The preliminary hearing continued in a Merced County Superior Courtroom Wednesday morning for Patricia Ortiz, accused of killing each of her three children in ...

Strong winds knocked down power lines in Merced on Wednesday, leaving over 5,000 customers without gas and electricity. The outage was reported at 4:12 p.m. and is ...

Patricia Ortiz, who prosecutors say smothered her three children to death in 2022, got a huge show of support from her family ...

The goal is to upgrade the massive system that sends water to 27 million people, mostly in Southern California, and vast sprawls of farmland.

Strong winds and rain from the atmospheric river storm hitting the Bay Area caused thousands of PG&E customers to lose power ...

Stanislaus County, a childcare desert, has been making substantial headway in expanding childcare access. However, potential federal funding cuts to programs like Head Start could impact its progress.

“As maximum eclipse nears, the moon transforms into a deep crimson orb,” the space agency said. “That red color comes from the ring of all the sunsets and sunrises you’d see encircling our planet if ...

California Sens. Alex Padilla and Adam Schiff will vote “no” on the House-passed plan to keep the government running through Sept. 30.

The Newsom administration is navigating a political minefield with the Trump administration and the Republicans in control of ...

Central Unified has joined the list of Central Valley school districts searching for a new superintendent. The district’s governing board voted in the closed session Tuesday night to place ...

The Tri-Valley League and Frontier League, which make up the TCAA, rewarded their athletes for the 2024-25 winter high school ...

March 13, 2025 – Merced Police Department officials report that they are asking for your assistance in identifying this suspect who has been involved in numerous thefts. If you recognize this ...