The Livingston High teacher accused of keeping an explosive compound in her classroom and helping her students inhale chloroform briefly appeared in Merced County Superior Court on Thursday.
The Werner Ladder Co. decided to shut its Merced production facility this week, a move that will put 140 production employees out of work at its Grogan Avenue plant.
Crews repaired a natural gas leak at Olivewood Drive and Applewood Lane on Thursday morning.
Nicole Kissel won't be grounded for not listening to her parents.
"When you're saving someone's life, we don't have to ground you," said her mother, Mallisa Rainey. Or when you've been featured on ABC World News and Good Morning America.Kissel's family wasn't surprised when they heard the blonde-haired girl, who learned to swim before she could walk, helped save Charles "Dale" Ostrander's life last Friday in the choppy waters off the Long Beach peninsula in Washington state.
Margie Treanor lives on Merced Avenue, close to Parsons Avenue, one of the two big construction projects under way in the city.
Two men were taken into custody Friday in the 9000 block of Stanford Avenue on suspicion of possession of a destructive device -- a hand grenade -- and possession of a controlled substance for sale.
Authorities say a man suspected of being under the influence of alcohol and drugs drove a black Ford F-150 into the side of the Church of Christ on Yosemite Park Way and Edwards Avenue on Thursday afternoon.
Charlie Fryar has complaints for the city of Merced: Dwight Amey Park, in South Merced, has dead grass and hasn't been mowed.
How will Merced look in 19 years?
Imagine an improved economy, many choices on how to move around and more options on where to live.At least, that's what Merced officials envision for the city with the Final Merced Vision 2030 General Plan and its environmental impact report. They were made available for the public to examine Friday.In recent weeks, Brandon Ruscoe has bought about 100 battery-operated carbon monoxide alarms for the 100 or so homes he takes care of for Yosemite Property Management.
ATWATER An undisclosed amount of money was taken during a holdup at the Check 'N Go, in the K-Mart shopping center complex off of Bellevue Road on Thursday afternoon, according to Atwater police.
Monday night's Merced City Council meeting had one theme: a plea to halt the looming layoffs of 47 city employees.
Among those making that plea were several members of the Southeast Asian community, who came out to ask city officials to keep the Merced Police Department community aide position because it provides translation services, helps bridge the gap between officers and Hmong, Thai and Lao people, and helps facilitate a relationship with the older adults in the community, many of whom don't speak English.The Merced Irrigation District is backing a bill in Congress that would allow consideration of an increase in the water capacity of Lake McClure, possibly providing enough power to serve 1,700 homes.
Members of the Merced Alliance for Responsible Growth said they plan to file an appeal Friday in the Wal-Mart distribution center case.
LIVINGSTON -- Livingston police arrested high school teacher Japhia Smith Huhndorf on Wednesday afternoon after officials say they found a vial of nitroglycerin in her chemistry lab at Livingston High School -- her second arrest this week.
Police said they found about 4 milliliters of the explosive compound during an investigation, which sparked a schoolwide evacuation Wednesday. The 34-year-old chemistry teacher was arrested at her Atwater home the same day.Monetary and food donations for a number of local area charities and nonprofits reflect the fragile economy.
A burglary was reported Saturday morning when an alarm went off at Taste of Little India at 1052 W. Main St., Merced
While the majority of law enforcement personnel in Merced were attending the memorial service for officer Stephan Gray, a cash advance store was robbed Friday morning.
The city of Merced sent 64 layoff notices to employees Thursday, with more than half in the Police Department, in a move to address the city's $5.5 million general fund deficit.
The layoffs include 29 sworn police officers, five nonsworn officers and 12 firefighters in the Merced Fire Department. Public works was also hard hit, losing 12 positions, said City Manager John Bramble.The official move-out date for the two homeless camps -- Black Rascal Creek and the Bear Creek encampments -- has been postponed to Oct. 13 because of a county holiday on Oct. 11, according to Mike Conway, public information officer for the city.
Assistant City Manager Bill Cahill will become the new city manager for the city of Loveland, Colo.
He beat out a city manager from Missouri for the position.
