California hospitals unleash millions of gallons of raw sewage into municipal sewers. … Click to Continue »

Owner of Kiona’s Farm’acy was evicted for failing to pay rent During eviction, deputies found 61 marijuana plants growing in homemade greenhouses … Click to Continue »

Second Saturdays The Merced County Arts Council and the county Office of Education present Wendy Spencer and the Singers Company at 10:30 a.m. Saturday at the Black Box Theatre, 645 … Click to Continue »

Dong Li, a professor in his first year at UC Merced, has won a prestigious award that comes with $ 500,000 in research funds from the National Science Foundation. “I’m really … Click to Continue »

The proposed bill would add $ 1.3 million to security budget at the university Officials said the school lacks some measures other campuses have Extra attention came after the knife attack on campus in November … Click to Continue »