San Luis Reservoir west of Los Banos is on its way to filling for the first time since 2011 as rain and snow bring the state additional relief from a … Click to Continue »
Read More »Merced County Fair updates logo for first time in 43 years
The Merced County Fair has a new logo. The logo will appear on the fair’s website, social media accounts and signage around the fairgrounds in the coming months, fair officials … Click to Continue »
Read More »UC system proposes first tuition increase in 6 years
Undergraduate students at the University of California may face a tuition increase for the first time in six years under a proposal to be considered by the university’s board of … Click to Continue »
Read More »New Year’s Eve makes for one of the busiest nights for Merced police officers
When Merced police Sgt. Robert Solis received the first report of gunshots on New Year’s Eve night, he hoped nobody was injured. Unfortunately, Solis said, at least one shot struck … 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 »Almost 20 years later, missing Winton girl would be 35
As Beverly Smith was driving through Delhi earlier this month, the image of her daughter, who has been missing for almost 20 years, appeared on a digital billboard along Highway … Click to Continue »
Read More »They’re serving 20 years for running a pot dispensary. Will Obama grant them clemency?
By 2006, former high school football teammates Luke Scarmazzo and Ricardo Montes were living an unimaginable dream in an unlikely setting. Two years before in Modesto, the conservative Central Valley … Click to Continue »
Read More »Winton man to serve two life prison sentences, plus 17 years in double homicide
The wife of a 29-year-old Atwater man wiped tears from her face Thursday and questioned one of her husband’s killers about his viciously brutal death. “The one thing I’m still … Click to Continue »
Read More »UC Merced and other universities weigh first tuition hikes in 6 years
Faced with record enrollment and the need to hire faculty, university authorities are considering raising tuition at UC Merced and other state schools for the first time in six years. … 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 »25 years later, Anita Hill says she would testify again
Twenty-five years after Anita Hill testified during the Senate confirmation hearings for Supreme Court nominee Clarence Thomas, the acclaimed attorney and academic denounced a long list of sexual harassment and … Click to Continue »
Read More »Merced family fights for justice 10 years after unsolved slayings
Ten years ago, Bill and Lena Chapman were killed in their own home on East South Bear Creek by burglars who then torched the house where the couple had lived … Click to Continue »
Read More »Merced family fights for justice 10 years after unsolved slayings
The family of Bill and Lena Chapman talk on Friday, Sept. 30, 2016, about the unsolved slayings of the couple. … Click to Continue »
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