Planada

By John M Derby & Reno Martinelli  Planada residents are very upset because it’s going on 10 months after the devastating floods last January, and…

The Community Center at Houlihan Park in Planada was pretty much at the epicenter of the disastrous flooding last January. The well-used…

After several months of flood restoration work, Golden Valley Health Centers (GVHC) reopened the Planada Medical Clinic on June 1. Following severe storm damage and flooding in January, the Merced County Office of Emergency Services mandated evacuations of Planada residents. More than 4,000 people were displaced, roads and businesses were closed…

Residents turned out for Planada's annual Community Day parade on Saturday, the first since January's catastrophic flooding left much of the town underwater.…

Life is finally returning to normal in Planada after floods swept through the small town earlier this year. This Saturday the town will be…

During a recent assembly at Planada Elementary School, the Associated Students of Merced College (ASMC) shared the bounty of a recent donation drive meant to help Planada students who lost homes, access to portions of their school, and so much more after their community flooded in January. ASMC President Jose Castillo, Treasurer Marisol…

Merced Mayor Matthew Serratto, along with Merced County Supervisor Rodrigo Espinoza, Ralph Gladwin of Merced Walks, and Natalie Sturgeon of Just…

A group of Planada residents demonstrated at the foot of the County Administration Building on Tuesday morning, raising signs calling for a halt…

Planada Elementary educators are enlisting the help of the community to get their classrooms back to pre-flood condition, with the help of Horace Mann agent Curtis Earheart of Earheart Insurance Services and DonorsChoose. The school suffered considerable damage from last month’s flooding, and educators lost classroom materials they had worked…