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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.

Voters in Stanislaus and Merced counties showed less enthusiasm for Proposition 50 than elsewhere in California – to no one’s surprise.

A case of "lost in translation" gives this Merced County town its unusual name.

When it was created in 1850, Mariposa covered 30,000 square miles, or about 1/5th of the entire state.

The town along Highway 152 is named for natural pools along Los Banos Creek near Pacheco Pass.

The city of Merced has a number of low-income housing projects in the works, but other, smaller Merced County cities have none.

Amid widespread fears Merced County officials were looking to privatize public libraries, one county official has confirmed the topic was discussed with a company.

Those worries have been exacerbated by the recent fire at a lithium ion battery storage facility in Moss Landing.

On Thursday, Honorable Judge John Kirihara, who served on the Merced County Superior Court for more than 20 years, officiated Congressman Adam Gray's second ceremonial oath.