Mariposa Fire Mountain Community Fire Information
Yosemite National Park Fire Managers have rescheduled a prescribed fire in the Bishop Creek area for early May. The prescribed fire, originally scheduled for the end of April, is postponed because of forecasted rain in the area. Yosemite is expecting up to one inch of rain throughout the park. Ignition …
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Religious items were stolen from Bishop Armando Ochoa of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Fresno while he was on his way to a Los Banos church. The back window of … Click to Continue »
Read More »Merced honors Bishop Amey, a highly respected civil rights leader
Merced’s elected officials this week honored a central leader of civil rights causes in Merced and longtime bishop of a south Merced church. The proclamation read by Mayor Mike Murphy … Click to Continue »
Read More »A prominent Merced bishop, civil rights leader dies at 71
Dwight Amey Sr., a longtime bishop of a prominent south Merced church and a central leader of civil-rights causes in Merced, has died. Amey, 71, a retired bishop of the … Click to Continue »
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