Amid a flurry of ongoing new development, downtown Merced’s West Main Street is about to change direction – literally. Christian De ...

The nonprofit agencies that serve some of the Central Valley’s most vulnerable youth have found themselves stuck between the proverbia...

About once a month, the inside of the Merced Senior Center transforms into a dark, thumping night club – complete with a DJ, flashing lights...

More than 1,700 Merced County employees will receive a 10% pay raise and alleviated healthcare costs thanks to two new labor agreements appr...

After a chaotic few weeks with the revocations of visas and work permits of hundreds of students across the country, most international stud...

Once a hub of activity and business, the building at 3033 N. G Street is now just a memory. Crews late last week began the process of tearin...

Two South Asian women now lead Merced County’s largest public school districts in making policy decisions and keeping schools accountable. ...

A center that’s geared toward preparing Valley students for the agricultural technology jobs of tomorrow is now within sight of becoming a r...

Locals call the Merced Vernal Pools and Grassland Reserve “UC Merced’s backyard,” and it’s a backyard unlike any other. Rachel Livinal The...

Victor A. Patton The Merced FOCUSFollowing months of debate, Merced leaders have revised the city’s flag policy amid growing concerns over e...