A 21-year-old suspected gang member has been arrested in connection with a 2014 homicide case, the Police Department reported Thursday. William Villegas was arrested Thursday on suspicion of murder for … Click to Continue »
Read More »Citrus pest quarantine spreads to Merced
Asian citrus psyllid threatens backyard trees here and commercial groves to south Quarantine limits movement of fruit Northern Merced County and much of Stanislaus already had zones … Click to Continue »
Read More »Who you gonna call? Merced County mulls hanging up highway call boxes
Officials say cellphones have made highway call boxes obsolete Money used on boxes could be spent elsewhere, officials say Public invited to offer input at meeting in Los Banos next week … Click to Continue »
Read More »Death of fallen Merced farmworker explained
Police officials said the man told fellow farm workers he wasn’t feeling well After being brought to the hospital the 61-year-old man dies, police said … Click to Continue »
Read More »Mystery donor helps UC Merced break fundraising record
A gift of nearly 40 acres of land helped push UC Merced’s fundraising total to nearly $ 21 million in the fiscal year that ended last month, a record level that … Click to Continue »
Read More »Merced College officer quits amid ‘turmoil’
A 61-year-old retired police officer said Tuesday, July 12, 2016, he has resigned as a Merced College citation officer because he felt unsafe in a hostile working environment as the college moves to a new law enforcement oversight arrangement. … Click to Continue »
Read More »Farmworker dies in field outside Merced
The man was working in a tomato field and said he didn’t feel well, authorities said He was taken to the hospital and died Monday … Click to Continue »
Read More »Merced College officer quits, says contract dispute ‘just a fiasco’
Officer resigned last week saying the “fiasco” left him feeling unsafe Merced College is going through a change in law enforcement agencies Faculty said they are out of the loop on the changes … Click to Continue »
Read More »Merced teen dies after rave event at Fresno theater
Fresno County Sheriff-Coroner’s announced 18-year-old’s death Tuesday Cause of death not yet determined, pending toxicology results Facebook lists Saturday event from 8 p.m. to 2 a.m. … Click to Continue »
Read More »Merced man gets life in prison for killing wife in front of children
Crisanto Bedolla shot and killed Lucia Medrano Zarco in 2015 They were married more than 40 years before the victim left Bedolla for a younger man Defense argued Bedolla was guilty of voluntary manslaughter, not premeditated murder … Click to Continue »
Read More »Farmworker dies in field outside of Merced
The man was working in a tomato field and said he didn’t feel well, authorities said The was taken to the hospital and died shortly before 5 p.m. Monday … Click to Continue »
Read More »Work on Highway 99 will close portion of road in Merced
Work will be done Wednesday and Thursday Officials said motorists can expect 30-minute delays … Click to Continue »
Read More »Soldier identified as Merced man dies in Washington
Spc. Louis Moua, 26, was from California Moua died Friday evening during run Soldier served 8-month tour in Afghanistan in 2014 … Click to Continue »
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