Nearly four years after Ethan Morse was declared innocent of murder charges, he and his lawyers were in a Fresno courtroom on Wednesday to repair his reputation and to accuse … Click to Continue »
Read More »Politics Talk: Kevin McCarthy As House Speaker, Nunes, Janz, Redistricting And More
Will House Republicans warm up to Kevin McCarthy as he seeks to become the next Speaker of the House? Or will members of the “Freedom Caucus” stage their own fight for the spot? Why is Democratic congressional candidate Andrew Janz focusing on Clovis in his messaging to unseat incumbent Devin …
Read More »He stopped at a Merced market to get a tea. He ended up beaten by police, he says
Merced police said Wednesday they have launched an internal affairs investigation into an incident that left a Merced man with a bleeding, swollen face and other injuries. Capt. Bimley West … Click to Continue »
Read More »Planada Elementary flood damage may reach $1 million. But there’s a ‘silver lining’
Planada Elementary School staff opened the doors to classrooms and the library of the school on March 23 and saw 5 to 7 inches of water rush out, officials said. … Click to Continue »
Read More »Minor injuries reported after minivan runs stop sign in Merced County, CHP says
Three people suffered minor injuries in a two-vehicle crash between Merced and Planada, according to California Highway Patrol. CHP Merced officers responded to calls of a traffic collision at the … Click to Continue »
Read More »Corals on Great Barrier Reef will never be the same after back-to-back heat waves, scientists say
The Great Barrier Reef suffered a catastrophic die-off after two back-to-back marine heat waves in 2016 and 2017, a new study finds – and many of its reef communities have … Click to Continue »
Read More »Delhi man’s car had no front plate. But he was arrested for what was inside, CHP says
Officers stopping a man driving with no front license plate found evidence of a marijuana sales operation in the vehicle, according to California Highway Patrol. CHP Merced officers stopped a … Click to Continue »
Read More »As New Water Treatment Plant Nears Completion, Fresno Builds On Lessons Learned
The City of Fresno has long relied on groundwater to meet its needs, but a new surface water treatment plant is slated to begin operating this summer. While the city faced complications with their last treatment plant, they’re hoping the lessons learned help solve problems before they start. Fresno’s new …
Read More »Drought returns to huge swaths of US, fueling fears of a thirsty future
Less than eight months after Hurricane Harvey pelted the Texas Gulf Coast with torrential rainfall, drought has returned to Texas and other parts of the West, Southwest and Southeast, rekindling … Click to Continue »
Read More »Python leads researchers to a big snake sex party with six males and a 15-foot, 115-pound female
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. – Wildlife experts call it a “breeding aggregation.” It’s a more respectable way of saying snake sex party. A Burmese python nicknamed “Argo” led researchers to a … Click to Continue »
Read More »They were driving in a Merced County city. Their handguns were from somewhere else
Two Delhi men were arrested this week with stolen handguns, the Merced County Sheriff’s Office reported Tuesday. Deputies stopped a 2009 Jaguar near North Ballico Avenue and El Capitan Way … Click to Continue »
Read More »Violent crime rose by 13 percent last year in Merced, police say
Violent crime in Merced rose in 2017 by 13 percent compared to the previous year, though overall crime rose by just 1 percent in the same amount of time, according … Click to Continue »
Read More »Gov. Brown vows to fight Trump over mileage rules until ‘long after we have a new president’
Gov. Jerry Brown said Tuesday that California won’t accept scaled-back federal fuel-economy standards and vowed to keep President Donald Trump tied up in court over the proposal until long after … Click to Continue »
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