A new exhibit entitled “View & Visitors: The Yosemite Experience in the 19th Century,” will open to the public on June 16, 2010. The exhibit, in the Yosemite Valley Museum features paintings, prints, artifacts and ephemera from Yosemite’s early years. An exhibit opening reception will be held on June 15 …
Read More »Local Ghost Town’s Past on Display in New Collaborative Exhibit
Driving past Merced Falls on the way to Lake McClure doesn’t usually inspire thoughts of a bustling mini-metropolis with its own movie theater. But a new exhibit opening at the … Click to Continue »
Read More »Trump Policy Spotlights San Diego’s Nuclear Past
The Trump administration wants to boost the number of U.S. nuclear weapons. At one time, California had one of the highest concentrations of nuclear weapons in the country. The Trump administration wants to add smaller tactical nuclear weapons, as part of the recently released Nuclear Posture Review. The plan reverses …
Read More »Atwater city manager’s ‘past history’ warrants deeper background check, mayor says
The mayor of Atwater said the city should go forward with an outside background check of the city’s next interim city manager, an effort to bring greater transparency to the … Click to Continue »
Read More »Merced schools celebrate the past year while looking to the future
It’s hard to believe we’re less than a week away from the last day of school, but the rising temperatures (and the Merced City School District calendar) make it very … Click to Continue »
Read More »How will a new leader fix Los Banos Unified? By looking ahead – not to the rocky past.
After a tumultuous year for the Los Banos Unified School District, a new superintendent hopes to leave past controversies behind and focus on moving the district – and its students … Click to Continue »
Read More »Atwater flight school faces delayed paychecks while recovering from rocky past
Employees at the Sierra Academy of Aeronautics in Atwater say they were waiting Monday to receive their paychecks from last week, and that the reason for the delay was President … Click to Continue »
Read More »Merced College president candidates ready to move past rocky years
Candidates for Merced College’s top position acknowledged the last few years have been rocky in terms of the school’s leadership and accreditation, and they used public forums this week to … Click to Continue »
Read More »Likely mayor has a controversial past
Livingston’s next mayor quite likely will be Jim Soria, a longtime resident and former police officer who faced controversy in 2006 after lying to sheriff’s deputies. Soria, 47, was the … Click to Continue »
Read More »Preserving the past in three dimensions
UC Merced Professor Nicola Lercari is leading an effort to preserve, through 3-D renderings, the deteriorating ghost town of Bodie. Thanks to $ 60,000 in seed funding from the Center for … Click to Continue »
Read More »In the West, coal represents the polluted past � except in the interior West
Environmentalists and energy experts have been saying it for a while now. So have private investors and federal regulators. Lawmakers across the West are increasingly saying it, too: The reign of King Coal is over. … Click to Continue »
Read More »More Jobs Available for Class of 2015 Graduates, than in Recent Years Past, according to Fresno State
It’s graduation season and it can be a worrisome time for college graduates now faced with looking for a job. But, there is some promising news for these young job seekers. Fresno State said on Tuesday, more students in the Class of 2015 are graduating with jobs, than any …
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