City manager unveils $405M proposed budget for new fiscal year
Merced City Manager Stephanie R. Dietz, along with department heads, revealed a proposed spending plan for the upcoming fiscal year 2023-24 on Monday night at City Hall.
The total proposed budget comes in at $405.7 million, an increase of $21.1 million over last year’s final budget. The city’s General Fund is projected to account for an overall…
Atwater leaders OK pay raise for police chief
The Atwater City Council unanimously approved a 7 percent increase in pay for Police Chief Michael Salvador’s employment agreement during their regular…
Benito Zambrano, resident of Winton, beloved family man
Benito (Byrd) Zambrano of Winton passed away surrounded by his children on May 4.
Benito was born in Stamford Texas on August 20, 1957, to Alejandra and…
George William ‘Bill’ Mitchell of Merced dies at 69
George William Mitchell, 69, passed away peacefully in Merced on March 22, with family by his side.
Born May 4, 1954, in Fowler, Ca, he was the first child to the late Paul Dwayne Mitchell Sr and LeeAnna Rose Mori Mitchell. They moved around a lot but called Merced home.
He was known as Bill to many, Wild Bill to family and Uncle Bill to all…
Legislators address hospital closure crisis
Senator Anna M. Caballero (D-Merced), Speaker-Designate Robert Rivas (D-Salinas) and Assemblywoman Esmeralda Soria (D-Merced) recently announced the passage of…
Fire Dept. to upgrade emergency care
Merced Fire Chief Derek Parker joined members of the Merced Sunrise Rotary at Paul’s Place for a recent meeting. Chief Parker spoke with members as part of…
Flood Risks Demonstrate Importance Of Understanding Current Snowpack
The Department of Water Resources (DWR) this week conducted the fifth snow survey of the season at Phillips Station. The manual survey recorded 59 inches of snow depth and a snow water equivalent of 30 inches, which is 241 percent of average for this location on May 1. The snow water equivalent measures the amount of water still contained in the…
Victims’ Rights Week in Merced exposes devastating impact of…
'Fentanyl is one of the most dangerous and deadly drugs
we have ever encountered, and it is killing those in our community.'
— Nicole Silveira,
Merced…
A new hospitality management group announced for El Capitan…
Merced’s top boutique and destination hotel — a renovated jewel for the downtown area — will be under new management starting in June, according to a…
New bike store promotes healthy living
Two local women who have been best friends for years have opened up Merced’s latest cycling store — Adventum Bikes — in the Bear Creek Village retail center, right next door to the Los Panchos restaurant at 2975 G Street.
Andrea Velasquez, a nurse practitioner, and Corina Diaz, a school teacher, wanted to start a venture that would…