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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.

It’s a regional initiative designed to provide startup funds and supporting resources to child care providers who work out of their homes.

A Merced Superior Court judge denied a request earlier this month to halt the Planada flood recovery program due to resident complaints about subpar repairs – just months after Merced County ended its contract with Habitat for Humanity for repair work.

San Joaquin Valley cities and counties are scrambling to revise state-mandated housing plans after California Gov. Gavin Newsom announced earlier this week his plans to sue over a dozen Valley jurisdictions that are out of compliance with state housing law.

Yamato Colony near Livingston was founded by and for Japanese American farmers.

A new health clinic opened its doors in Merced County. Sutter Los Banos Rural Health Clinic East is part of efforts by the health company Sutter Health to expand its services to rural regions of the state.

A restoration project in Merced County is removing an old levee to reconnect the San Joaquin River with its historic floodplain.

The story of how the matron saint of Mexico came to be started almost 500 years ago. Legend says a man named Juan Diego in the year 1531 walked down a hill outside Mexico City with a message no one believed.