UC Merced protest spills into city streets
UC Merced students protest the hookah lounge arrests on July 13, 2017 around Yosemite Avenue and G street. mvelez@mercedsun-star … Click to Continue »
Read More »Junk-filled trucks line streets for Spring Clean Up
About 150 tons of Los Banos’ trash just left the city. Scores of pickup trucks, U-Hauls and vans full of household junk lined up along Fourth, Seventh, H and I … Click to Continue »
Read More »Kids Day volunteers hit Valley streets to help hospital
Merced High School students hawked newspapers to passers-by at G Street and Olive Avenue in Merced on Tuesday for a good cause. The money raised from sales of the special … Click to Continue »
Read More »Merced Police Department patrols the streets during a busy New Year’s Eve
Merced police officers work to keep the streets safe during a busy New Year’s Eve in Merced, Calif., on Saturday, Dec. 31, 2016. … Click to Continue »
Read More »A teen prostitute was returned home in July. Now her pimp is off the streets, too
A six month investigation ended Wednesday when Merced Police Department’s Disruptive Area Response Team arrested a 25-year-old man for alleged human trafficking and pimping a 17-year-old girl. DART officers began … Click to Continue »
Read More »Multibillion-Dollar Budget Could Mean Safer Streets
The Fresno County Board of Supervisors is one step closer to passing their more than $ 2 billion budget, which board members say seriously boosts some public safety programs.
Read More »Full Ponding Basins After Storm Floods Streets
Cleanup efforts to pump water out of heavily flooded areas of Fresno continued throughout the night Thursday. Most areas were cleared by Friday. City officials say in about 15 minutes, the storm rained more than city drains could handle.
Read More »More Homeless Off The Streets
Homelessness in Fresno went down almost 30% from 2013 to 2014 and its expected that with new programs in the city, that percentage will be even higher this year. Hundreds of people roam the streets in Fresno looking for a place to live. Finding permanent housing has always been a …
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