Catheys Valley, CA

MADERA COUNTY, Calif. — A woman was pronounced dead following an incident at Bass Lake Saturday afternoon. The Madera County Sheriff’s Office responded to the lake shortly after 5 p.m. When they arrived, a woman was receiving CPR from good Samaritans as she was not breathing. Cal Fire...

A wreck on Highway 41 and Road 415 in Coarsegold sent a CHP officer to the hospital on Saturday night.

A parolee gang member was arrested for selling narcotics and being in possession of a firearm in Merced.

Few details have been released by Merced County investigators

A handgun and 200 grams of methamphetamine, scales, and packaging material were found.

The Merced County Sheriff's office enforcement team served several warrants on illegal marijuana grows in Winton on Saturday night.

MERCED COUNTY, Calif. — A man is behind bars after deputies find hundreds of marijuana plants, bagged product and guns in Winton. The Merced County Sheriff’s Office served multiple warrants Friday at an illegal grow site. During the search, officials arrested Jose Villanueva-Garcia and seized 604lbs. of finished...

Traffic has begun to move through the area however it is moving slowly and very backed up. Expect delays. California Highway Patrol is currently reporting a major injury motor vehicle accident has occurred on Highway 41 near Road 415 in the Coarsegold area (Madera County). Two vehicles are involved and one person was reported to be pinned in their vehicle. An air ambulance is enroute.

MERCED, Calif. (FOX26) — Two people are dead, and one is injured after a shooting Saturday night in Merced. Merced County Sheriff Deputies went to investigate a shooting near Franklin Road and Santa Fe Drive. When they arrived, they say they found three people that had been shot. Two...

The once thriving village of Berenda was home to this showcase of education, Berenda School, seen here in the 1890s. When Fresno County Sheriff Leroy Dennis chose not to run for reelection in 1872, he decided to move to a little spot in the north end of the county where the Southern Pacific Railroad had just built a freight depot. Dennis was certain that a town would grow up around the depot, and he wanted to be there when the boom came. Little did he know that in 20 years, the little village he envisioned would one day be a major transportation link for the new county of Madera.

MERCED, Calif. — A speeding driver of a dually pickup truck has been cited for illegal fireworks after police say the man was hauling the fireworks in plain view in the back seat. The Merced Police Department says the driver was going 75 mph in a 35 mph zone...

MERCED, Calif. — Two known gang members have been arrested after police say they were selling meth from a motel room in Merced. Officers served a search warrant at the Merced Inn and Suites Motel and found Vanessa Hurtado, 40, and Joel Valencia, 31, with 200 grams of meth, packing supplies, and a 9 mm handgun.

Chowchilla Union High School graduated 213 students during Commencement ceremonies on June 3. Caila Adams, Diana Aguilar, Angel Alcaraz, Cesar Alcaraz, Steven Alford, Juliana Almeida, Halle Alvarado, Elijah Alvarez, Manuel Alvarez, Jacquelyn Amezcua Torres, Milagros Araiza Caballero, Jake Balderrama, Benjamin Bandala Torres, Laila Banks, Jacee Bento, Suneet Bhardwaj, Carson Borba, Jenesis Borrego-Ruiz, Naeem Brandon, Carla Cabrera Jaramillo, Athena Camacho, Erick Camacho Rodriguez, Hector Campos, Ricardo Cardiel Manriquez, Heidy Chavez, Christman Victoria, Melinda Clay, Nathan Collins, Mikayla Cooper, and Yesenia Coria Vargas.

MERCED, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) – A truck driver speeding in a Merced school zone on Friday was found to have illegal fireworks in the back of the vehicle, according to police. Officers say a traffic stop at Golden Valley High School was made after the vehicle was seen traveling at 75 mph in a 35 mph […]

Originally published as a Merced Police Department Facebook post:. Merced – Merced PD Gang Unit arrested a man in possession of a firearm, narcotics, and several stolen vehicles after serving a search warrant. On June 24, 2022 at approximately 2:45 PM the Merced Police Departments Gang Violence Suppression Unit...

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ATWATER, Calif. — A man with several gunshot wounds was found dead near an Atwater high school, police say drugs might have been involved. The man’s death marked the fourth homicide of the year for the Atwater Police Department. They responded to the shooting Wednesday night at Buhach Colony High School.

Editor’s note: This story has been updated from the previous published version in this week’s Merced County Times newspaper to correct inaccurate information regarding the Marching 100’s past fireworks sales numbers. It also deletes a statement asserting that the charity booth ran out of fireworks on last year’s July 4. According to a past booster president, the group indeed had fireworks sales on that day.

WINTON, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE)- One North Valley town is safer after the Merced County Sheriff’s Office took a load of guns and marijuana off its streets. The Merced County Sheriff’s Office Sheriff Enforcement Team, or SET, served warrants in the town of Winton for illegal marijuana grows. Deputies say...

Money to complete a high-speed rail system between Bakersfield and Merced — $4.2 billion for construction, electrification and trains — made its way into the $308 billion state budget signed Thursday by Gov. Gavin Newsom. Along with new oversight for a project that has long struggled to stay...