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Omar Rashad | FresnolandMayor Jerry Dyer and City Council President Mike Karbassi said their thoughts and prayers are with Kirk’s family. -
Alex Brandon/APCharlie Kirk, a conservative activist and close ally of President Donald Trump, has been shot and killed at a Utah college event in an act that the state’s governor called a “political assassination.” A “person of interest” was in custody Wednesday evening, said Utah Gov. Spencer Cox, though no charges were immediately announced.
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The barista internship offered at Merced independent coffee shop The Sensory Lab teaches all things associated with specialty coffee. -
The funding will go to projects at Merced College and UC Merced. -
After years of complaints from inmates and advocates about hot temperatures inside prison cells, California is finally embarking on a plan to cool some cells. But it’s only a test, and it will only help a fraction of inmates. -
The California Legislature passed two bills on Tuesday that attempt to restrict immigration enforcement on school campuses and inform students and families of the presence of immigration officers on campuses. -
A quick-moving wildfire has burned homes in a California Gold Rush town settled around 1850 by Chinese miners who were driven out of a nearby camp. It's one of nearly two dozen fires burning across Northern California Wednesday. -
California’s Assembly Appropriations Committee killed “Leno’s Law” that aimed to give classic car owners like him a pass from smog requirements. -
The state's colleges lost more than $11 million last year to online scammers. -
One Merced city official didn’t mince words during a recent board meeting in Sacramento. -
More than 1.2 million immigrants disappeared from the labor force from January through the end of July. -
Two new library branches are in the works at the same time in the county.
