It can cost a person who has a total hip replacement much more to have the procedure done in Merced at Mercy Medical Center than at Fresno Community Hospital in Fresno.
In fact, the price can be twice as much.Why?That depends on a lot.
Diana Westmoreland Pedrozo, an outspoken voice for county farmers and their interests, resigned Thursday after six years as executive director of the Merced County Farm Bureau, she said.
Pedrozo, who was not shy when expressing her opinions, was known for aggressively fighting development.
A Merced County jury Friday convicted a 58-year-old man of attempted murder after he shot a woman at a 16th Street motel last year.
NBC journalist Lester Holt will speak at UC Merced's 2010 commencement ceremony.
She was standing in a pen at a horse sale, passed through when she didn't bring an opening bid.
WASHINGTON -- San Joaquin Valley Democrats will feel the heat whichever way they vote on the massive health care package now set for House action as early as today.
LIVINGSTON -- A man robbed Westamerica on Friday morning, taking an undisclosed amount of cash, a Livingston detective said.
Bill Spriggs was declared Merced's mayor Thursday after tripling his narrow lead during the final vote tally.
Confusion over a new boundary line in the Atwater Elementary School District means that voters in the only contested race there may have to recast their ballots.
LIVINGSTON -- A man robbed Westamerica on Friday morning, taking an undisclosed amount of cash, a Livingston detective said.
MARIPOSA -- A defendant accused of killing a 60-year-old Greeley Hill man was found guilty of voluntary manslaughter by a Mariposa County jury Thursday.
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