The man accused of the 2022 murder of 8-year-old Sophia Mason walked free after pleading guilty to a lesser charge in Merced ...

Poor response times led Merced County supervisors this week to sever ties with the ambulance company that has served the area ...

A new wildfire was reported today at 6:35 a.m. in Merced County, California. The wildfire has been burning on private land.

October 9, 2025 - By Patty Guerra, UC Merced - Fifteen years ago, UC Merced was designated as a Hispanic-serving institution.

Authorities in California believe the suspects in a 2022 double murder have ties to Las Vegas and released composite sketches ...

I support them in their job to get rid of felons, and the fact that folks are here illegally sits raw with me also,” Merced ...

Three Merced County businesses failed health inspections in the past week, according to the latest round of inspections by ...

Our community is prepared, our plans are in place, and we are poised to deliver on the vision of high-speed rail California ...

California should be the epicenter of a new Democratic Party with a more appealing vision. Instead, we’re cheating.

A man died after his 2012 Ford Fusion collided head-on with a 2026 Western dump truck Tuesday morning on Highway 59, south of ...

October 8, 2025 - On Tuesday, the Merced County Board of Supervisors approved a contract with American Medical Response West ...

The California Highway Patrol says it happened around 6:20 am on Highway 59 south of Oakdale. Officers say a man was driving a Ford Fusion when his car crossed over and crashed head-on with a dump ...