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The Yosemite Climbing Association will once again sponsor a park-wide clean up to help restore high use areas after the busy summer season. The clean up effort will include roadways, the river corridor, trails, parking areas, campgrounds, climbing areas, and lodging areas. https://www.nps.gov/yose/learn/news/face0928.htm

Yosemite National Park conducted the third annual Yosemite Volunteer Awards Ceremony to recognize outstanding volunteers who have donated their time, talent, and skills to protect and preserve park resources and provide excellent service to park visitors. The ceremony was held this past Saturday, September 29, 2012, in Yosemite Valley. Yosemite …

Members of Fresno’s wheelchair powered soccer team, the Central Valley Ghostriderz, have just returned from this year’s 2019 MK Battery Conference Cup Series in Fort Wayne, Indiana. Team members Buddy Elias and Alex Voss and Coach Frank Cornell spoke with FM89’s News Director Alice Daniel about their third place win …

An Atwater man has been charged with car theft for the third time in five months, the Merced County District Attorney’s Office reported on Wednesday. The office filed felony charges … Click to Continue »

Merced’s newest judge took the oath of office on Friday, becoming Merced County’s third female judge in history. Jeanne E. Schechter, 54, of La Grange joined the Merced County Superior … Click to Continue »

Merced County sheriff’s deputies are among the lowest paid in the San Joaquin Valley while Merced’s Board of Supervisors are among the highest paid, according to data analyzed by the … Click to Continue »

Merced County Sheriff Vern Warnke, joined by many county residents, urged the board of supervisors on Tuesday to give deputies raises in an effort to curb recruitment and retention struggles and to improve low staffing and response times. … Click to Continue »

Two men have been arrested on murder charges in connection with the slaying of Latisha Logan in Madera. Police said Thursday they are looking for a third suspect. Logan was … Click to Continue »

Merced County Sheriff Vern Warnke, joined by many county residents, urged the board of supervisors on Tuesday to give deputies raises in an effort to curb recruitment and retention struggles and to improve low staffing and response times. … Click to Continue »

The inmate victim of the third jail attack in Merced County in recent weeks has been identified and released from the hospital, sheriff’s officials reported. Ruben Escobedo Benavides, 41, from … Click to Continue »

An inmate was hospitalized Wednesday after being attacked by multiple other inmates at the John Latorraca Correctional Facility, sheriff’s officials reported. Officers were present during a clothing exchange in the … Click to Continue »

Another defendant in a drug-trafficking ring allegedly run by Fresno’s former deputy police chief Keith Foster was sentenced Monday to 12 months of probation. Jennifer Donabedian also will have to … Click to Continue »

Third annual BBQ Cook-Off at Club Mercedes in Merced … Click to Continue »