The Fresno Community Chorus stopped singing in March just ahead of shelter-in-place orders and the county’s adoption of COVID-19 restrictions. Seven months later, the group reunited in person to sing, not in a concert hall but in a parking lot. On Tuesday evening, dozens of cars drove into the Calvary …
Read More »Three Injured By Cars At Weekend Protests Against Police Violence In Bakersfield, Visalia
In two separate incidents this weekend, cars intentionally drove into pedestrians at rallies protesting the death of George Floyd, a black man murdered by Minneapolis police. In Bakersfield Friday night, around 300 people gathered in front of the city’s police department, holding signs and rallying peacefully. Ana Cornejo, a grade …
Read More »Anti-Impeachment Rally Draws ‘Trump 2020’ Signs, Heckling Cars, To Downtown Bakersfield
While the impeachment inquiry carried on in Washington, pockets of people took to the streets across the country on Thursday to support President Trump. One anti-impeachment rally took place in Bakersfield. Dozens of people gathered along California Avenue to protest the Democrats’ impeachment inquiry in Congress and to show their …
Read More »He was spotted by Los Banos police spraying graffiti on vehicles. 33 cars damaged
A 19-year-old Dos Palos man was arrested over the weekend after investigators found 33 vehicles had been vandalized during the graduation ceremony at Pacheco High School in Los Banos, the … Click to Continue »
Read More »Man reportedly hit by multiple cars that didn’t stop on Highway 99 dies, CHP says
A man died early Friday morning on Highway 99 after he was reportedly hit several times, according to California Highway Patrol. Shortly after 1 a.m., CHP Merced officers responded to … Click to Continue »
Read More »Editorial: Trump’s EPA rollbacks to dirtier cars means dirtier air to breathe
President Donald Trump’s ill-advised rollback of tailpipe emissions standards will choke progress toward cleaning the air and cutting the costs to drive a car or truck. The Environmental Protection Agency … Click to Continue »
Read More »Cartels, cars, politics – and now a wall? Ocelot’s threats multiplying
Looking southward from its last remaining Texas habitat, the endangered ocelot faces a deadly gauntlet if it is to cross the Rio Grande and reach its ancestral tribemates. Decimated by … Click to Continue »
Read More »Los Banos councilmembers seek to limit how many cars you can park at your own home.
The Los Banos City Council is looking into tightening the rules on where people are allowed to park their cars at their own homes, saying it would help “beautify” neighborhoods … Click to Continue »
Read More »Here’s how many stolen cars a Merced County man had, deputies say
A Merced County Sheriff’s deputy recovered three stolen vehicles while arresting an Atwater man this week, according to deputies. A person called the sheriff’s office at about 4:24 p.m. on … Click to Continue »
Read More »Here’s what a Merced K-9 recently sniffed out in a car’s hidden compartment
Two people were arrested in Merced County after K-9 Officer Laika sniffed out thousands of dollars in a car’s hidden compartment, California Highway Patrol reported Tuesday. Officers stopped a silver … Click to Continue »
Read More »Suspected of breaking into cars at Atwater Walmart, 6 teens arrested after chase
Several teens were arrested Friday night after being spotted breaking into vehicles and leading police on a chase that ended after they crashed into a fence in Atwater, authorities said. … Click to Continue »
Read More »A teen was struck by two cars when he jumped out into Merced traffic, police say
A 17-year-old jumped of a car and was hit by two oncoming cars on Yosemite Avenue on Wednesday, Merced police said. The teen, whose name was not released, was in … Click to Continue »
Read More »Teen in serious condition after being hit by cars in Merced
A teen was struck by two vehicles on Yosemite Avenue near M Street when he jumped out of a car in the middle of traffic on Wednesday, Feb. 28, 2018, according to Merced police. It happened at about noon. … Click to Continue »
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