Nearly 20 million chickens, ducks and turkeys on farms in the San Joaquin Valley have been “depopulated” – a polite term for killed – as bir...

Educators from around the nation gathered in Merced over the weekend to discuss a new classroom curriculum geared toward shining a spotlight...

A group of Los Banos residents are speaking out against a proposed solar farm and battery energy storage facility and urging Merced County e...

Amid the search for an ornate display sign stolen from Applegate Zoo, two members of the Merced City Council say they’re offering a ca...

At 19, Dania stood trembling at the border, surrendering to U.S. authorities as cartel violence left her with no choice but to seek asylum. ...

Holli Martinez owns a gift shop in the central Sierra Nevada community of Oakhurst. Rachel Livinal The Merced FOCUS Her business, “7 Rive...

Hundreds of people took to Merced’s streets Monday in separate demonstrations calling for protections for undocumented workers and imm...

Valley poultry giant Foster Farms announced Friday that it will close a turkey processing plant in Turlock effective May 9. The company said...

An experienced former prosecutor who is also a homegrown child of immigrants has joined the esteemed ranks of judges on the Merced County Su...

As the bird flu outbreak continues to wreak havoc on Central Valley egg, poultry and dairy producers  — not to mention grocery prices and co...