merced county

This gold country town was built around a central plaza, in the Mexican tradition.

The historic courthouse in Snelling is the oldest in Merced County.

This man-made reservoir on the edge of the UC Merced campus has a history that takes back to the 1880s.

The base was a key part of the Cold War, as the training site for B-52 crews for the Strategic Air Command.

Preliminary results show Richard Lopez leads, but Ana Boyenga and Paula Heupel are close behind. Results may be partly linked to reports about one school district’s questionable audit.

An audit last year noted significant deficiencies in the finances of Merced River School District, whose superintendent is Richard Lopez, a candidate in the race for Merced County Superintendent of Schools.

The murals were part of a week-long art festival for the Merced community.

The money the city misspent was from Measure V, a 30-year, half-cent sales tax, estimated to generate over $450 million in funding for countywide transportation maintenance and improvements.

Some counties, like Merced, are urging people to mail in their ballots before election day or drop it off in other ways.

The forum was open to school district employees and had three of the four candidates participate.