LOS BANOS — Nearly $1 million in cash was dumped on the road during a police chase that ended with the arrests of two New York men who apparently planned to buy marijuana with the money, the California Highway Patrol said Monday. Frank Capraro, 23, and Desmond McDay, 25, both of Medford, New...
Perdue Comes to Valley, Hears Trade War, Deportation Concerns
LOS BANOS — The parade of plaid-shirted gentlemen sat politely in the octagonal Germino Building at the Merced County Fairground. About 200 farmers participated in a town hall meeting Friday with U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue and four California congressmen. Perdue answered hot-button ag issues about tariffs and labor with...
1 Dead, 9 Hospitalized in Hazmat Spill Near Los Banos
LOS BANOS — One person has died after a hazardous material spill, and nine others were taken to a hospital for treatment. Merced County Sheriff's Deputy Daryl Allen says the spill happened around noon Thursday in a rural area near Los Banos, about 80 miles east of San Jose. He...
Algae Bloom at 'Warning' Level in San Luis Reservoir
LOS BANOS — The California Department of Water Resources is urging people to avoid contact with the water at San Luis Reservoir in Merced County due to a bloom of cyanobacteria, commonly called blue-green algae. The department announced Thursday that the bloom has been elevated from "caution" to a "warning"...