By DOANE YAWGER Special to the Times Police dogs are an essential component of law enforcement with t Police Department and ...

Treat your family and friends to some holiday laughter and cheer on the evening of Saturday, Dec. 27, with the Clean Comedy ...

You know those old, standard “I Voted” stickers that are included with ballots mailed to voters so it makes them feel special ...

Fresno County Supervisor Brian Pacheco announced today his candidacy to represent California Assembly District 27, promising ...

By GABRIELLE ANDRADE  Courthouse Museum hosted its 41st Annual Christmas Open House on the first Sunday of December — with ...

Our Central Valley By STEVE NEWVINE There’s a building in Merced that deserves some sort of historic marker. The ...

The University of California, Merced today announced the largest philanthropic gift in its history, an extraordinary new ...

The sidewalks of Main Street were lined with thousands of people of all ages who came out to celebrate this year’s Holiday ...

Karen Adams plans to take a short walk from her office next week, and make her way across the hallway to the Elections Department, so she can file paperwork to run for a seventh term as Merced ...

Thirteen residents applied for the job, but only five showed up for the interview. After questioning a smaller number of applicants than expected, members of the Merced City Council on Tuesday night ...

The arrival of Santa Claus inside the Marketplace at Merced last Saturday not only ushered in the Christmas season in town, ...

Fifty years – a half-century of time filled with raising families, working and imagining what the future might hold in store, all the planned events and unplanned detours that add up to the natural ...