Mariposa Fire Mountain Community Fire Information
UPDATE: Due to poor visibility from smoke from the Big Meadow Fire, the west end of Tioga Road has been closed to through traffic from White Wolf to Crane Flat Gas Station. There is no projected opening date of this portion of the Tioga Road at this point. Tuolumne Meadows …
Read More »She Was Released From Mesa Verde With No Place To Go: A Friend She Made Inside Helped Out
Karla Lopez, 32, currently lives in Stockton with her friend Lilian Marquez. The two met at the Mesa Verde ICE Processing Facility in Bakersfield nine months ago and have been friends since then. But Lopez’ journey to get here started way back in November of 2018. That’s when a caravan …
Read More »Here’s how Los Banos K-9 made his first arrest after two days on the job
Two days into his new job in Merced County, Beny the California Highway Patrol K-9 has already secured an arrest. A CHP officer stopped Daniel Yepez as he traveled on … Click to Continue »
Read More »Former prosecutors say Merced DA Morse made lewd comments to female employees
Three former Merced County prosecutors say longtime District Attorney Larry Morse II made lewd comments to female subordinates dating back several years and inappropriately kissed one of his married employees … Click to Continue »
Read More »Merced CHP’s K-9 sniffed out drug money. Someone made a meme out of it
Merced-area officers had a little fun with a meme of their star K-9 after her latest find of more than $ 165,000 in drug money, the California Highway Patrol said on … Click to Continue »
Read More »Hundreds served Thanksgiving meal made by Merced community
On Thursday morning hundreds of people were lined up on Main Street at the American Legion Hall in Merced waiting for a traditional Thanksgiving meal put together by different local … Click to Continue »
Read More »Big changes made to marijuana laws in Merced County
Merced County leaders have decided to force all marijuana cultivation indoors, a move that did not surprise cannabis advocates but did disappoint them on Tuesday. The county passed an ordinance … Click to Continue »
Read More »He sold powder to kill roaches, bed bugs in Los Banos. It made children sick
A San Jose man who sold “dangerous cockroach powder” in Los Banos and other area cities was sentenced to six months in prison, the state Department of Pesticide Regulation announced … Click to Continue »
Read More »Arrest made in Merced homicide case
A murder mystery that began two months ago when the body of a 30-year-old Chinese immigrant was found in a trash bin in a dark Merced alleyway ended Friday with the arrest of a 50-year-old San Francisco man in a case police say involves romantic entanglements, human trafficking, and deadly …
Read More »Vandalism arrest made in Atwater
Atwater police early Thursday arrested a man suspected of spray-painting a city sidewalk, causing about $ 1,100 in damage. Officers were called around 7:30 a.m. to the area of East Bellevue … Click to Continue »
Read More »Livingston officer says he’s made decision on council seat – but it’s a secret
Livingston Councilman-elect Wapinder Kang said he’s made a decision on whether he’ll be a councilman or police officer but will not reveal his decision until speaking with the city attorney, … Click to Continue »
Read More »Hot meals from the community made a difference for hundreds of Merced residents
A 10-month-old baby from Merced spent his first Thanksgiving surrounded by his parents and community members at the American Legion Hall on Main Street. His mom, May Yang, filled his … Click to Continue »
Read More »Trailer for ‘Lupe Under the Sun,’ made in Merced
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