Mariposa Fire Mountain Community Fire Information

A cautionary notice on the water toxicity in San Luis Reservoir has become more severe, the California Department of Water Resources reported Tuesday. Recent testing of the cyanobacteria (blue-green) algal … Click to Continue »

Those faithful to the memory of Condit Country glory days of the 1980s and ’90s, when Gary Condit seemed to enjoy rock-star status around Modesto before his stunning fall from … Click to Continue »

Three finalists for Merced College’s top position answered questions from the community Tuesday during the first of a series of public forums being held as part of the search for … Click to Continue »

There is something for everyone in Merced County to enjoy this Halloween; whether residents like carving pumpkins, taking on zombies and haunted hayrides, or enjoying wrestling matches and movie nights, … Click to Continue »

Incumbent Los Banos school district Trustee Carole Duffy is being challenged in her re-election bid by local realtor Marg Benton, for the district’s Area 6 school board seat. Benton and … Click to Continue »

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 »

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 »

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 »

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 »

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 »

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 »

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 »

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 »