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Board of Supervisors belatedly agreed with several serious water problems highlighted by a grand jury report earlier this year. The board noted its efforts to better manage groundwater over-draft and agricultural land use. In its response, the board agrees on six of the grand jury’s 10 findings that groundwater overdraft holds a potentially disastrous future…
Merced law enforcement officials urged resident to take “common sense” steps to protect themselves as the holiday shopping season kicks off and stores anticipate a crush of customers looking for price deals on Black Friday, one of the busiest shopping days of the year. “So much of your safety really is just a matter of…
A store clerk in Livingston was beaten and robbed at gunpoint Saturday, the Police Department reported. Livingston police responded at 12:09 p.m. Saturday to the Amigos Market, 1441 Crowell St., where the clerk was found bleeding from his head, officers said in a news release. Police learned two people entered the store wearing dark clothing…
A 20-year-old alleged gang member was arrested Thursday after brandishing a firearm during some type of argument, the Merced Police Department reported. Abel Jimenez was booked into the Merced County jail on suspicion of assault with a firearm on a person, brandishing a firearm, criminal street gang participation, all felonies, and misdemeanor allegations of resisting…
Chowchilla has hired an interim city administrator, who said she hopes to guide the city as it continues to see changes in its highest positions. The City Council voted last week to hire Carolyn Lehr as interim city administrator. According to the contract, she could serve through April 30 at $12,207 per month plus additional…
Merced police nabbed a man accused of several burglaries after a victim held him until officers arrived. Police said they received a call around 7:48 a.m. Wednesday saying a man was breaking into a car in the 200 block of Seneca Street in Merced. When officers got to the house, they found the victim had…
MERCED, Calif. (KFSN) — Police have arrested a security guard accused of molesting at least three children in Merced and Madera, and now they’re looking for other possible victims. Detectives say the victims in this case range from 4 to 8 years old. The suspect is 31-year-old Jesse James. He’s been working as a security…
According to protesters who erupted in violence after a grand jury declined to indict Officer Darren Wilson in the shooting death of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Mo., this was the case of a white policeman shooting an unarmed black teenager with his hands in the air in a community plagued by racial tension. That’s an…
OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Ninety-two people were arrested in Oakland on Tuesday night as demonstrators vandalized businesses and blocked freeways, while in Los Angeles nearly 200 people were arrested or cited in continuing California protests spawned by a Missouri grand jury’s refusal to indict a white police officer in the shooting of a young black…
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