Merced

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…

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…

A large crowd of passionate locals and distinguished guests last Saturday, July 11, for the official groundbreaking ceremony to start construction of…

By JONATHAN WHITAKER Merced city leaders and administrative staff have begun working on a public outreach effort to communicate what's happening with a proposed — and highly controversial — High-Speed Rail Station in Merced, and to somehow drive a united discussion to the state authority in charge of the system. The stated goals are…