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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More than 80% of Planada households suffered losses due to flooding. But so far, few have accessed disaster aid, such as federal relief restricted to U.S. citizens or unemployment benefits unavailable to those in informal or cash-pay jobs. -
An anonymous donation of $9 million to UC Merced will provide security to a scholarship program that helps local high school students attend the university. -
Are you a San Joaquin Valley Bitwise employee who was furloughed? Here are some resources that may help you. -
The Merced County Board of Supervisors had an unusually large turnout at a recent meeting. But the meeting time itself was an unusual experiment. -
Los Banos city leaders have decided to give a strong layer of job security to Joshua Pinheiro, the city manager who was fired last year but then won his job back. -
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. -
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.
