07/10/11 Two separate accidents in Quebec Saturday left one man dead, and a second man seriously injuried.
07/08/11 In the latest edition of updates from Husky baseball players and their summer-team experiences, we hear from Aaron West, Will Sparks, Zach Wright, Chase Anselment and Jacob Coats.
07/08/11 Merced County law enforcement agencies made 37 DUI arrests over the Fourth of July holiday weekend, compared with 38 DUI arrests reported during the same period last year, according to data released by law enforcement Wednesday.
07/08/11 Yulee's freak athlete is the state's top prospect for the class of 2013 Numerous recruiting services are on site this week at the debut of Nike's "The Opening" at the athletic apparel headquarters in Beaverton, Ore., and with 150 of the best players in the country all in one place, there is no lack of voices to be heard.
07/08/11 Perhaps no team has been hotter in recruiting the past two weeks than UCLA. The Bruins landed five commits in a four-day span in late June. Then 4-star linebacker Aaron Porter (La Habra High) joined the party, giving the Bruins eight commits total.Something tells me a few more might becoming...
07/07/11 Annie Dossetti said she is passionate about helping children learn. As the assistant superintendent for educational services of the Merced City School District, Dossetti's main task is seeing that students have the tools they need to succeed.
07/07/11 Neil Tarpey/The Times-Standard ARCATA -- In the bottom of the ninth, Atwater's Kevin Christy took the mound with a no-hitter. With the Aviators leading the Humboldt Crabs 7-0 -- the eventual final score -- the outcome was no longer in doubt.
07/06/11 The Reedley Marlins continue Central Valley Recreational Swimming League action as they host the Woodlake Tiger Sharks in a 6:30 p.m. meet at the Reedley College pool.
07/06/11 Merced County law enforcement agencies made 37 DUI arrests over the Fourth of July holiday weekend,
07/01/11 Many businesses and government services will be closed or operate on different hours for the Canada Day holiday Friday.
06/29/11 Got Milk? Central Valley dairies proved that they do during the 2011 Merced County Fair's annua
06/28/11 No more donations of drums, violins or gongs to local schools. No more sending kids to music camp at California State University, Stanislaus. No more Merced Pops concert fund-raisers. After 50 years, the Merced Music Guild is disbanding because of a decline in membership. It has seen its numbers dwindle over the past five years, making it difficult to continue providing student scholarships and ...
06/28/11 Even with a struggling economy, Merced High School's Marching 100 hopes to make big sales with
06/28/11 In January 2008, devotees of Silver Lake's Back Door Bakery bid a forlorn farewell to their beloved neighborhood caf? . Owner Deborah Goodale packed up and all but disappeared after she closed up shop, but has since resurfaced in a whole new part of town, with a recently re-opened Back Door Bakery , serving up bakery treats and breads along with coffee and tea to new customers and old in the ...
06/26/11 The nation's rivers were being so degraded by the 1960s that Congress took the step of establishing the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act to save at least some of the more pristine river sections.
06/25/11 With a handful of bars that open at approximately the same time the sun rises, Los Angeles happily accommodates those craving an early morning cocktail. Here are places to drink before noon, sans judge-ey looks from the bartender.
06/24/11 Taking the highway south from Sacramento to Bakersfield leads to museums of bugs, military aircraft and farm equipment; tasty tri-tip and Mexican food; and farms you can visit. Call it the accidental road trip. Looking for a less monotonous route home from Northern California last summer, my family and I took California 99 south from Sacramento to Bakersfield and picked up Interstate 5 from ...
06/21/11 When the scientists at Alta Devices began seeing their solar devices achieve efficiency results beyond what was previously thought possible, they realized that something scientifically important was going on.
06/08/11 Attorney General Kamala D. Harris announced the arrests of 101 leaders and members of two transnational gangs operating violent criminal enterprises in the Central Valley cities of Madera, Los Banos, Livingston, Merced, Atwater and Dos Palos.
06/03/11 With unemployment rates running rampant across the country, Merced County has become one of the most economically depressed areas.It has climbed to the fourth-highest jobless county in California, and the numbers have seen little improvement over the past year.Statistics for the county show unemployment increases in winter before dropping in the spring as the agricultural industry gains steam ... | 
