It’s been a year since Pacific Gas and Electric Company left Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. That exit deal included a promised $ 13.5 billion settlement to pay victims of wildfires that were caused by the company’s equipment. The deal represented a milestone to fire survivors, PG&E interim CEO Bill Smith …
Read More »Victim in Merced County homicide mystery was from Modesto, deputies say
A man found dead last week on the side of a rural road in Merced County has been identified, the Merced County Sheriff’s Office reported Friday. The body of 34-year-old … Click to Continue »
Read More »Atwater city manager’s departure a mystery. ‘Frustrated’ council confronts more chaos
Atwater hit the reset button again Tuesday, hiring its fifth new city manager in two years, as Art de Werk, who was hired just three months ago, abruptly quit for … Click to Continue »
Read More »Someone from Merced should try to win the Oreo Mystery Contest
There’s a new Oreo flavor and guessing its flavor could get you a chance to win $ 50,000. Makers of the long popular sandwich cookie rolled out the new contest yesterday … Click to Continue »
Read More »Why the Chapman family has new hope an 11-year-old murder mystery will be solved
An anonymous donation to the effort to find the killers of Bill and Lena Chapman has breathed some new hope into the 11-year-long mystery, according to the couple’s surviving children. … Click to Continue »
Read More »Lucy Xiong is the body found in the canal, police say. How she got there still a mystery
Fresno police confirmed Monday that the body found in a central Fresno irrigation canal Saturday was 20-year-old Lucy Xiong, who disappeared July 28. And while her death appears to be … Click to Continue »
Read More »Mystery surrounds hiker seen falling into Merced River at Yosemite
Yosemite National Park officials are trying to track down information on a man seen falling from a trail into the Merced River Monday. The incident occurred about 12:30 p.m., when … Click to Continue »
Read More »Readers love young swimmer James Savage, and some mystery photos are claimed
James Savage swam from San Francisco to Alcatraz Island and back in June, hoping to be the youngest person to complete the swim at the age of 9. Sun-Star readers … Click to Continue »
Read More »Merced Mysteries & Minutiae: Submitted long ago, mystery photos go unclaimed
Have you ever been to the Sun-Star office? Behind the front counter, fewer than 40 employees occupy the cubicles in a concrete building that’s about 35,000 square feet. In the … 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 »
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