A 73-year-old Indian man died Sunday in a solo car crash on Highway 152 near Dos Palos, California Highway Patrol officers reported. Officers found the driver of a 2006 Lexus … Click to Continue »
Read More »Mexican citizen living in Dos Palos faces federal drug charge
An Mexican citizen living in Dos Palos was indicted on Thursday for conspiring to grow marijuana and for damaging the Sequoia National Forest, federal officials announced. Jose Manuel Sanchez-Zapien, 37, … Click to Continue »
Read More »Former Dos Palos auto shop destroyed by fire
Fire gutted a vacant auto-body shop Wednesday night in Dos Palos. It took the Dos Palos Fire Department and Calfire-Merced County, about three hours to bring the blaze under control … Click to Continue »
Read More »Dos Palos teacher of 50 years retires
Marks Elementary School teacher Mary Henderson explains why she is a teacher and how she has adapted to the job for 50 years. … Click to Continue »
Read More »Dos Palos teacher of 50 years retires, leaves legacy of reading
Marks Elementary School fifth grade teacher Rose Jordan couldn’t hold back tears as she noted the impact her retiring colleague had on her daughter. “It’s because of Mrs. Henderson my … Click to Continue »
Read More »Dos Palos man killed in crash
A Dos Palos man died Tuesday morning in a two-car collision on Highway 152 on the outskirts of Chowchilla, the California Highway Patrol reported. The 47-year-old man, whose name was … Click to Continue »
Read More »CHP reports fatal crash near Dos Palos
A 28-year-old Dos Palos man died in a collision involving two pickup trucks and a big rig near Dos Palos early this morning, the California Highway Patrol confirmed. Two pickup … Click to Continue »
Read More »Rube Goldberg devices on display in Dos Palos
As a math intervention teacher at Bryant Middle School, Shannon Mauras knew that projects rooted in the science, technology, math and science could help her students gain a greater interest. She remembered a project she completed in eighth grade that elicited loads of creativity: a Rube Goldberg machine. A Rube …
Read More »Rube Goldberg projects spread STEM interest at Dos Palos middle school
As a math intervention teacher at Bryant Middle School, Shannon Mauras knew that projects rooted in the science, technology, math and science could help her students gain a greater interest. … Click to Continue »
Read More »Dos Palos police asking for the public’s help in Sunday’s street-gang gunfight
Nobody was injured in a gang-related gunfight early Sunday in Dos Palos, the Police Department reported. Investigators are asking for the public’s help identifying the suspects, police Chief Barry Mann … Click to Continue »
Read More »Dos Palos High School employee accused of assaulting students
A Dos Palos High School food service employee was put on administrative leave Monday morning after video footage surfaced that appeared to show the 32-year-old woman assaulting two students. Dos … Click to Continue »
Read More »Dos Palos homicide suspect surrenders to police
A Dos Palos man accused of killing his roommate peacefully surrendered to police Monday night and is in custody, Dos Palos Police Chief Barry Mann reported. Omar Villafana, 29, remains … Click to Continue »
Read More »Dos Palos slaying suspect still on the run
Dos Palos police searched nearly a dozen homes and other locations Monday as the hunt intensified for a 29-year-old man accused of killing his roommate. Detectives are looking for Omar … Click to Continue »
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