By SARAH LIM Special to the Times What better name for a building than “Land of Sunshine”? To many Chicagoans in the late ...

Merced College is welcoming students back for the 2026-27 academic year this week, following several years of substantial ...

UC Merced is welcoming the largest class in university history this fall, as record numbers of first-year and transfer ...

Halloween Horror Nights at Universal Studios Hollywood serves up an array of all-new curated horror-themed cuisine, along ...

By JONATHAN WHITAKER The Atwater City Council hired from within on Monday with the approval of Janell Martin as the town’s new city manager.  Martin has been serving the city in various roles over the ...

By STEVE SLATER  It’s been said that the road to hell is paved with good intentions. That may be true, but as we witness a flawed bill making its way through the California legislature, it may also be ...

Two months after the Merced City Council approved the creation of a Repeat Housing Code Violators program, Councilman Fue Xiong on Monday night brought to the table a discussion about ways to further ...

Have you ever called the police to report something, only to wait on hold and hang up out of frustration? In Merced County, chances are the person on the other end of the line probably feels the same ...

The City of Atwater faces an additional lawsuit in connection to alleged conspiratorial actions within the city’s Community Development Department, which includes the Planning, Building, and ...

Doesn’t it seem like there’s more “street food” around town than ever before? Take any community in Merced County, and you’re bound to see a few, if not several, food stands in empty spaces near busy ...

The Merced Irrigation District has issued a Request for Qualifications (RFQ) for the future recreation management of MID’s land around Lake Yosemite. “The Lake Yosemite area has a long and important ...

La Grange is a small, local unincorporated community loaded with history. Nestled in the foothills of the Sierras lies this historic town. This one-time county seat glories in its history of the past ...