Fresno City Councilmember Esmeralda Soria grew up in a farm worker family. That legacy wasn’t lost on her on Tuesday when a well-known labor activist and civil rights leader endorsed her 2020 campaign for Congress. In the 1960s, Dolores Huerta co-founded the organization that would become the United Farm Workers …
Read More »Merced civil rights leader, educator has name etched in stone
The late Denard Davis was known as “Mr. D” throughout the Merced County community. Along with his work as a teacher at Tenaya Junior High School and later as assistant … Click to Continue »
Read More »California governor now a leader of US climate fight
SACRAMENTO, Calif.–When California Gov. Jerry Brown flew across the Pacific four years ago to meet with leaders and business executives in China, the world seemed much different. President Barack Obama … Click to Continue »
Read More »Los Banos church leader discusses new homeless shower trailer
The Rev. Stephen Hammond of Bethel Community Church in Los Banos describes how the idea of installing a shower trailer for the homeless started. … Click to Continue »
Read More »How will a new leader fix Los Banos Unified? By looking ahead – not to the rocky past.
After a tumultuous year for the Los Banos Unified School District, a new superintendent hopes to leave past controversies behind and focus on moving the district – and its students … Click to Continue »
Read More »Memorial Hospital in Los Banos named as a leader in LGBTQ health care equality
Memorial Hospital in Los Banos earned recognition as a “Leader in LGBTQ Healthcare Equality,” from a LGBTQ civial rights foundation, according to a statement from Sutter Health. The Human Rights … Click to Continue »
Read More »Atwater’s financial health may take ‘extreme decision,’ leader says
City staffers in Atwater say they’ve combed through the city’s finances to find savings wherever they can – which they have – but the financial outlook remains difficult. City Council, … Click to Continue »
Read More »Merced honors Bishop Amey, a highly respected civil rights leader
Merced’s elected officials this week honored a central leader of civil rights causes in Merced and longtime bishop of a south Merced church. The proclamation read by Mayor Mike Murphy … Click to Continue »
Read More »A prominent Merced bishop, civil rights leader dies at 71
Dwight Amey Sr., a longtime bishop of a prominent south Merced church and a central leader of civil-rights causes in Merced, has died. Amey, 71, a retired bishop of the … Click to Continue »
Read More »Merced College board taps Vice President Chris Vitelli as next leader
The Merced College Board of Trustees announced Chris Vitelli, vice president of student services, as its new president on Tuesday. A crowd gathered at the college for the board’s meeting … Click to Continue »
Read More »‘Leader’ of brutal slayings convicted of murder in Merced County
A man prosecutors described as “a ringleader” and “shot caller” was convicted Friday in a vicious, drug-related double-homicide that saw the captured victims tied up, beaten with a bat, repeatedly … Click to Continue »
Read More »Foster Farms names new leader
Foster Farms announced Wednesday that Laura Flanagan, a leader at ConAgra Foods, will become its next president and chief executive officer. Flanagan 48, will take over Aug. 29 from Ron … Click to Continue »
Read More »Merced Hmong community leader dies
Children of Lt. Col. Vang Chou share pictures of the leader in their Atwater home in Monday, May 9, 2016. … Click to Continue »
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