Brianna Vaccari
ReporterBrianna Vaccari is the accountability/watchdog reporter for the Central Valley Journalism Collaborative, a nonprofit newsroom launched in 2021 by the James B. McClatchy Foundation.
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A scholarship fund connected to one of Merced County’s earliest families is being expanded to benefit more students from across the county who pursue higher education. -
The city of Merced is searching now for both a new police chief and a new city manager as the growing community faces potential funding limitations and a divided city council.
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The Los Banos City Council voted 4-1 on Wednesday to rehire a former city manager who was fired last year, give him tighter job security and pay him $1.8 million as part of a deal to prevent him from filing a lawsuit over his termination.
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The Los Banos City Council will vote Wednesday whether to reinstate Josh Pinheiro and thus block his threat of legal action, even though he has yet to file a lawsuit, according to items on the council’s agenda.
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E. & J. Gallo Winery must pay more than $375,000 in fines and facility improvements after a state water investigation found the wine giant’s Livingston facility dumped more than 90,000 gallons of irrigation and waste water into the Merced River.
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In a letter filed in response to the audit, Valley PBS disagreed with how the audit classified its non-federal funding.
