Merced California Highway Patrol will now have motorcycle units and they say it will be for the first time since the ’70s.

A man, two children, and a dog were found dead after a house fire in Central California early Wednesday morning, authorities say.

The motives of the Merced campus advocates, both public and private, had only tangential connections to educational needs, ...

A Merced resident under the age of 18, has been confirmed as the first influenza-associated death of the 2024-2025 influenza ...

Fast-moving wildfires are burning long after the regular fire season is over due to an unlikely sequence of extreme weather ...

Merced County has reported its first flu death this season. Health officer doctor Salvador Sandoval says it was a child, who died just before Christmas.

As of Friday, about 40% of California was in drought, according to the Drought Monitor’s weekly map showing drought intensities across the nation. That’s a decrease of more than two percentage points ...

Why are flags at half-staff in California? In each state, the governor is responsible for issuing flag directives. Each year, there are pre-determined dates for lowered flags, and the Governor of ...

Experts explain why Southern California is experiencing its most devastating winter wildfires in decades and what this could ...

The Legislature’s budget analyst, Gabe Petek, is marking the 20th anniversary of University of California’s Merced campus with an overview of how it has fared. In polite language, Petek ...

While the ignition sources for these fires have yet to be determined, Flannigan bets they'll end up being power lines blown ...