Victor A. Patton, The Merced FOCUS

Democrat Adam Gray is now ahead of incumbent Republican Rep. John Duarte by just 143 votes in the race for the 13th Congressional District.

For the first time since Nov. 5, Democrat Adam Gray has pulled ahead of incumbent Republican Rep. John Duarte in the race for Congressional District 13.

A person who came into contact with cattle at a dairy farm is Merced County‘s first confirmed human case of H5N1 bird flu infection this year, public health officials said Monday.

Save Mart’s Yosemite Wholesale Distribution Center in Merced County is set to close in November, a move that will impact around 250 jobs, The Merced FOCUS has learned.

The program featuring ecologist Sora Kim is a Miocene-era look at what life was like for Leviathans and ancient Great White sharks roughly 12 million years ago.

More than 1,300 students in total were set to graduate this weekend. Chancellor Juan Sanchez Munoz welcomed just under 700 graduates at Saturday’s ceremony, saying many have overcome challenges and are leaving better prepared to succeed in their careers.

To say former Merced College President Ben Duran came from humble beginnings on his journey to becoming one of the San Joaquin Valley’s top educators is an understatement.

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Most of the incidents involved ransomware, a malicious software used by criminals to encrypt files and hold information or data hostage until payment is made in exchange.