Last week news broke that California’s High-Speed Rail Authority is facing another setback – increased costs and a delayed timeline as indicated in the authority’s new 2018 Draft Business Plan. The effort to connect Los Angeles and San Francisco with bullet train running through the Central Valley will now cost …
Read More »MLK Day speakers in Merced want to keep ‘moving the dream forward’
Monday marked Merced’s 22nd annual celebration honoring the man best known for his work during the civil rights movement, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Hundreds gathered at the Merced County … Click to Continue »
Read More »In Modesto, 157 people raise their right hands. Moments later, they fulfill a dream.
Alba Dominguez clutched a certificate and a small American flag at the end of a ceremony Monday in Modesto. “I’m finally becoming a citizen,” the Merced resident said. “It’s a … Click to Continue »
Read More »Helping Merced students to dream, achieve and succeed
Preparing students to be college and career ready takes a multifaceted approach with support in a number of areas. In fact, our Merced City School District Superintendent and Associate Superintendent … Click to Continue »
Read More »Parents offered advice, urged to ‘dream big’ for children at annual conference
Switching smoothly between English and Spanish, Consuelo Castillo Kickbusch on Saturday told a theater full of Merced County parents and community members that, as a child, her parents had a … Click to Continue »
Read More »Dream Big event empowers parents, connects them to resources
Parents and community members can still sign up for the Dream Big Conference happening later this month – an event geared toward empowering and inspiring parents and connecting them to … Click to Continue »
Read More »Los Banos family have hope of ‘achieving the American Dream,’ Costa says
WASHINGTON U.S. Rep. Jim Costa (D-Fresno) spoke on the floor of the U.S. House of Representatives Wednesday to speak about Ahmed Ali of Los Banos, who has been working to … Click to Continue »
Read More »Late teacher’s dream to help students lives on in annual Mog Jog 5k fundraiser
To keep a former first-grade teacher’s passion alive, St. Paul Lutheran School is preparing for its annual 5k run-walk fundraiser at the end of the month. For eight years, St. … Click to Continue »
Read More »Older Mercedians hope to pass MLK’s ‘dream’ to the young
Longtime Mercedians who fought for racial justice decades ago and were honored in the city’s annual Martin Luther King Jr. Day march hope to pass on the civil rights leader’s … Click to Continue »
Read More »3-Alarm Fire Almost Destroys Business Owner’s Dream
Gilbert Ruiz started boxing in his teens, saying the sport helped change his life. Since then, he’s wanted to open a boxing gym in downtown Fresno. Today, a fire almost destroyed that dream.
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