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Candidates seeking to represent the new City Council district that includes south Merced appeared before community members during a forum that organizers said was the first ever to be conducted … Click to Continue »
Read More »25 years later, Anita Hill says she would testify again
Twenty-five years after Anita Hill testified during the Senate confirmation hearings for Supreme Court nominee Clarence Thomas, the acclaimed attorney and academic denounced a long list of sexual harassment and … Click to Continue »
Read More »Candidate profiles for Los Banos school board Area 2
A tense election season in Los Banos is pitting incumbent school district Trustee Tommy Jones against a former city and police department employee, Megan Goin-Soares, for the district’s Area 2 … Click to Continue »
Read More »Gang shooting ends with car crash in Merced County; suspects sought
An early morning gang shooting ended in Delhi when two vehicles crashed in the area of Shanks Road and Harmony Ranch Drive, the Merced County Sheriff’s Office reported. Detective-Sgt. Chuck … Click to Continue »
Read More »Author: Scott Peterson living in ‘the best” conditions San Quentin has to offer
Scott Peterson, who was convicted of killing his wife, Laci, and their unborn child, Conner, is living in ‘the best’ conditions one can live on Death Row in San Quentin Prison, according to an author who has claimed to have spent time with him. … Click to Continue »
Read More »Species may be listed as threatened based on climate change projections, court says
Federal authorities may list a species as “threatened” based on climate models that show habitat loss in the coming decades, an appeals court decided Monday. The state of Alaska, oil … Click to Continue »
Read More »Missouri agency considers ban on unlimited turtle hunting
At the request of environmental advocates, the Missouri conservation agency says it will consider amending the state regulation that allows for unlimited commercial hunting of wild turtles. In August, the … Click to Continue »
Read More »Atwater Apartment Fire
Ten people were displaced Monday, Oct 24, 2016, when fire gutted a small apartment complex on East Bellevue Road in Atwater. The cause of the fire remained under investigation. Rob Parsons/rparsons@mercedsunstar.com … Click to Continue »
Read More »UC Merced library hosts traveling Delta photo exhibit
The UC Merced Library is hosting a traveling exhibit of photos of the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta through November that will feature a talk with the photographer on Thursday. The exhibit, … Click to Continue »
Read More »10 people displaced in Atwater apartment fire
Nearly a dozen people were left without a home Monday when flames gutted a small apartment complex in Atwater. Firefighters were called just before 7 p.m. to 1171 E. Bellevue … Click to Continue »
Read More »Atwater man stabs brother during argument, police say
A 19-year-old Atwater man was arrested Monday after police said he stabbed his older brother during an argument. Antonio Perales was booked at 5:25 p.m. into the Merced County Jail … Click to Continue »
Read More »More rain expected for Merced area this week
A storm system is expected to bring rain to the Valley later this week, with snow in higher elevations. A National Weather Service forecast issued Monday afternoon said Tuesday would … Click to Continue »
Read More »Los Banos school board candidate’s son confesses to vandalizing opponent’s signs
The 38-year-old son of Los Banos school district candidate Gary Munoz confessed to vandalizing the campaign signs of Munoz’s opponent, incumbent Dominic Falasco, over the weekend, police said. Cmdr. Ray … Click to Continue »
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