Los Banos News

Imagine yourself experiencing bizarre symptoms and sensations that are so strange you think you are a prisoner to a body possessed by aliens.

Bikes are seen at the Gypsy Tour Motorcycle Classic last weekend. A biker in town who had been noticed by a state agent in Tres Pinos, but fled, was arrested by the CHP in Los Banos.

Three teenagers were arrested on suspicion of assault and robbery Friday after allegedly beating two victims near Santa Nella, the Merced County Sheriff's Department reported.

A group called The Latino Water Coalition organized a march in Los Banos, and the rally in Fresno for one reason.

Mikalino's Pizzeria recently celebrated its one-year opening anniversary in Los Baños last month.Owners Leo and Linda Mikha said while business has been refreshing and beneficial despite the economic crisis, "75 percent of the people in Los Baños still don't know we exist," Linda Mikha said.

Leah Costa moved her business one block along Sixth Street a couple of months ago.It's a move that has given her more room for merchandise and has kept her insulated from the economic pitfalls many businesses are facing in the current recession."It's going really good," Costa said.

Twice a year the Los Banos Elks Lodge hosts some of Merced County's most honorable citizens for a veterans' lunch.

The man accused in the stabbing death of a 49-year-old Gustine grandmother pleaded not guilty to murder charges Friday.

The outline for guiding Los Baños' growth and development through the next two decades will finally go to the City Council for review after nearly four years of planning.Wednesday night the Planning Commission recommended approval of the revised version of the city's general plan.

The federal government has suspended Patrick Bowman from his position on the Merced County Housing Authority because of his pending criminal case.

Pacheco State Park's high winds helped support another successful Kite Day event on June 20, according to Coordinator Jennifer Morgan, State Park interpreter.Morgan said in an e-mail that 175 people attended the annual event; 'no doubt due to the good weather.'By far the highest attendance yet,' she said.

Wednesday night the City Council is expected to approve an agreement to hire a new auditing firm in the wake of an alleged embezzlement of more than $420,000 that the company Los Banos most recently contracted with failed to detect.

The live video has ended. Watch this space for the archived video, available later this afternoon.

Los Banos Mayor Tommy Jones is expected to testify in front of Congress today in Washington D.C. Jones has been invited to appear in front of the Committee on Financial Services in a hearing entitled 'The Economic Disaster Area Act of 2009.' The committee has asked the mayor to identify possible criteria for determining what communities are most ...

One person was killed and four others were treated for major injuries Wednesday when the Dodge Durango they were riding in crashed on Interstate 5 near Los Banos, the California Highway Patrol said.

One person was killed and two others are being airlifted to Community Regional Medical Center in Fresno after a vehicle overturned on Interstate 5 today near Los Banos, the California Highway Patrol reports.

While visiting relatives in the Imperial Valley Lupe Villa would find herself frequently stopping at her favorite snackfood place.

Los Banos officials held their third workshop on the proposed 2009-2010 budget Monday afternoon, outlining many of the issues that will be decided at next Wednesday's City Council meeting.

The Los Banos Kiwanis Club is finally doing something to honor the fathers in town.

That Eugene Forte, the publisher of a local newspaper, should stand at a televised public meeting and call the mayor of Los Baños the "N" word is abominable.The word is beyond disparaging, beyond reprehensible.