It’s not hard to foresee where the changes could lead. There may be fewer days for early voting; an end of Sunday voting that ...

Cal Fire announced it's opening a new firefighter training center in Merced as it tries to beef up staffing amid uncertainty ...

Sinking land in the San Joaquin Valley due to groundwater pumping has cost billions of dollars. The state has issued ...

The San Luis Reservoir in Merced County—one of California's largest artificial lakes—not only irrigates Central Valley farmland and supplies drinking water across the Silicon Valley and the South Bay, ...

Daily science news on research developments, technological breakthroughs and the latest scientific innovations ...

Whisper Owen and her 8-month-old daughter, Sandra McCarty, have been missing for more than 10 days after being last seen ...

Robert Casey was arrested on suspicion of bank robbery in Merced County. He also allegedly is the suspect in a Modesto bank ...

The incident largely fell off public consciousness since then, but questions remained among some who witnessed the incident about whether the district adequately responded to the controversy.

Initial location: Merced County, Calif. A new wildfire was reported today at 1:27 p.m. in Merced County, California. Butts ...

CAL FIRE is expanding its statewide training efforts with the opening of a new training facility in Merced County.Starting on Monday, July 28, the Atwater Train ...

Summer break is winding down. It's time to start buying clothes for the first day of class, as well as backpacks and school ...

By GABRIELLE ANDRADE Special to the Times Many local residents know Vanessa’s Ice Cream Shop as the place to be on a hot day ...