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Comprehensive News Feed for Merced, CA.

Results 1 - 20 of 4,131 in Merced, CA

  1. Death of teen immigrant farm worker nets $260K ...Read the original story

    59 min ago | Bay Guardian

    ... 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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    Related Topix: Merced Metro, Environmental Law, Law

  2. Announced as Host City for Expanded 2009 Amgen Tour of CaliforniaRead the original story

    4 hrs ago | City of Santa Clarita

    ... 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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  3. Prison Safety ReformRead the original story

    5 hrs ago | KFIV-AM Modesto

    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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    Related Topix: Merced County, CA, Atwater, CA, Merced Metro, Livingston, CA

  4. Fatal Ripon CrashRead the original story

    5 hrs ago | KFIV-AM Modesto

    ... 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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    Related Topix: Ripon, CA

  5. Men arrested for burglarizing vacant home - Thu -Read the original story

    5 hrs ago | Atwater Signal

    ... 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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  6. Updates: Men arrested after reportedly taking metal from homeRead the original story

    12 hrs ago | Fresno Bee

    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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  7. Community BriefingRead the original story

    13 hrs ago | The Modesto Bee

    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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  8. 2 killed, 4 injured in 99 crash in Ripon; van's driver arrestedRead the original story

    13 hrs ago | The Modesto Bee

    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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    Related Topix: Ripon, CA, Lemoore, CA

  9. Two stories, one murderRead the original story

    15 hrs ago | Atwater Signal

    ... 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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    Related Topix: Merced County, CA, Violent Crime

  10. Worker's death costs Merced Farm Labor $263K; biggest farming fine everRead the original story

    16 hrs ago | The Modesto Bee

    ... 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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    Related Topix: San Joaquin County, CA, Atwater, CA, Drink, Wine, Merced Metro, Farmington, CA

  11. Foreclosure relief bill ok'dRead the original story

    16 hrs ago | Modesto Bee

    ... 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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    Related Topix: Merced Metro, California, San Joaquin, CA, US Politics, George Radanovich, US News, Republican, US House of Representatives

  12. Visalia to host Tour of California stageRead the original story

    18 hrs ago | Tulare Advance-Register

    ... 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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  13. Around Town: A late FourthRead the original story

    21 hrs ago | Atwater Signal

    ... 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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    Related Topix: Mariposa County, CA, Snelling, CA, Modesto, CA

  14. Two die after van clips truck, rollsRead the original story

    20 hrs ago | RecordNET

    ... 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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    Related Topix: Ripon, CA, Manteca, CA, Lodi, CA, Stockton Metro

  15. Local: Housing bill passes as Bush vows supportRead the original story

    Yesterday | Fresno Bee

    ... 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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    Related Topix: George Bush, Merced Metro, US Politics, US News, Christopher Dodd

  16. Two Calif. farm workers die in rollover accidentRead the original story

    Yesterday | KMIR 6

    ... 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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  17. Farm labor contractor fined in worker's deathRead the original story

    Yesterday | North County Times

    ... 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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    Related Topix: Fresno, CA, Fresno Metro, Merced Metro, Atwater, CA

  18. Farm labor contractor fined in worker s deathRead the original story

    Yesterday | KVML

    ... 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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  19. Dead farmworker's employer finedRead the original story

    Yesterday | Fresno Bee

    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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    Related Topix: Atwater, CA, Merced Metro, Lodi, CA, Stockton Metro

  20. Clovis, Merced, Modesto and Visalia have all been pegged as host...Read the original story

    Yesterday | ABC30.com

    Clovis, Merced, Modesto and Visalia have all been pegged as host cities for next February's Amgen Tour of California.

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