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, ...

Blue Diamond Growers, the world’s largest almond cooperative, released its 2026 almond crop estimate Friday at 2.69 billion ...

Three candidates vying to be the next Merced County Superintendent of Schools spotlighted their similar experience in local ...

MODESTO – House Resolution 1, dubbed the Big Beautiful Bill by President Donald Trump, is projected to cost Stanislaus County ...

John Milton was an amateur. The 17th century British intellect that penned the epic 10,000 line poem “Paradise Lost” ...

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 ...

Sometimes the sweetest small‑town stories begin quietly, with a walk, a few worried glances and a little bird on the ground.