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Editor's note: This article was originally printed in the Jan. 23, 2025, edition of the Merced County Times newspaper. Some people are hoping it will be a dry January and they are not referring to Merced's long spate without any rain. They are talking about a budding national movement for people to reduce drinking alcohol and ultimately leave it…

The Merced Police Department has added something substantial to its crime-fighting arsenal and as it grows it will help officers responding to…

Dr. Hanimireddy Lakireddy is retiring after 50 years as a cardiologist, 40 of them in Merced. In fact, he is considered to be a pioneer medical specialist…

Merced's interim fire chief, Casey Wilson, has been in fire service for more than half his life and has no intention of leaving the Merced Fire Department which he joined nearly 19 years ago. He gives more than lip service to his role in fire protection and wants the longtime fire agency to grow and prosper in the years ahead. Wilson, 39,…

Steven Stanfield has a lot on his plate right now. The Merced Police Department's new chief, who started here Oct. 30, is addressing multiple critical…

Lately I have been seeing something out on the road that scares me to pieces and I just can't keep quiet about it. Traffic signals have three elements,…

California school districts have had a hard time recruiting teachers and the situation has reached alarming levels in some areas. But the Merced Union High School District which serves 11,141 students at campuses in Merced, Atwater and Livingston hasn't faced these issues yet and Superintendent Alan Peterson hopes to keep it that way. "This…

There is no such thing as a bum car show. However, there's no denying that some vintage vehicle events are bigger and better than others. One of…

It doesn't get much better than two big old car shows within two days' time of each other. I was in tall cotton last Thursday at the monthly…

I think about cars and trucks all the time. When I don't go to an old car show or cruise night in person, I have innumerable reminders of all the neat vintage vehicles lingering out there, accessed through books, magazines, television programs and online videos. These recollections or remembrances get triggered very regularly and bring to…