With less than a week to go before Thanksgiving, some Merced charities are scrambling to find food for the poor.
Herb Opalek, chief executive for the Merced Rescue Mission, said the nonprofit is starting to worry about having enough turkeys to feed the needy on Thanksgiving Day."We need about 245 turkeys, and we have only 54 so far," Opalek said.
Merced County's unemployment rate bumped up slightly in October to 16.4 percent, according to data released Friday by the state.
WASHINGTON -- The dollar chase never stops for California incumbents and challengers alike, who keep busy raising campaign funds for themselves and for others.
For anyone who has seen Lee Stetson's riveting portrayal of John Muir, the first American naturalist of renown, and founder and president of the Sierra Club, the fact may be lost that Stetson was himself a man with an accomplished life before the idea of bringing Muir onto the stage came into being.
Thanksgiving.
My favorite holiday. All you have to do is eat, visit with family, nap, watch football, nap and eat leftovers that night.LIVINGSTON -- Teachers in the Livingston Union School District will have a thousand more reasons to celebrate Thanksgiving this year.
Two men found guilty in September of the attempted murder of a 54-year-old Livingston man were sentenced Friday in Merced County Superior Court to 40 years to life.
Fans of the vampire flick "New Moon" lined up at Merced's UA Regency theater Thursday night for a midnight showing.
Tuesday afternoon's fatal accident on Highway 41 began when an 85-year-old Coarsegold woman lost control of her car and clipped a boulder, the California Highway Patrol said. The Hyundai rolled several times, tumbling into the oncoming lane. Donald Schmidt, 74, of Atwater, driving a Ford pickup, saw the car rolling toward him, the CHP said. He slammed on his brakes but was unable to avoid the Hyundai, which landed on the pickup.
LIVINGSTON -- Teachers in the Livingston Union School District will have a thousand more reasons to celebrate Thanksgiving this year.
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