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Despite facing three challengers in the March 3 election, Merced County Supervisor Lee Lor is confident she will be re-elected for her second four-year term. The 37-year-old Lor faces Ricky Aguilera, Angel Barragan and Josh Pedrozo in the spring primary. If no one gets a majority vote then, the top two will face each other in a November…

For some Merced High School students, the old gym on campus was a winter wonderland last Friday night. A large number of special education students…

By September 2021, Merced will have a new children's outpatient care center costing millions of dollars. The new complex within sight of Mercy Medical Center…

Some of my most cherished memories growing up were the cross-country automobile trips we took from California to Michigan and New York in the summers. My dad, a research food bacteriologist, consulted with major food processors and made sure the massive cookers that processed canned green beans and the like were working fine and the product…

It's always fun to check out cars — muscle cars, classic cars, modern cars, flat cars. Flat cars? Yes, my enjoyment of all things automotive extends…

By early next year, things will be dramatically different in a core block of downtown Merced that's undergoing some major renovation now. A…

Golden Valley High School is 25 years old. The 1,750-pupil campus at 2125 E. Childs Ave., Merced, has embraced change, improvements and accomplishments over the last quarter century along with a measure of stability. Kevin Swartwood, Golden Valley principal since 2015 and the school's first athletic director, said eight teachers from the…

One of the largest and most thriving segments of our old car hobby revolves around pickup trucks. It has been said the best-selling vehicles on the road…

The inventory of residential homes for sale in Merced is growing but slower than in recent months and houses are taking a little longer to sell, longtime…

It's my theory many of the contemporary car designers must be enamored with "Star Wars" movies. That's because many of today's cars and trucks carry the gnarly "face" of Darth Vader and the storm troopers. Automobiles from many of the foreign and domestic manufacturers have the angular-jagged vent and grille contours from the legendary…