Homeless

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 day, and she praises the workers for being so caring. Monica Villa isn’t a 100 percent sure. She doesn’t know exactly when she’s going to be back out on the streets. On this day,…

Rishi Vanga, a junior at Buhach Colony High School, didn’t wait for his teachers’ “distance learning” plans to venture into an incredible and…

When the Merced County Board of Supervisors held its last meeting on March 31, Gloria Sandoval was a little late getting in some questions about an…

Monica Villa — a homeless Mercedian who ran for mayor in 2018 and hopes to be on the ballot again come November — said she is returning to the streets after a short time taking cover from the coronavirus.  “I know how to take care of myself — I’m homeless,” she told the Times during a curbside interview in a residential…

Every year on Dec. 21 — the first day of winter and the longest night of the year — family members, advocates, community leaders, service…

All the important service providers who work to provide assistance for Merced’s homeless population came together last Friday for the 2019…

Editor’s note: The following information was culled from the 2019 Point-in-Time Homeless Count Results in Central California, and local Continuum of Care reports Recent reports made available by Central California Continuums of Care (CoCs) provide an estimate of the number of persons counted by all the Central California CoCs earlier this year.…

Dear Editor, While the City of Merced should be vigorously applauded for initiating a county-wide process to develop housing resources for the homeless,…

When last we left … Jorge Garibay spoke up once again at the Merced City Council meeting on Monday night, calling for action concerning issues…

(City of Merced press release) A state grant awarded today will result in the construction of 119 affordable apartments to address the City’s housing needs while creating a transit-oriented project in South Merced. The California Strategic Growth Council announced the City will receive $13,949,300 for the Childs and B Street TOD Affordable…