Dream comes true for Make-A-Wish recipient from Merced
Merced resident Brennan Reny, age 13, and his family were presented with a 2021 Prime Time Avenger 16BH travel trailer on Aug. 17 from Fresno-based RV Country through the ADOPT-A-WISH program of Make-A-Wish of Northeastern & Central California and Northern Nevada.
The new travel trailer will allow Brennan and his family,…
City surveys being mailed over ‘recovery’ spending plan
If you’re a Merced resident, you might want to keep an eye out for a survey that should be arriving inside mailboxes in the coming days.
This particular…
Health Officials Confirm First Pediatric Death Related to…
The Merced County Department of Public Health (Department) has confirmed the first pediatric death related to COVID-19 in Merced County – an infant with…
Wildlife center saves native California animals with community’s help
By Lynda Brommage
Who do you call and where do you take a wild animal that has been injured, traumatized or orphaned?
It could be a coyote that is nearly dead from malnutrition due to a tick infestation, an eagle that drops two stories because it has lost its neurological function due to a virus or disease, a snake that is run…
One human case confirmed of West Nile Virus in Merced County
Merced County Department of Public Health officials notified Merced County Mosquito Abatement District (District) that a male in his 60s contracted West Nile…
Waning vaccine protection result in booster plans
The highly contagious Delta Variant is spreading rapidly among the unvaccinated through communities with low vaccination rates such as Merced, and can make…
UC Merced scrambles to house its students
UC Merced officials are optimistic that hundreds of their students facing an unanticipated local housing shortage will have a place to rest their heads this week and throughout the opening of the fall semester.
The state fire marshal has agreed to allow additional beds to on-campus housing — up to the maximum capacity — along with some added…
County leaders: Rescue funds can help plans already in place
Last year at this time, you could have sliced the tension inside the Merced County Board of Supervisors chamber with a hunting knife. Much of the anxiety was…
County schools launch ‘Ready To Return’ effort
“Schools are the best and safest place for students to learn, succeed and thrive.”
If this message wasn’t clear before, it should be in the…
Leaders cancel Merced rental inspection plan after locals react
There appeared to be a sense of last-minute urgency among those in the standing-room-only crowd at Monday night’s marathon of a City Council meeting.
But it wasn’t too late for the overwhelming majority of people who were not in support of a sweeping rental housing inspection program intended to protect tenants from slumlords and substandard…