California’s top arts ambassadors identified downtown Merced as a notable cultural hub, one of the first two counties in the ...

A man died after he crashed into a center median while driving the wrong way on Highway 99 Tuesday morning, the California Highway Patrol said. On Dec. 23 ...

Up until recently, Merced, California had been known as the Gateway to Yosemite and not much else — certainly not as a culinary hot bed of seasonal cuisine. Thanks to community leaders, passionate ...

The articles all discuss important changes in Merced’s local business scene, highlighting both store closures and new ...

Sean Malloy was in the middle of a job interview in 2005 when he saw what he described as a “brown wasteland of construction ...

The University of California, Merced, today broke ground on the largest expansion project in campus history. The four-year Merced 2020 Project will add approximately 1.2 million gross square feet of ...

Police in California announced the discovery of around 60 people, including "victims of human trafficking," working at an illegal marijuana processing site under "horrible conditions." The Merced ...

Christmas Day in 2025 and New Year’s Day in 2026 will delay trash pickup for residents of incorporated and unincorporated areas of Merced County. According to the city of Merced’s website, certain ...

A community in central California is grappling with the grief of losing an 8-month old baby, her parents and her uncle, who were kidnapped and killed earlier this week allegedly by a former employee ...

At least five people were killed and more than two dozen others were injured when a charter bus swerved into a support pole in Northern California early Tuesday. The pole pierced the bus, trapping ...

The Downtown Merced Cultural District has been awarded $10,000 for its selection as one of California's 10 new ...