Now that 2025 is in the rearview mirror, several important new laws take effect this year that will have key impacts on San Joaquin Valley r...

California’s top arts ambassadors identified downtown Merced as a notable cultural hub, one of the first two counties in the San Joaquin Val...

Sean Malloy was in the middle of a job interview in 2005 when he saw what he described as a “brown wasteland of construction equipment.” B...

Fifty years after Hmong families fled war and rebuilt their lives in the Central Valley, a new chapter is taking shape – one of rising influ...

The Merced City Council appointed Yang Pao Thao to the District 2 council seat left vacant by Ronnie De Anda’s resignation in October. Alm...

The Merced City Council this week unanimously approved a location for a new fire station in the Bellevue Ranch area – a sixth firehouse to h...

A former Merced County Sheriff’s sergeant accused of using excessive force will have to wait until 2026 for his day in court because his att...

A proposed north Merced development that’s drawn stiff resistance from homeowners gained forward momentum Monday, with city leaders hoping t...

Old pipes. Broken air conditioners. Offices in closets. These are the challenges Merced police officers face day in and day out while workin...

Merced College students interested in a law career will have a new opportunity this spring. Elizabeth Wilson The Merced Focus Next semest...