Our Central Valley By STEVE NEWVINE A 50th anniversary was marked last week in Chowchilla. It was not a festive occasion but ...

By SARAH LIM Special to the Times The 7-Up sign by Marie’s Mexican Kitchen at 259 W. Main Street is a prominent landmark in ...

A large crowd of passionate locals and distinguished guests last Saturday, July 11, for the official groundbreaking ceremony ...

By FLIP HASSETT & JIM CUNNINGHAM Applegate Zoo is reopening after being closed since the start of the year.  Zoo officials ...

June 8, 2026 Shirley Kirby peacefully turned toward the heavens and was called home on the evening of Monday, June 8, 2026, surrounded by her loving family. Shirley was born on May 15, 1922.

By JILL CUNNINGHAM  Before there was a campus, before there were graduates, before there were traditions, there were people ...

After a long, vibrant and fulfilling life, Nancy Barton Holmes (born Nancy Keith Barton) passed peacefully on her 83rd birthday, surrounded by family. Her life story is as fabulous as she was. Nancy ...

It’s lucky year 13 for Aftershock as producer Danny Wimmer Presents announces the highly anticipated lineup for The West Coast’s Largest Rock, Punk & Metal Festival, coming back to Discovery Park in ...

Karen Adams plans to take a short walk from her office next week, and make her way across the hallway to the Elections Department, so she can file paperwork to run for a seventh term as Merced ...

My Chemical Romance will kick off their 2025 North American stadium tour – “Long Live”: The Black Parade – next month on July 11 in Seattle, WA at T-Mobile Park. Limited tickets remain for their ...

The Merced County Fair Board of Directors has appointed John Allgaier as the new chief executive officer of the Merced County Fair (35th District Agricultural Association). The 58-year-old Allgaier ...

La Grange is a small, local unincorporated community loaded with history. Nestled in the foothills of the Sierras lies this historic town. This one-time county seat glories in its history of the past ...