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Members of the local Veterans of Foreign Wars are once again asking Merced County leaders to intervene to help them find their own meeting space. They took their concerns to officials on Tuesday, claiming that they have been without a home since the Department of Public Works declared their former spot, called “the Hut,” unusable due to…

Residents of an apartment complex affected by the recent flood are speaking out after being forced from their homes. People who live on the…

It was Max Brown’s biggest regret in life. He had never contacted the family of Lazaro “Lester” Martinez, the 19-year-old kid who had held him when he was…

Popular downtown flea market Superflea has crammed a lot of things into one over the past seven months. Craft fair. Art show. Thrift-heaven. The final installment of the monthly 2022 event was held in mid-December. But don't worry if you missed it. The creator and downtown business owner Eli Torres is already planning Superflea’s…

ASIP is back! One of Downtown Merced’s popular coffee shop hangouts reopened on Dec. 11 in a 5,000 square foot brick building on Main Street between O…

Have you ever called the police to report something, only to wait on hold and hang up out of frustration? In Merced County, chances are the person on the other…

For hundreds of years, wherever the Hmong have traveled – from China to Vietnam and Laos and eventually to America – they have retained their community and cultural identity. Nowhere is that more obvious than at Hmong New Year celebrations, currently kicking off this month around the Central Valley. Thousands of Hmong people from…

Nobody knows how many homeless people die in America each year. While local governments can estimate the number of homeless people in a given area by taking…

It was 50 years ago during a trip on horseback through the Sierra Nevada when Ralph Busby and Henry DuPertuis first met each other. They’ve been…

A new type of nursing home is on its way to being completed in Merced. Golden Valley Health Centers broke ground Friday on a new senior care facility at its campus on Childs Avenue. Merced PACE, which reimagines the way seniors are cared for, is expected to be completed sometime late next year with a tentative opening date of July…