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A 49-year-old Los Banos man died Sunday night in a motorcycle collision involving one other vehicle on the outskirts of Los Banos, the California Highway Patrol reported.
Obdulia Sanchez said she live-streamed the aftermath of a crash that killed her sister last month to help raise money for the funeral expenses.
The Merced County Coroner’s Office identified the victim of Wednesday’s crash as 16-year-old Isabelle Marez, a Pacheco High senior who played basketball and whose family described her as a “clown.”
A Los Banos school teacher was arrested Wednesday night on suspicion of possession of child pornography.
The Merced County Coroner’s Office has identified the victim of Wednesday’s crash as 16-year-old Isabelle Marez.
Los Banos police are investigating a shooting that hospitalized one man Wednesday night.
Defendants Gregory Opinski and Tommy Jones each pleaded not guilty Thursday to five felony counts related to bribing a Los Banos school trustee, leading to the scheduling of a jury trial next year.
Los Banos Fire Chief Tim Marrison is retiring after thirty one years of fighting fires and saving lives, providing way to a fresh chief as the department looks at building a fresh station and staffing more firefighters.
A Merced County judge Friday denied a request to lower the bail of a teenager who authorities said was tipsy when she live-streamed both herself driving and the aftermath of the crash that killed her sister.
A 47-year-old Castroville man died Friday when the vehicle he was driving overturned into the San Luis Reservoir near Los Banos, according to the California Highway Patrol.
A Stockton woman who evidently live-streamed on Instagram a crash in which her sister died remains in Merced County (California) Jail.
The driver of a Chevy pickup didn’t sustain after running a stop sign outside of Dos Palos early Tuesday morning and colliding with a tractor-trailer. The pickup burst into flames, and the driver never made it out, California Highway Patrol reported.
A 73-year-old Indian man died Sunday in a solo car crash on Highway one hundred fifty two near Dos Palos, California Highway Patrol officers reported.
Residents in about 1,200 Gustine homes are advised to boil their drinking water until further notice after a water main broke near Highway thirty three on Wednesday night.
Thanks to a Facebook tipster, the Los Banos police found a man they said fiercely attacked a woman with a wrench earlier in the week, officers said Tuesday.
Two Los Banos police officers were honored with the Medal of Valor by city leaders for saving a 5-year-old boy and an elderly woman from a searing house earlier this year.
Investigators on Monday recovered the bod of a 31-year-old man whose car left Highway one hundred fifty two and ended up in the San Luis Reservoir near Los Banos during the weekend.
Merced County is poised to receive almost $1 million from the state for a program targeting teenagers and youthfull adults to keep them in school and out of jail.
The mosquito tested positive for the virus on Friday, the very first time West Nile has been detected in Merced County this year.
Merced County Sheriff’s deputies are investigating a assets that was found Friday morning in a cavern outside Los Banos.