BREAKING NEWS: MERCED CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT Merced City School District is responding to new reports from the Merced County Department of Public Health, concerning the global coronavirus pandemic. There is now one confirmed case in nearby Stanislaus County, identified as a community transmission. No MCSD students or staff have tested…

The history of tattooing spans thousands of years, and can be seen across hundreds of cultures. From traditional practices of tattooing to the…

The annual High School Art Show 2020 opens this week at the Merced Multicultural Arts Center in downtown Merced. It will run through April 11. An artists…

Physics Professor Gabriela González is one of the world’s leading researchers in gravitational wave research and the global spokesperson for the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory (LIGO) Scientific Collaboration which proved one of Albert Einstein’s predictions about the universe. She is also this year’s guest…

Residents and revelers alike made their way to the Merced Multicultural Arts Center last Friday night to dance the night away and support arts…

Elsa, Anna, Kristoff, Olaf, and Sven are making their way to the Merced Theatre on Feb. 28 and Feb. 29 where Weaver Performing Arts will be…

On Monday, Feb. 24, at 7 p.m., the New Legacy Project, a group based in Nashville, will perform a free concert at Grace Community Church, located at 290 E. Main Street in Merced. It promises to be a fun-filled evening. Rick Price, the group’s founder, told the Times, “I was born in Michigan back in the 1950s. My dad was a coal…

The blistering rock musical “Lizzie” — presented by the local Phoenix Creative Collective — will be at The MAC on Main Street next weekend, Feb. 27-29. All…

Every year, the Merced Dance Teachers Cooperative and the Merced College Theatre teams up to present Dance Kaleidoscope — a collection of dance…