A pregnant 19-year-old was the victim of a homicide in Merced on Sunday night. A 20-year-old man was also wounded and is hospitalized with life threatening injuries, police said. Now, detectives are seeking to question Enrique Madera Fierros, 29, who they say was seen fleeing the scene. "Detectives need to...
After Bill Maher’s High-Speed Rail Rant, Valley Mayor Says ‘This Is the Future’
HBO's Bill Maher is described as irrepressible, opinionated, and of course, politically incorrect. On his 'Real Time With Bill Maher' show last Friday, he stepped into the topic of California's High-Speed Rail project and simultaneously slammed two Central Valley cities. “We’re six billion in the hole just trying to finish...
Seeking Serenity? Video Shows Man Stealing Buddha Statue from Merced Porch
Detective Radke with the Merced Police Department is putting out a plea for someone to identify a man seen stealing a Buddha statue from a porch on Monday. On March 8, 2021 the subject was caught on video stealing Buddah from the front porch of a residence on Mono Lake...
Storm Prompts Emergency Declaration in Madera County, Powerful Winds Topple Trees Around Merced
Downed trees led to closed streets throughout the city of Merced, resulting in 200-plus calls to the Public Works Department according to the city's official Twitter account.  Overnight winds from Tuesday into Wednesday downed trees and branches throughout the city. Downed trees closed the southbound lanes of M Street between Lehigh...
Merced Cleans Up Homeless Camp as LA Considers Ban on Camping (Again)
Dumpsters, garbage trucks, and teams of people from the city of Merced were out Wednesday cleaning up a homeless encampment along the Union Pacific Railroad tracks near Childs Avenue and Highway 99. The city said they needed to take action after numerous public complaints about garbage and unsanitary conditions. The...