Earlier this spring, an excavator maneuvered through the rolling hills of eastern Merced County, stacking almond trees removed by farmer Rosie Burroughs. During the past couple years, Burroughs ...

Blue Diamond Growers, the world’s largest almond cooperative, released its 2026 almond crop estimate Friday at 2.69 billion pounds, falling between a total estimated range of 2.675 to 2.72 billion ...

Three candidates vying to be the next Merced County Superintendent of Schools spotlighted their similar experience in local education at a Wednesday night forum. The superintendent position will be on ...

MODESTO – House Resolution 1, dubbed the Big Beautiful Bill by President Donald Trump, is projected to cost Stanislaus County millions of dollars and interrupt key Health and Human Services programs, ...

California is experiencing an increase in cases of whooping cough (also known as pertussis), a highly contagious bacterial disease that can be spread though coughing and can cause severe illness, ...

John Milton was an amateur. The 17th century British intellect that penned the epic 10,000 line poem “Paradise Lost” chronicling man’s fall from grace was a lightweight compared to the California ...

Tanisha Rodriguez holds Chicken Little as the friendly bird perches on her hand in Gustine. Rodriguez rescued him as a fledgling and says he has remained a loyal companion ever since, often following ...

NEWMAN — The Newman City Council on April 28 approved a resolution to begin the annual process of levying and collecting assessments for the city’s Lighting and Landscape Maintenance District for the ...

Westside Community Healthcare District Board of Directors listen to a phone call from Nicholas Cardella, an attorney at Fresno-based Wagner Jones Wesley PC, about the district’s options for the ...