COVID cases remain high; unvaccinated, kids most at risk
A surge in COVID cases since mid-July has been a continuing concern to the Merced County Public Health Department, especially because the number of children getting the disease has increased with the onslaught of the Delta Variant.
The unvaccinated remain the most at risk of serious disease and fatalities.
The positive case rate is the…
Larry Morse II, former D.A., dies at age 64
Very sad news came to the Times just before the presses ran on Wednesday morning.
Reports came in that former Merced County District Attorney Larry Morse…
Protesters in Merced decry mandates that force workers to…
A crowd of protesters in Merced gathered across the street from Mercy Medical Center and adjacent health care clinics on Friday…
Brooks wins Area 3 board seat for Merced City School District
Allen Brooks was the winner of a special election that was held to fill a vacant Area 3 seat on the Board of Education for the Merced City School District.
Brooks beat out the only other contender, Adam Cox, by garnering 60.47 percent of the vote. Cox was a former MCSD trustee who left the position last year but decided to run again. The…
MID files lawsuit to protect water supply
Merced Irrigation District has filed a lawsuit challenging the emergency drought curtailments issued by the State Water Resources Control Board last month. The…
Housing plan gets pushback over hot issue of affordability
Blame it on Kevin Blake.
If the councilman would have been at the City Council meeting on Tuesday night, the discussion on boosting Merced’s housing supply…
School boards move cautiously to open meetings
The much-heralded start of in-person education at all levels — from UC Merced to elementary schools — is also opening the door to in-person local school board meetings. At least for now.
The Merced Union High School District Board of Trustees on Aug. 11 held its first in-person, open-to-the-public meeting since the start of pandemic-induced Zoom…
Another grim milestone in region’s battle against COVID-19
More than 500 deaths in Merced County are now linked to the COVID-19, including this region’s first pandemic-related infant death, according to the Public…
Richard (Rick) John Morrison — Castle AFB airman, artist,…
It is with deep sadness that we announce that Rick Morrison passed peacefully at Park Merced on Tuesday, Aug. 10, 2021, at 83 years of age.…
Clean transportation policies to be topic of conversation with expert
Are you interested in the future of electric vehicles? You’re in good company because so is Patricio Portillo, an expert in transportation.
The University of California, Merced is putting on a virtual Ask Me Anything (AMA) open to the public on Sept. 7 at 2 p.m., featuring Patricio Portillo, Transportation Analyst for the Climate and Clean…