Planada

Residents expected a presentation on the draft plan. Instead, the county wants more feedback.

While Merced County residents have been slowly rebuilding their homes from the winter flooding, experts warn that the combination of lingering moisture and summer heat may cause some new complications.

Hundreds of Merced County residents joined together this week to file government claims against the county as a result of its flood response.

Planada, a small mostly Latino town, was among the first to be flooded in January. Researchers say 83% of families suffered economic losses.

The Comcast Corporation today announced a significant investment for one of Merced County’s rural communities.

Nearly two months after flood waters overtook a tiny community in Merced County, housing remains uncertain.

Gov. Newsom said the storms present a larger task of addressing the impact climate disasters are having on the state.

Parts of the City of Merced and the neighboring community of Planada were under water on Tuesday as another atmospheric river coursed through the region. AP photographer Noah Berger captured these images of the damage.

We live in Planada, California, a small, unincorporated town of 4,500 people nine miles into the croplands outside Merced. In December 2012, we joined a…