As the snowpack melts, the Merced River rises in Yosemite National Park in a view from the east end of the valley floor, with Bridalveil Falls in the background. (Francine Orr / Los Angeles Times ...

Areas of the national park have closed in recent weeks as the Merced River, which runs through the park, begins to overflow. A May 5 statement from the park said the river had "peaked a few inches ...

The Merced County Sheriff Coroner’s Office said it had positively identified a body recovered from the Merced River on Sunday, as that of Jagdeep Singh Riar, according to a Merced County Sheriff ...

On Monday morning, the Merced River peaked a few inches below flood stage and below the forecasted peak. Snow surveys conducted May 1 were 231% of average for the Merced River basin and 253% of ...

For far too long, the people of California – especially those of us in the agriculturally vital San Joaquin Valley – have ...

FRESNO, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) – Two people were rescued from the Merced River in Snelling on Wednesday, according to the Merced County Sheriff’s Office. Sheriff Vern Warnke says deputies and Cal ...

But the severity and duration of the 2022 decline of the river in this case, the Merced, where one stream gauge showed zero water moving past it nearly every day from June to early October ...

The National Park Service is closing most of Yosemite Valley, as the Merced River is expected to reach flood levels Thursday night. The closure starts at 10 a.m. Friday, the park service said Tuesday.