A recent executive order by California Gov. Gavin Newsom aims to ramp up fire safety in urban areas as new maps released by ...

Dispelling doubts, the billionaire showed off his unprecedented power to disrupt and remake the government — with President ...

The California Highway Patrol says it took more than 50 pounds of illegal mushrooms off the streets of Merced County. Last ...

University of California, Merced's Nicotine and Cannabis Policy Center has embarked on an innovative partnership with ...

A man who was injured in a deputy-involved shooting and is accused of driving a vehicle into Merced County Sheriff’s Office ...

A new strain of bird flu, H5N9, has been detected for the first time in the United States, raising concerns about how it continues to spread.

What’s needed for San Francisco to LA to happen is we’re going to need the federal partner to say, ‘Get that done.’” ...

Eyes were likely on the sky Monday evening due to the recent launch from Vandenberg Spaceport. Vandenberg Space Force Base ...

A driver of a Camaro was taken into custody Monday following a pursuit with officers, speeding over 100 mph on a Merced County highway, according to the California Highway Patrol. CHP says on Monday a ...

Given the project’s track record of delays and the likelihood that high-speed rail will lose money from operations in the Central Valley, why would any private investor step up?

Merced has a 93% probability of seeing temperatures of 32 degrees or lower on Tuesday morning, according to weather service meteorologist Dan Harty. Later in the week, an atmospheric river-fueled ...