Merced News

The Air Force Vietnam veteran has experienced first hand the pride that comes from a lifetime of duty and sacrifice.

Friday's event honored all graduating students in the area and their families. Between 5 and 10 p.m., Mercedians of all ages gathered for food, music and dancing.

Merced's unemployment rate for April declined to 15.5 percent, according to numbers released Friday by the Employment Development Department.

As UC Merced concludes its eighth academic year and prepares to award degrees to another outstanding class of graduates this weekend , I am pleased to provide our neighbors and the greater Merced community with an update on our physical expansion plans in the face of rapidly growing student demand for admission.

The wandering modified stock car driver will be back where his career started 15 years ago when Merced Speedway presents the International Motor Contest Association Central Valley Clash on Saturday night.

From the silly to the sacred, the 2013 Spring Choral Concert by the Merced College Chorale and Chamber Singers has something for nearly every musical taste.

Merced County Sheriff's deputies and task force agents descended upon a massive marijuana operation in the Fremont Ford State Recreation Area on Thursday, about five miles northeast of the Gustine Airport.

Moser, principal of Farmdale Elementary School in Merced, said her students have demonstrated patience and understanding since a March 26 fire blamed on vandalism extensively damaged one of the classrooms.

The poppy drive is happening from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. all week at three Merced locations: Food For Less on Olive Avenue and R Street, Paul's Place restaurant on G Street and the Bar-B-Q Pit on G Street.

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.

A 33-year-old Merced man who was fatally shot at Fahrens Park early Monday morning has been identified by the Merced County Coroner's Office as Raymond Ramos.

A former criminalist from a state crime lab in Ripon has pleaded guilty to embezzlement after taking a half-pound of crystal methamphetamine and cocaine from evidence submitted by law enforcement agencies.

On the heels of last month's announced deal calling for Dignity Health to sell its lab-related outreach service to Quest Diagnostics, Dignity has issued layoff notices to more than 500 workers, including 319 working for Stockton's HealthCare Clinical Laboratories.

A Merced man was shot multiple times Tuesday evening while sitting on a bench near the Willowbrook Apartments, police reported.

California's health exchange has awarded $37 million in grants to educate up to 9 million consumers about the Affordable Care Act, with most of the funding going to outreach plans targeting a dozen or more counties.

A Merced motorcyclist is in critical condition after a head-on collision with a car during the weekend, the California Highway Patrol reported Tuesday.

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 three-car accident on G Street and Donna Drive on Tuesday resulted in minor injuries to five people, Merced police reported.

UC Merced is growing fast and officials say the university's buildings and facilities won't be able to keep up.

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.