Results 1 - 20 of 4,131 in Merced, CA
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Death of teen immigrant farm worker nets $260K ...
... a public outcry against Trader Joe's and their cheaper-than-thou "Two-buck Chuck" wine. Jimenez was employed by Merced Farm Labor, which contracts with the same company that supplies the grapes that go into the infamous $2 a bottle Charles Shaw ...
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Announced as Host City for Expanded 2009 Amgen Tour of California
... start and finish cities that have been selected for the 2009 race include eight new locales - Davis, Santa Cruz, Merced, Clovis, Visalia, Paso Robles, Rancho Bernardo and Escondido - that will join Sacramento, Santa Rosa, Sausalito, San Jose, ...
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CA) -- In the wake of increasing incidents of violence, including the stabbing death of a prison officer in June, Merced County supervisors on Tuesday unanimously approved a resolution asking the U.S. Bureau of ...
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... ators say drugs and alcohol were not a factor in the crash. They say the van driver, 21-year-old Ambrosio Martinez of Merced, does not have a license and will be arrested for vehicular manslaughter after his injuries are treated.
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Men arrested for burglarizing vacant home - Thu -
... year, authorities said. Apparently the two men, 36-year-old Heath Steers of Atwater and 66-year-old Donald Davis of Merced, didn't think they were doing anything wrong. They told sheriff's officials they didn't know it was illegal to steal from a ...
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Updates: Men arrested after reportedly taking metal from home
Two burglary suspects picked the wrong time to target a house on Highway 99 south of Merced, a Merced County sheriff's spokesman said today.
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UC MERCED TAKES 2ND IN ROBOT EVENT: The University of California at Merced recently placed second in an international "RoboCup," beating out powerhouses such as Carnegie Mellon University.
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2 killed, 4 injured in 99 crash in Ripon; van's driver arrested
A Merced man has been arrested on suspicion of vehicular manslaughter after two people died in a crash on Highway 99 in Ripon early Wednesday.
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... is awaiting trial. Brown's trial centers on the night Miranda and two companions were driving home from a bar in Merced, when around 2 a.m., they were confronted in the 1800 block of Kibby Road by two robbers who demanded their money, investigators ...
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Worker's death costs Merced Farm Labor $263K; biggest farming fine ever
... to a California farming operation. The California Division of Occupational Safety and Health fined Atwater-based Merced Farm Labor $262,700 on Wednesday afternoon for violating eight workplace safety requirements. State authorities believe ...
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... homes with the help of a new $4 billion grant program. "This is just a stopgap," said Rep. Dennis Cardoza, D-Merced, "but it's the best we can do today." Cardoza joined other lawmakers in contributing provisions to the forbiddingly technical, ...
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Visalia to host Tour of California stage
... comes to the Central Valley in Stage 4 when the riders ride from San Jose to Modesto. Stage 5 is Feb. 18 from Merced to Clovis. And finally the Tour exits the Central Valley with Stage 6 as cyclists begin in Visalia and head to Paso Robles. A route ...
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... Valley. The church meets every Saturday at 6 p.m. at 650 E. Olive Ave. For more information, call (209) 723-6502. MERCED Church simulcast Beth Moore will be simulcast from 6:30 to 9 p.m. on Aug. 1 and 8:30 a.m. to noon on Aug. 2, at Yosemite Church, ...
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Two die after van clips truck, rolls
... they were in clipped a big rig and rolled several times, ejecting three of the passengers. Ambrosio Martinez, 21, of Merced was driving a 1999 Chevrolet Astro Van north on Highway 99 in Ripon on the way to an agricultural field in Manteca at about ...
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Local: Housing bill passes as Bush vows support
... homes with the help of a new $4 billion grant program. "This is just a stopgap," said Rep. Dennis Cardoza, D-Merced. "But it's the best we can do today." "This is the most important piece of housing legislation in a generation," said Senate Banking ...
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Two Calif. farm workers die in rollover accident
... were killed and six injured after their van struck a big rig and rolled. The driver, 21-year-old Ambrosio Martinez of Merced, was passing the semi truck early Wednesday to exit Highway 99 in Ripon, south of Stockton. The van clipped the semi truck, ...
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Farm labor contractor fined in worker's death
... to a California farming operation. The California Division of Occupational Safety and Health fined Atwater-based Merced Farm Labor $262,700 Wednesday afternoon for violating eight workplace safety requirements. State authorities believe 17-year-old ...
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Farm labor contractor fined in worker s death
... fine ever issued to a California farming operation. The California Division of Occupational Safety and Health fined Merced Farm Labor $262,700 for violating eight workplace safety rules. The agency said some of the violations were intentional. A ...
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Dead farmworker's employer fined
A California agency issued six citations Wednesday and assessed fines of $262,700 against Merced Farm Labor Contractor, based in Atwater, the employer of a 17-year-old farmworker who died of heat stroke in May.
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Clovis, Merced, Modesto and Visalia have all been pegged as host...
Clovis, Merced, Modesto and Visalia have all been pegged as host cities for next February's Amgen Tour of California.
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