Although all age groups are affected by winter viruses, this year we are seeing a critical situation in Merced County for infants and children. This region’s hospitals have been filled to capacity with: emergency rooms overflowing, long waiting room times, and anxious parents waiting for their children to be seen. In these situations, this is…

For hundreds of years, wherever the Hmong have traveled – from China to Vietnam and Laos and eventually to America – they have retained their…

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…

The line of people for Sunrise Rotary Club’s Clothes For Kids event snaked around the outside of Target on Saturday as 100 kids and their families turned out for the group’s annual giveaway. Inside the store, the kids were leading Rotary members through clothing racks and the shoe aisle, picking out early Christmas gifts ahead of…

God bless us, everyone! "A Christmas Adventure" returns to Atwater for its 22nd year of performances on Dec. 8, 9, 10 and 11. This…

A mural-in-progress on the side of the Merced County Times' office at 2221 K Street is part of local artist Jazz Diaz’ effort to beautify Merced…

The Central Valley Stories class project at UC Merced hosted the launch of its new zine at the Kreepy Kawaii Gallery space in downtown Merced last Sunday. Students, educators, and community members all gathered to enjoy food, poetry, and art based on the experiences of those who belong to the Central Valley. “Kreepy Kawaii has…

Throughout the gloomy and stormy day of Dec. 3, people flooded into the Hoffmeister Center to warm their hearts with the arts as well as free hot…

Saturday, Dec. 3, was a busy day for Arbor Gallery in downtown Merced. The reception for the Really BIG Show was a big success, and later that…

This is a story about one man and his dream to bring people to Mulege, Baja California Sur, Mexico, so they will know how special it is. His dream was to build the finest quality hotel and restaurant — 600 miles south of the border. His name is Don Johnson, an American who fell in love with a beautiful young Mexican woman called…