reopening

ASIP is back! One of Downtown Merced’s popular coffee shop hangouts reopened on Dec. 11 in a 5,000 square foot brick building on Main Street between O and P streets. Only about a third of the shop is currently open — the “Sensory Lab” which serves coffee — but work is starting on a kitchen and coffee roastery next door that will have even…

By BEVERLY BARELA & JONATHAN WHITAKER “We are official in the Red Tier,” Rebecca Nanyonjo-Kemp told the Times right before press time on…

Governor Gavin Newsom unveiled a new blueprint to reopen the economy during a press conference on Aug. 28.  Known as “California’s Blueprint for a…

The Applegate Park Zoo at 1045 W. 25th Street in Merced reopens on Saturday, July 25, at 10 a.m. Its new hours of operation are Tuesday through Friday from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. and Saturday and Sunday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. On Mondays, the zoo will be closed for additional cleaning. Admission is $2 for children ages 5 to 15, $3 for…

Picture this:  It’s time for school, and little Luis and Sofia are off to catch the school bus, but their mother calls out for them…

The Department of Public Health (Department) is pleased to announce that Merced County is now approved to move more quickly through Stage 2 of…

STORY UPDATE: Late Tuesday evening, Merced County was approved by the state to transition to the next stage of reopening ... More details soon ... 'I don’t think anybody is advocating for a crazy, opening up of "everything goes back to normal." I think that would be foolish for people to do that, but we need to get to the next stage.' Scott…