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Many students struggle to transition from high school to college, but that challenge is intensified for students coming out of the foster care system. At UC Merced, the Guardian Scholars program provides resources for these students that allow them to reach graduation at rates approaching the general student body. FM89’s …

Across Fresno and Madera Counties, about 2,600 kids are currently in foster care. Although foster parents, attorneys, social workers and judges work together to move cases through the court system, some needs fall through the cracks. An organization called CASA connects foster youth with volunteers to try to make sure …

Earlier this year, Fresno County stopped taking new applications for foster parents, citing a lack of resources to process them. While the county resumed taking applications this month, there’s still a backlog. The state established new rules for all caretakers of foster kids in 2015 to eliminate the separate processes …

A fourth generation walnut farmer and a dad who adopted through the foster system were among those asking presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg questions at a live taping of MSNBC’s “Hardball with Chris Matthews” this evening. The taping was on Fresno State’s campus, where Matthews and audience members asked the Indiana-based …

A fourth generation walnut farmer and a dad who adopted through the foster system were among those asking presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg questions at a live taping of MSNBC’s “Hardball with Chris Matthews” this evening. The taping was on Fresno State’s campus, where Matthews and audience members asked the Indiana-based …

Volunteers prepare animals for transport at the Merced County Animal Control in Atwater, Calif., on Wednesday, Dec. 6, 2017. According to founder and president of New Beginnings for Merced County Animals, Sharon Lohman, more than 20 cats and about 20 dogs are being transported to Seattle, Wash., for adoption. … …

A small fire erupted at about 11:10 a.m. at the Foster Farms facility on Collier Road in Delhi on Sunday Oct. 1, 2017, according to Merced County-CalFire officials. Machinery caught on fire and was put out shortly after. No injuries were reported. mvelez@mercedsun-star.com … Click to Continue »

A small fire erupted at the Foster Farms facility in Delhi before noon on Sunday, Merced County-CalFire officials reported. … Click to Continue »

Representatives of the Merced Union High School District accepted donations of school supplies during the ‘Stuff The Bus’ campaign outside of Wal-Mart in Merced, Calif., on Saturday, Aug. 5, 2017. … Click to Continue »

Employees at the Foster Farms Livingston chicken plant protested on Thursday, April 27, 2017, for better wages, affordable insurance and a new labor union contract. (Monica Velez/mvelez@mercedsun-star.com) … Click to Continue »

Dozens of Foster Farms employees took to streets outside the Livingston plant early Wednesday, holding signs and chanting to gather support for better wages and an improved labor union contract. … Click to Continue »

Fencing has gone up at the massive Foster Farms chicken plant in the event of picketing related to labor negotiations. The company and the United Farm Workers have been discussing … Click to Continue »

The Merced County District Attorney’s Office will expand victim services with the Court Appointed Special Advocates program, thanks to a $ 373,000 grant from the federal Victims of Crime Act. The … Click to Continue »