Homeless

Nobody knows how many homeless people die in America each year. While local governments can estimate the number of homeless people in a given area by taking an annual census, not every city and county records how many homeless people die while living on the streets. In Merced County, however, we do know that number. It’s 20 people. Twenty…

Editor’s note: The following press release was sent out by Merced County officials and the District 21 Office of Assemblyman Adam Gray. More than 150 Merced…

Community collaboration was the key to transforming years of vision-casting and hard work into the reality of a larger campus for the Merced…

Merced County and the City of Los Banos are participating in the Governor’s 100-Day Challenge to help address the worsening problem of homelessness encampments across the state. The 100-Day Challenge began in late 2019 with four counties. Each county identified specific areas of focus, then worked with a broad spectrum of residents to…

'By having this center where county staff and nonprofit providers can interact with these folks on a daily basis, provide them with meals, and break bread, so…

Editor’s Note: The following profile is a preview of a special report series by the Merced County Times on the impact of COVID-19 on the Merced County…

'While they were homeless, they never complained about anything. They’re humbled that they’re still alive and breathing.' Sue Emanivong, Healthy House  Sebastian Junger’s book, A Perfect Storm, tells the tale of a North Atlantic storm that took 13 lives in 1991. It happened as a result of a nor’easter that absorbed Hurricane Grace and…

Rapid progress is being made on a critical component of this region’s collaborative effort to address homelessness — Merced County’s “Navigation Center.”…

A Rescue Mission worker walks by and asks Villa a series of COVID-19 questions. Do you have a fever? Things like that. Villa says they do a checkup every…

Rishi Vanga, a junior at Buhach Colony High School, didn’t wait for his teachers’ “distance learning” plans to venture into an incredible and meaningful educational experience during the current stay-at-home orders.  “I don’t even know if my school knows I’m doing this,” the 17-year-old Atwater resident says.  Actually, there are a…