Atwater News

ATWATER — Atwater High School will hold an open house from 5:30 to 7 p.m. Tuesday at the school.

Defense attorneys say one of the two inmates accused of killing a California prison guard in 2009 was so drunk on potent homemade liquor that he couldn't understand an FBI agent's Miranda warnings afterward.

This is in reply to the letter from the writer disappointed that the SPCA would not help pay her daughter's vet bill .

Here's the first look into Atwater Village's new watering hole, Village Tavern , produced by Maurice Rodriguez , an Atwater resident for almost thirty years.

One of the two inmates accused of killing an Atwater, Calif., prison guard was so drunk on a potent brew dubbed "White Lightning" that he couldn't understand an FBI agent's Miranda warnings afterward, defense attorneys claim in revealing new documents filed in federal court.

The sound of a bagpiper playing "Amazing Grace" set a somber tone Wednesday morning, as members of law enforcement gathered to honor fallen officers at the 2013 Merced County Peace Officer Memorial ceremony.

USA TODAY lists them: Atwater, Azusa, Compton, and more, inclding some big cites.

Kerry Lee Bobo, a 53-year-old resident of Atwater, Calif., believed he could beat security by concealing his Sig Sauer .45-caliber handgun in aluminum foil, according to court documents.

The city is gearing up for Cap and Town 2013, Merced's biggest outdoor celebration and ultimate block party, from 5 to 10 p.m. Friday on Main Street, from M street to Martin Luther King Jr.

A man who was once at the helm of Merced County and Atwater was recently recognized for more than four decades of work in local government.

As part of National Teacher Appreciation Day, instructors at Buhach Colony High School in Atwater were treated to a spa day, which included massages, pedicures, manicures and other pampering.

MAY 13--A man who apparently thought that a pistol wrapped in aluminum foil would be undetectable to airport X-ray machines is facing a federal criminal charge for allegedly trying Kerry Lee Bobo, 53, was planning to fly last Thursday afternoon to Amsterdam when Transportation Safety Administration screeners "noticed what appeared to be a handgun" ... (more)

What's the latest on new Atwater Village Mexican barbecue pub Village Tavern ? Eating LA checks in with owner Maurice Rodriguez who says the small eatery is still "a few weeks out," despite its seemingly finished interior digs.

A code enforcement officer who was terminated in 2011 on allegations of sexual harassment was back on the job this week.

Back in March when I helped select a band picture from the museum archives for the premium section "Looking Back," I did not have much information other than it was taken in front of the Commercial Bank building on the corner of Main and Canal streets in Merced sometime in the 1910s.

A man who was once at the helm of Merced County and Atwater was recently recognized for more than four decades of work in local government.

ATWATER – A code enforcement officer who was terminated in 2011 on allegations of sexual harassment is back on the job this week.

ATWATER — There will be a prayer walk, God Belongs In My City, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. May 25 starting at Veterans Park, 1300 Buhach Road.

A tip about an illegal firearm prompted the search warrant, said Lt. Sam Joseph of the Atwater Police Department.

Those who protect and serve in Merced County gathered Wednesday evening the recognize the best in their field at the 2013 Law Enforcement Officer of the Year Awards Dinner.