Environmentalists question how regulators will keep tabs on oil well incidents after Gov. Gavin Newsom amended state law to increase production following a three-year moratorium on new drilling permits.

A new form of “green burial” is gaining attention, but its use along the river raises questions about transparency, ethics and public land use in Fresno County.

Federal immigration officers have shot and wounded a suspected gang member in central California while trying to arrest him. The U.S. Department of Homeland Security says the incident happened Tuesday in Stanislaus County.

Campus officials hope Merced’s designation as a top research university and its strong academic programs, including a new pre-med program, will attract more students.

The Fresno City Council is entering the chat on corporate landlords’ contributions to spiraling housing prices in the state’s last bastion of affordability.

The claim by Merced College was made after the news outlet asked about costs to investigate a long-serving dean.

CSU polled more than 94,000 students, faculty and staff about using artificial intelligence tools, making it the largest survey of AI perception in higher education.

Friant Water Authority announced conclusions to an array of lawsuits that had been a burr for the agency and its members after a lengthy closed session Thursday, March 26.

A Merced Superior Court judge denied a request earlier this month to halt the Planada flood recovery program due to resident complaints about subpar repairs – just months after Merced County ended its contract with Habitat for Humanity for repair work.

Filipino and Mexican American farmworkers united in 1965 to strike against California grape growers, under the stewardship of Filipino labor leader Larry Itliong and one of the founders of the National Farm Workers Association, César Chavez.