The Friant-Kern Canal, which delivers water to farms and communities on the east side of the Valley, is literally sinking in some areas due to groundwater pumping. And with one week to go before the California legislature wraps up its 2019 session, many hope the state will help fund the …
Read More »Body found in Los-Banos-area canal was a man, deputies say
An adult man was pulled out of a Los Banos-area canal Tuesday, the Merced County Sheriff’s Office reported. The Merced County Sheriff’s Office Rescue and Recovery Dive Team was called … Click to Continue »
Read More »Body recovered from Los Banos-area canal, deputies say
Few details were immediately available Tuesday afternoon after authorities pulled a dead body from a canal near Los Banos, the Merced County Sheriff’s Office said. The body was recovered from … Click to Continue »
Read More »Man identified in canal death in Merced County
A man found dead last week in a Gustine canal was identified Wednesday by the Merced County Coroner’s Office. James Frausto, 51, of Gustine, was found March 29 in a … Click to Continue »
Read More »Body found in Gustine canal, Merced sheriff deputies confirm
A man has been found in a canal in Gustine, the Merced County Sheriff’s Department confirmed Thursday afternoon. Investigators are treating the death as suspicious but said there were no … Click to Continue »
Read More »Merced county deputies searching canal after report of dead body
A dive team, helicopter and multiple deputies were searching a canal near Gustine on Thursday, according to the Merced County Sheriff’s Office. The office received a report about 12:30 p.m. … Click to Continue »
Read More »They saw a car crash into a Merced canal. They jumped into action
The Meissonnier family was honored by the California Highway Patrol on Friday, Sept. 1, 2017, for helping save a woman’s life. … Click to Continue »
Read More »They saw a car crash into a Merced canal. What they did next saved a life.
It was supposed to be a lazy Sunday by the pool in April but then the Meissonnier family was forced to jump into life-saving mode as a woman was submerged … Click to Continue »
Read More »Farm workers in rural Merced County report body in canal
The Merced County Sheriff’s Office is investigating a suspicious death in rural Merced County. Farm laborers working in an almond orchard reported a body in a canal about 6:30 a.m. … Click to Continue »
Read More »California Highway Patrol investigates overturned vehicle in Atwater canal
The California Highway Patrol and the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection, Merced County respond to the scene of an overturned car in a canal near the intersection of Landram Avenue and Gurr Road in Atwater, Calif., on Saturday, Aug. 26, 2017. … Click to Continue »
Read More »We don’t need more Love Canal crises
It has been almost 40 years since the nation heard the cries for help from Love Canal, a neighborhood in Niagara Falls, N.Y., where a school was built on a … Click to Continue »
Read More »Lucy Xiong is the body found in the canal, police say. How she got there still a mystery
Fresno police confirmed Monday that the body found in a central Fresno irrigation canal Saturday was 20-year-old Lucy Xiong, who disappeared July 28. And while her death appears to be … Click to Continue »
Read More »Friant-Kern Canal Slows By 60 Percent, Subsidence To Blame
A section of the the Friant-Kern Canal in Tulare County is sinking so much that it’s lost about 60 percent of its flow. Doug DeFlitch with the Friant Water Authority says the canal that helps irrigate a million acres of farmland has sunk two to three feet in some places …
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