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Yang Pao Thao is the incumbent candidate in the race for the District 2 seat on the Merced City Council to be decided this November. However, it was not long ago when Councilman Thao was relatively unknown on the local political scene. In fact, last year at this time, Thao was serving on the city's Planning Commission — a panel made up…

Merced College is welcoming students back for the 2026-27 academic year this week, following several years of substantial enrollment growth and with…

UC Merced is welcoming the largest class in university history this fall, as record numbers of first-year and transfer students propel total enrollment…

By SARAH LIM Special to the Times What better name for a building than “Land of Sunshine”? To many Chicagoans in the late 19th century, that meant a sunny life in California. Playing into that state of mind, the Land of Sunshine Company promoted the settlement on the land purchased from the Crocker-Huffman Land and Water…

Two months after the Merced City Council approved the creation of a Repeat Housing Code Violators program, Councilman Fue Xiong on Monday night…

A community giant is no longer with us. Roger Wood — an Atwater native son with a legacy as a businessman, civic leader, and radio show host who helped unite the region through conversation — died Aug. 5 at home after a brief illness. He was 85. "Roger had a profound impact on our community," said Kory Billings, a family friend and…

Merced city leaders tasked with clearing out a logjam on vital information regarding the future of High Speed Rail in Merced were expecting to meet…

Long before there was news about the elections for Merced City Council in 2026, John Bliss was starting plans to run for the District 6 seat that…

The Merced City Council voted 6-1 on Monday night to place a 1-cent general sales tax measure on the November election ballot in an effort to help "maintain the city's financial stability and preserve general services residents have identified as priorities — including fire and emergency response, public safety, street and pothole repair,…