Residents gather for Riley Walk, call for end to violence
Dozens of families, neighbors, friends, police officers, and community leaders made their way to the FoodMaxx parking lot to celebrate the memories of those who had lost their lives too early to violence as part of the annual Riley Brothers Victims’ Remembrance Walk.
Held on the second Saturday of October each year, the event…
Merced mourns for slain family
Community members seeking answers and healing are working through incredible grief to mourn and honor the lives of an entire family lost to senseless…
Local Ag subject of new photography exhibit
A new exhibit is showcasing the work of local photographers who went out into the field – literally – to capture the world of Merced County’s…
Planada: Looking Back 110 years
In the year 1912, Planada was celebrating the grand opening of the new and luxurious Hotel Ciquatan and what was hoped to be the beginning of a new prosperous “City Beautiful.”
Planada was originally named Whitton and then renamed Geneva by a group of Swiss dairy farmers from the area. The Geneva Post Office was opened in 1896 and…
Halestorm lands big time at Aftershock
Day 3 of the Aftershock music festival in Sacramento was capped off by the long-awaited appearance of My Chemical Romance and the return of…
KISS gives Aftershock fans their money’s worth — and a…
Day 2 of the four-day Aftershock festival at Discovery Park in Sacramento on Friday was dominated by heavy metal head banging, musical fireworks,…
Fans brace themselves as Aftershock 2022 gets under way
Aftershock 2022 kicked off Thursday with headliner performances by Slipknot, Rob Zombie, Evanescence, and Stone Temple Pilots along with tens of thousands of rock and heavy metal fans from throughout California and beyond.
California's largest music festival is back in Sacramento for the 10th year, and one year after its triumphant return…
Pumpkin Season Has Arrived!
Local residents are making their way to the pumpkin patch at Vista Ranch and Cellars after the gates opened on Oct. 1. The patch is renowned for…
Hundreds Enjoy ‘Quilts On Forist Lane’
Members of the Gateway Quilters’ Guild must have been working overtime in recent months since they did not have a show during the Covid pandemic.…
Hundreds gather to support county’s Boys & Girls Club
The gym at the Merced County Boys & Girls Club in downtown Merced was filled to the max with supporters on Friday night for the club’s annual fundraising dinner.
Board President Rosa Kindred-Winzer led the night filled with fine dining, lively live auctions, and special speeches. A young member of the club, Alejandro Maldonado,…