Drum roll, please. The 2016 state test results are now available and scores have gone up. In this region, results in English rose significantly while math remained a tougher subject. … Click to Continue »
Read More »Dozens escape fire at Merced complex
Dozens of people were forced from their apartments Wednesday, Aug. 24, 2016, as a blaze burned a complex on the edge of Merced’s city limits, according to the city’s fire chief. … Click to Continue »
Read More »Dozens escape fire at Merced complex
Dozens of people were forced from their apartments Wednesday as a blaze burned a complex on the edge of Merced’s city limits, according to the city’s fire chief. Merced city … Click to Continue »
Read More »Teenage pedestrian struck by car on highway near Atwater, dies
A 15-year-old Atwater boy was killed Wednesday when he was struck by a car on Highway 99, just south of Applegate Road, the California Highway Patrol reported. The teenager’s identity … Click to Continue »
Read More »Merced deputies help a kindergartner be ready for school
A night that started with Merced County Sheriff’s deputies seizing weapons and drugs from a Winton home ended with them helping a 5-year-old boy get ready for his first day … Click to Continue »
Read More »Atwater day care shut down amid child abuse allegations
The owner of an Atwater daycare center is under investigation after reports surfaced accusing her of strapping a child to a toilet, punishing another for vomiting and bruising a child … Click to Continue »
Read More »Merced County sheriff’s detectives launch new Facebook page
Merced County sheriff’s detectives have a new Facebook page to provide an additional means of direct communication with investigators working some of the area’s most serious criminal cases. The page, … Click to Continue »
Read More »Fire burning Merced apartments
A fire is burning at an apartment complex on Yosemite Parkway on Wednesday, Aug. 24, 2016. … Click to Continue »
Read More »After intense debate, California Assembly OKs climate legislation aimed at pollution reduction
SACRAMENTO, Calif.-The California Assembly approved a second measure on climate change Wednesday after a contentious debate about the benefits of environmental regulations and whether the provisions go far enough to increase legislative oversight of state regulators. … Click to Continue »
Read More »Initial results: Recall election of Los Banos school trustee too close to call
Initial results from Tuesday’s special election suggest it’s too close to call if John Mueller will keep his seat on the Los Banos Unified School District Board. According to unofficial … Click to Continue »
Read More »Voter count low in recall election, polls remain open
Through the first 10 hours of open polls Tuesday, fewer than 40 people have voted in the special election asking residents if Los Banos school district trustee John Mueller should … Click to Continue »
Read More »Richie Ramone and Izzy Malik will rock for cancer
One of the many burdens being diagnosed with cancer comes with is figuring out how to pay for the treatments. To help patients cover their co-payments, El Portal Merced Cancer … Click to Continue »
Read More »Gustine man reports imaginary killers, jailed for guns, drugs
A Gustine man hallucinating under the influence of methamphetamine landed in jail Monday after calling 911 saying several people were trying to kill him, the Merced County Sheriff’s Office reported. … Click to Continue »
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