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 »Search and Rescue in Progress on Merced River
A ten year old boy was pronounced dead and a six year old boy remains missing following an incident near the Vernal Fall Footbridge in Yosemite National Park yesterday. https://www.nps.gov/yose/learn/news/vernalsar812.htm
Read More »Two Valley Fever Bills Make Progress In California Legislature
Two bills that could improve valley fever research made it one step closer to law on Thursday, passing out of the California Assembly and into the state Senate. The bills aim to streamline the state’s inconsistent reporting guidelines for valley fever , a fungal disease caused by inhaling spores that …
Read More »Transgender Veterans Hope Trump Policy Won’t Erase Progress At VA
The future of transgender troops has been in question since President Trump Tweeted that they would no longer be allowed to serve. Transgender veterans are wondering how the president’s pronouncement will impact the ongoing effort to open the Veterans Health Administration to their needs. Navy veteran Kristen Dancer served as …
Read More »Blue jacket alert: FFA backers see progress against governor’s proposed funding shift
More than half of the state Assembly opposes a $ 15.4 million funding shift that has raised concern at FFA and other career-training programs. They are asking Gov. Jerry Brown to … Click to Continue »
Read More »True colors: School Dashboards reveal needs, progress
Goodbye potatoes. Hello onions. The single school score from a mash-up of state test results is history. The new era of educational evaluation comes with colors and complexity – layers … Click to Continue »
Read More »Merced leaders say no progress in tax-share agreement with county
Merced says there’s been little progress with county The last agreement had its sunset in December 2014 County says Merced its biggest user of social services and the judicial system … Click to Continue »
Read More »Audit shows Atwater’s progress in recovery from deficit
Audit delivered Monday was reminder of difficult times Deficits are being paid down, officials said City will brainstorm ways to increase revenue … Click to Continue »
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