College for Kids schedule features outdoor summer classes
This summer, Merced College for Kids (CFK) will offer in-person outdoor classes, as well as virtual classes, and registration is available starting April 9.
Last month, based on new COVID guidelines, Lupe Ramirez, Merced College Community Education Coordinator, put out the word to CFK instructors to let them know if they were scheduled to teach…
Dozens of local residents display unity, support for Asian…
About 80 local residents took part in a rally and march around Merced’s downtown area as part of a show of unity in condemning violent attacks…
A taste of the Merced County Fair is still within reach
Despite the cancellation of the 2021 Merced County Fair, CEO Teresa Burrola still wanted to do something to give the community a taste of the fair…
MC alumnus found academic home on Los Banos campus
By LUCIANA CHAVEZ
Special to Merced College
This is the story about how Noel Felix came to feel at home on the Los Banos campus of Merced College, and how the support he found there changed his life.
Understand that when Felix graduated from Los Banos High School in 2015, his mother had passed away a few years earlier, he had just turned…
Castle Air Museum receives Huey helicopter known for role in…
Castle Air Museum, located at 5050 Santa Fe Drive in Atwater, received a former U.S. Army UH-1 “Huey” Helicopter on March 22.
The “Huey” is one of the…
Local high schools set to return to traditional school…
The Merced Union High School District (MUHSD) Board of Trustees, which consists of a president, vice president, clerk, and two other board members, held a…
Easter service lifts community spirits with message of hope
Yosemite Church at 2230 Yosemite Avenue in Merced provided two powerful and uplifting Easter Sunday services.
They were held in the outdoor amphitheater, where people could sit in the shade or sun and wear masks and observe social distancing.
The service started with rousing music and song which raised the spirits of those attending.
A…
Atwater In-Shape reopens indoor fitness classes as of April…
The Atwater location of In-Shape Health Clubs at 2501 Shaffer Road reopened for business on March 8, 2021, and starting on April 1, the club will again offer…
Merced celebrates opening of revitalized El Capitan Hotel on…
Proud city leaders and corporate executives joined excited residents in a “virtual” ribbon-cutting ceremony and tour of the new El Capitan Hotel in…
Sierra Club showcases restorative prison gardening program
Community members who attended the virtual Sierra Club meeting on March 18 were treated to a presentation by Katerina Friesen, program manager with Insight Garden Program (IGP).
Insight Garden Program is in 11 State prisons in California and two facilities outside California. Friesen works at Central California Women’s Facility in…