The California Highway Patrol is investigating after a pedestrian was struck and killed by a vehicle on a highway on-ramp in Merced County. At about 8:14 p.m. Monday, officers responded to the ...

Most of the bird flu cases reported so far in the U.S. have belonged to an influenza subtype known as HPAI H5N1. The newly ...

Merced residents rally for immigrant protections amid deportation fears, pushing for sanctuary city status. (The Merced FOCUS ...

Hundreds of people including local elected officials attended the ceremony in which Merced Superior Court Judge John Kirihara ...

Rain is returning to the Merced area, along with a thunderstorm or two, according to the National Weather Service. Merced has ...

A new bird flu (highly pathogenic avian influenza) outbreak has been discovered in California. The newly reported H5N9 strain was found Monday at a duck farm in Merced County, California ...

The different, rarer sub-type of the common avian influenza H5N1 virus has been found on a duck farm in Merced County, ...

Motorists drive onto the Highway 99 north on-ramp from Highway 140 in Merced, Calif., on Thursday, Jan. 23, 2025. Merced ...

As the price for a carton of eggs continues to soar nationwide, so does the number of bird flu cases. Now, a new variant has ...

A new prescribed burn, named Merced Piles, was initiated today at 11:25 a.m. in Merced County. The prescribed fire has been burning on federal land managed by the U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service. At ...

Full closure of the John C. Erreca Rest Areas on northbound and southbound I-5 beginning Monday, April 4, 2022, through May ...

The Merced County Sheriff Coroner’s Office has identified the driver killed in a collision with a big rig in Merced County as ...