Some of my most cherished memories growing up were the cross-country automobile trips we took from California to Michigan and New York in the summers. My dad, a research food bacteriologist, consulted with major food processors and made sure the massive cookers that processed canned green beans and the like were working fine and the product…

Mexico is not just beautiful vacation beaches, luxury resorts, culinary delights and friendly people. Nor is it just rural poverty, government…

Affordable housing is a joke if what is coming down from Sacramento, in the way of new laws, comes to pass. For one thing, the plan is to require all…

By Lee Pevsner When I was about 12 years old, I was in Redding, and happened to see a marching band going down the street. I wanted to be a snare drummer in a marching band. That was it! Fast forward a couple of years, and I am in Helena, Arkansas in the high school band playing snare drum in the marching band. This was a very good band.…

Normally, it would have taken years for a product like vaping to pass through the riggers to be approved by the United States Food and Drug Department;…

Our kids are back in school, back to school nights are in full swing, and the weather is cooling down. Soon the holiday season will be upon us. As we…

It's always fun to check out cars — muscle cars, classic cars, modern cars, flat cars. Flat cars? Yes, my enjoyment of all things automotive extends to flattened cars laying forlornly on a flatbed truck, on their way to a junkyard or scrapyard. I get a kick out of seeing cars and trucks even in a pretty much unrecognizable form.…

After attending the opening season performance of Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat at Playhouse Merced, we realized, once again, how much talent…

Editor’s note: The following is from a Sept. 3 memo from Merced resident and former City Councilman Michael Belluomini to the current Merced City Council.…

For years we have sold the roll ends of newsprint left over when they get too small to run on our printing press. They are great for art and craft projects, among other uses. Since we are the only newspaper company in Merced County which actually still prints its own newspaper, the roll ends around these parts are rare, and can’t be found…