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Jonathan Whitaker serves as the Chief Editor for Mid Valley Publications and oversees the Merced County Times and the Atwater-Winton Times Newspapers. He can be contacted by calling the Merced Office at 209.580.9625 or by stopping by 2221 K Street, Merced CA, 95340 or by calling the Winton office at 209.358.5311 or by stopping by 6950 Gerard Avenue, Winton CA, 95388. Additionally he can be contacted by email at [email protected]

Politics

Council candidates speak out at forum

Jonathan Whitaker
The final stretch of Election 2022 is upon us, and local candidates are ramping up their public appearances in the attempt to garner the most possible votes in their respective races. On Tuesday night at City Hall, candidates for seats on the Merced City Council gathered to express their views during an election forum organized by…
Local News

UC Merced presents 14th Dalai Lama with Spendlove Prize

Jonathan Whitaker
Several dozen special guests were honored with a chance to participate in a live virtual ceremony with his Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama on Sunday night as he received the Alice and Clifford Spendlove Prize in Social Justice, Diplomacy and Tolerance from UC Merced. The once-in-a-lifetime event was streamed direct from India where the Dalai…
Culture

Livingston celebrates its 100th anniversary

Jonathan Whitaker
Atwater has received a lot of attention in recent days for its centennial events; however, there’s another nearby city that is also celebrating a 100th anniversary. This year, Livingston turned 100, and last Sunday, hundreds of local residents gathered on Main Street in front of the Livingston Historical Museum to remember the…
Galleries

Kidnapper’s parole renews interest in dusty ag museum

Jonathan Whitaker
Way out on Plainsburg Road, about a couple miles each way between Highway 99 and the town of Le Grand, there’s a huge metal building — a warehouse, if you will — that’s the exact size of a football field. It’s surrounded by rows and rows of almond trees, and the workshops of the old Bright’s Nursery operation established in 1945.…

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