The defense attorney for Obdulia Sanchez – the 18-year-old Stockton woman accused of driving drunk while recording the crash last month that killed her younger sister – said on Friday … Click to Continue »
Read More »Deadly weekend reported on Merced County roads
Two men were killed over the weekend in Merced County in unrelated crashes, the California Highway Patrol reported. A 78-year-old Merced woman was killed in a four-vehicle pileup on Highway … Click to Continue »
Read More »Los Banos police release identities of officers shot Monday in deadly struggle
The Los Banos police officers shot during a struggle with a suspect Monday have been identified as 34-year-old Kristifer Hew and 28-year-old Aaron Pinon. The Los Banos Police Department released … Click to Continue »
Read More »Criminal charges filed in deadly Merced County bus crash
The Merced County District Attorney’s Office filed four felony charges against the driver in a deadly Highway 99 bus crash last year that left four people dead and injured several … Click to Continue »
Read More »Driver in deadly live-streamed crash kicked, spit at first responders, reports show
Obdulia Sanchez, the 18-year-old Stockton woman accused of live-streaming a crash that killed her younger sister, spit at law enforcement at the scene of the crash and kicked an emergency … Click to Continue »
Read More »Driver arrested in deadly Merced County crash streamed on social media, CHP confirms
A Stockton woman who apparently live-streamed a crash Friday in which her sister died remains in Merced County Jail on suspicion of driving under the influence and vehicular manslaughter, the … Click to Continue »
Read More »Two fiery crashes this week on Highway 99 add to road’s deadly history in the Valley
Two explosive fires erupted this week after big rigs overturned on Highway 99, a stretch of road in the San Joaquin Valley that in a report last year was named … Click to Continue »
Read More »Cellphone video captures fire from deadly crash near Highway 99 in Atwater
Video submitted by Jacquelyn Johnson shows the fire from a deadly crash when a tanker truck caught fire near Applegate Road and Highway 99 in Atwater. … Click to Continue »
Read More »A deadly fungus that has killed millions of bats in Northeast has spread to Texas
Bad news for bats: White-nose syndrome, a disease caused by a fungus that has been killing millions of bats across the Northeast, has reached Texas. Conservationists and state and federal … Click to Continue »
Read More »Modesto man, woman identified in deadly Highway 99 crash
The Merced County Coroner’s Office on Thursday identified two people who died in a crash on Highway 99 near Le Grand. The driver of a Chevy Silverado was identified as … Click to Continue »
Read More »Animal rights group alleges deadly, inhumane conditions at Denair egg farm
The animal rights group Direct Action Everywhere on Thursday released results of an investigation into a Denair egg farm, claiming volunteers found hens so closely crowded they were being crushed … Click to Continue »
Read More »Excessive force claim filed against Modesto in deadly drug sting
Modesto is facing an excessive force claim from a drug sting in which two of its police officers fired upon a car, killing the driver and injuring the passenger. Attorney … Click to Continue »
Read More »UC Merced grad student among missing in deadly Oakland warehouse fire
A graduate student at UC Merced is among the missing after Friday’s deadly fire in an Oakland warehouse. Jennifer Mendiola, 35, was due to graduate from UC Merced in 2017, … Click to Continue »
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