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‘This isn’t a wellness program; it’s more than that. It’s about relationships and mental health.’ By LUCIANA CHAVEZ Jonae Pistoresi found herself swimming in research that kept shouting at her, “There’s more here!” Pistoresi was keeping up with best practices on employee development, which is her purview as a business professor at the…

Editor’s Note: The following is a reaction to SB 1410 by Senator Anna M. Caballero who represents the 12th Senate District, composed of Merced, Madera, and…

By MIKE BIDDISON Merced County Supervisor Lee Lor is confident she’ll be reelected to the Board of Supervisors in the coming November election. If she…

By MIKE BIDDISON Josh Pedrozo is a married father of two children, a high school history teacher, and a former Merced City Council member who served nine years on the dais, from 2009 to 2018. Now his sights are set on the District 2 seat of the Merced County Board of Supervisors. The District 2 supervisorial seat represents most of the…

By Mike Biddeson Antonio Villaraigosa, the newest member of the UC Merced Board of Trustees, likes to get his hands dirty.  The former Mayor…

In 2019, Merced County and its partners took significant steps forward in several key areas that impact the lives of our residents. As we move into a new…

Community colleges play a vastly under-appreciated role in the life of a town, a region and a state. In California, we understand that better than most. The California Community Colleges system, which serves over 2.1 million students, is the largest educational system, and largest workforce training provider, in the United…

The Merced Community College District has placed a $247-million bond (Measure J) on the March 3 ballot because this valued community institution needs…

By Mike Biddison Bestselling author Michael Lewis appeared at UC Merced last Friday evening, where he lauded the local university as a…

When I was growing up, before I became a lawyer and started serving on the Merced College Board of Trustees, one of my favorite stories was the one about how my parents, Lourdes and Arturo, met. Spoiler alert: They met at Merced College. Mom and Dad both immigrated from Mexico in the 1960s. Neither of them spoke English at the…