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The San Joaquin Valley struggles with environmental pollution. Hundreds of thousands of residents are served with water that’s unsafe to drink , and all of us live under seasonal clouds ozone and particle pollution in the air . Water and air problems are regulated separately, but one contaminant bridges both …
Read More »Akron Zoo’s Big Hanna gives new life to garbage
There’s a new resident at the Akron Zoo and she has a pretty voracious appetite. She will eat tons of just about anything. The enclosure for “Big Hanna” – the … Click to Continue »
Read More »District attorney’s son says sheriff’s detectives ruined his life with false arrest
Ethan Morse testified Tuesday in his federal civil rights trial that Merced County sheriff’s detectives ruined his life when they falsely arrested him in July 2014 in connection with a … Click to Continue »
Read More »Merced, Atwater communities combine for this year’s Relay For Life
The first Relay for Life held in the Merced area 21 years ago was a joint effort by organizers in Merced and Atwater. But the two communities later split apart … Click to Continue »
Read More »These four Livingston teens were honored as heroes. This is how they saved a life.
Gary Jantz could’ve been killed on Valentine’s Day when his truck slammed into a utility pole in Livingston. The downed power pole dropped live electrical lines on top of his … Click to Continue »
Read More »Drinking alcohol can help prolong life into your 90s better than exercise, study says
A toast: To you. A toast: To me. A toast: To living past 90. That’s because according to a new long-term study out of the University of California, drinking alcohol … Click to Continue »
Read More »Atwater gang member receives life for 2013 slayings, taunts victims’ families
Jose Luis Botello gave the families of two people he killed a wry smirk as he walked out a Merced County courtroom Friday with consecutive life sentences. “Punk, you kill … Click to Continue »
Read More »Atwater man receive life sentence for 2013 murders
Jose Luis Botello of Atwater, appears before Judge Ronald W. Hansen during his sentencing hearing in the Merced County Superior Courthouse in Merced, Calif., on Friday, Jan. 19, 2018. Botello was sentenced to two consecutive life sentences without the possibility of parole for the murders of 16-year-old Samantha Parreira and …
Read More »Hilmar man identified in deadly wreck that also claimed the life of an unborn baby
A man killed in a crash Tuesday morning in northern Merced County has been identified, the Merced County Coroners Office confirmed. Jay McCowan, 29, of Hilmar, was involved in a … Click to Continue »
Read More »What’s a life worth? For a woman killed by a tour bus, the answer is $1 million
A Fresno County jury has ordered a Fresno tour bus company to pay $ 1 million to the children of a 40-year-old woman who was run over and killed in a … Click to Continue »
Read More »They saw a car crash into a Merced canal. What they did next saved a life.
It was supposed to be a lazy Sunday by the pool in April but then the Meissonnier family was forced to jump into life-saving mode as a woman was submerged … Click to Continue »
Read More »Scientists keep an eye on green sea turtles adapting to life in the San Gabriel River’s murky flows
When scientists confirmed their existence in the San Gabriel River in 2008, the green sea turtles were thought to be oddballs or lost wanderers. The federally endangered species usually is … Click to Continue »
Read More »Gustine dad cuts plea deal in infant’s death, avoiding potential life sentence
Andrew Sanchez, the Gustine father found not guilty earlier this year of killing his 9-month-old son, accepted a plea deal on Tuesday that will set him free from jail in … Click to Continue »
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