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IMPORTANT UPDATE:  The Times and various Merced-area residents have been asking in recent days how people will be notified that they can start to receive critical COVID-19 vaccines. An answer came today, Wednesday, Jan. 13, but it was too late for the story in our print edition ... We include the following update here: The Merced…

'People are at risk of dying due to COVID simply because we are in danger of not having the resources to care for them if we continue to see the number of COVID…

For someone like Kelly Turner, a fulfilling life is being wide awake at 5:30 a.m. for the drive to Los Banos where a troubled young man is in need of a ride…

As Mercedians ring in the new year, many people are hoping to start it off on the right foot by enthusiastically searching for inspiration so as to focus on things that will help counteract the nightmare times of 2020. One such positive individual is Matthew Serratto. Serratto is the City of Merced’s new Mayor, as well as Merced County’s…

In this new year of 2021, the local Shakespeare Festival will be celebrating its 20th season! Artistic Director and Founder Heike Hambley directed the…

New cases of COVID-19 have continued to surge for the past month at a rate of 200 to 230 per day in Merced County (on Jan. 5, there were 372 more than…

Talk about Operation Warp Speed. The Merced City Council — with three new members and a new mayor after the November election — are taking on some big, staff-driven, proposed changes to downtown Merced that are being presented at a startling pace. They have had three regular meetings so far. On Dec. 7, they discussed details of a…

Anais Guillem is one of those UC Merced grad students you don’t ever want to see leave town.  “During my time here, I have always looked for ways…

It was the year many of us would like to put in the rear view mirror. But even on New Year’s Eve — with all the hope and prayers for better…

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