For 24 hours starting late Saturday, California Electronic Benefits Transfer (EBT) cardholders will not be able to use their cards. The outage is scheduled to start at 11 p.m. Saturday … Click to Continue »
Read More »Cops shut down ‘suspicious’ massage parlors. The City Council is stepping in, too
Two massage parlors in Los Banos have recently been shut down because of code violations and suspicion of prostitution, according to law enforcement officials, and the Los Banos City Council … Click to Continue »
Read More »Highway in Merced County still shut down after crash this morning
Northbound lane of Highway 59 between Childs and Cone avenue will be closed “temporarily” on Monday Jan. 8, 2018 while crews clean up the scene of a solo-vehicle crash. mvelez@mercedsun-star … Click to Continue »
Read More »Police shut down chop shop, arrest three
A chop shop in Madera was shut down Wednesday by police, who arrested Chris Brown, Edgar Bravo and Sonia Ortiz. Police reported that Ortiz was a parolee at large and … Click to Continue »
Read More »Deputies shut down Dos Palos indoor marijuana operations, seize thousands of plants
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Read More »A valedictorian went rogue in his final speech. His school tried to shut him down.
Peter Butera, class president for the entirety of his life as a high school student – all four often-frustrating years of it – took the stage at Friday’s graduation ceremony … Click to Continue »
Read More »Marijuana grow shut down in Merced, one man arrested
A Merced man was booked into jail Wednesday in connection with the discovery of a commercial marijuana nursery operation, according to the Merced Police Department. Police served a search warrant … Click to Continue »
Read More »Merced police shut down indoor marijuana grow house
Merced police confiscated about 350 marijuana plants on Wednesday from a Merced home that renters used as an indoor grow. Police received a call from PG&E about a home in … Click to Continue »
Read More »Merced train track work will shut down crossings near Bear Creek
Work on the BNSF railroad tracks in Merced will close three crossings, each for about a week in February, according to city staff. The BNSF tracks are the northern train … Click to Continue »
Read More »Atwater day care shut down amid child abuse allegations
The owner of an Atwater daycare center is under investigation after reports surfaced accusing her of strapping a child to a toilet, punishing another for vomiting and bruising a child … Click to Continue »
Read More »Large marijuana operation shut down in Dos Palos
Police found operation from marijuana odor coming from home 550 plants, more than $ 1 million street value, found in three bedroom home Modesto man booked in jail … Click to Continue »
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