For those who care about the growth of Downtown Merced, and would like to voice their opinions about it — there’s a website, ...

Kudos to UC Merced Chancellor Juan Sánchez Muñoz for leading an incredible State of the University address on Oct. 22 that ...

The Merced Irrigation District has issued a Request for Qualifications (RFQ) for the future recreation management of MID’s ...

Times Photos by John Miller & Jamie Thomas By JAMIE THOMAS As October spirits descend upon the Central Valley, our fair city ...

A skeptic, a mystic, and a podcast.  The “Gen Explains” weekly show dives deep into the world of astrology, mythology, the occult, and everything in between.  The locally-produced podcast celebrated ...

Times Correspondent Fifty years – a half-century of time filled with raising families, working and imagining what the future might hold in store, all the planned events and unplanned detours that add ...

What have those mischievous UC Merced bobcats done now? The Times has learned that a group of them are planning to transform parts of the historic Greenbrier home into a haunted house on the eve of ...

Twenty years can fly by, especially for a successful business.  But for a small local business owner like Kris Chinnock, two decades of serving the community is quite an accomplishment — a testimony ...

This story will be updated for this week’s print publication and online Merced City Councilman Ronnie De Anda announced he is stepping down from the Merced City Council during emotional comments at ...

Following recognition as a Top 25 university by U.S. News & World Report, UC Merced has once again earned national acclaim, this time from the Wall Street Journal. In its 2026 report of the Best ...

The Central Valley Training Center (CVTC) hosted its Recreation Day 2025 on Sept. 26 for clients in the community at Lake Yosemite’s Rotary Cove. The annual event individuals it supports and their ...

As someone who’s been a citizen of Merced County for all my life and involved in the political scene of this county, I feel the need to put our region first before my party. That’s why I’m actively ...