Atwater Police Department will see a new chief in fall when Richard McEachin retires from a 20-year career in law enforcement to focus on hi...

The Merced FOCUS staff was up late on Election Night, compiling the latest results for the 2026 Primary. By The Merced Focus Here are a fe...

A San Jose man is facing three murder charges after being linked to deadly fentanyl overdoses in Los Banos, marking the first time the Merce...

Merced County law enforcement is taking another proactive approach to address crimes before they occur. By Elizabeth Wilson The Merced FOC...

The city of Dos Palos in Merced County is planning to sell off city land and will consider raising water, trash and sewer rates to repay mil...

The wind whipped around UC Merced graduate student Adeola Fagbayibo one afternoon as he pulled on some latex gloves. He needed the gloves to...

California’s highest court on May 1 denied Cary Stayner’s death penalty appeal in the notorious serial murder case that made national headli...

UC Merced’s experimental “smart farm” opened several years ago with a mission to integrate technology with agriculture, and it’s grown to be...

Jimmy Singh stepped to the podium before the Merced County Board of Supervisors earlier this month, delivering a solemn prayer some in the a...

A Merced County jury has acquitted a driver of two counts of misdemeanor vehicular manslaughter in a 2022 Atwater crash that killed two wome...