Merced County, CA

He has previous arrests for other robberies.

The free program lasts 18 weeks and introduces students to fundamental skills like menu planning, food safety, nutrition and sanitation.

47-year-old Cory Gummo is accused of hitting an officer who was trying to arrest him Friday afternoon.

MERCED, Calif. — A man was attacked by a K-9 officer after he refused an arrest and assaulted a police officer in Merced on Friday. An officer was attempting to arrest 47-year-old Cory Gummo after he was found inside a stolen vehicle in a Rite Aid parking lot near G Street and Olive Avenue.

Police say the suspect was on probation and driving a stolen vehicle

One person suffered a minor injury.

The cause of the fire remains under investigation.

The 209 area code is expected to run out of prefix numbers sometime in the last three months of 2022.

Plus, CHP says they have seen a rise in collisions on that section of road.

After many years of planning, discussions and meetings, Los Banos officials on Thursday finally put their shovels in the soil, kicking off the first step in the building of the city’s new 26,400 square-foot police station. Located just northwest of Mercey Springs Road and East Pacheco Boulevard at 1111...

The four-day event is a collaboration involving the Merced Pride Center and other North Valley organizations, including the Merced County Arts Council.

Victim Pronounced Dead after Auto Collision on Applegate Road. Officers responded to the scene around 1:00 a.m., in a construction zone on the northbound lanes of the highway. Upon arrival, authorities discovered a 2012 BMW 328i collided with a parked paving vehicle in the highway’s closed construction zone. Investigators...

Kimberly Helms Lewis became the first woman to serve as the Merced County District Attorney after a stunning, landslide victory over a three-term incumbent in the 2018 election. It was a decisive win in her first-ever campaign for an elected position. This year, Lewis is up for re-election in the...

Students from counties across the state competed in the written state championship.

A local sixth-grader recently finished second in the California Elementary School Spelling Bee. Landon Burke spoke with Rishabh Saha about his journey.

Fourteen local officers have lost their lives on duty in Merced County’s history.

Fire captain explains why the fire was so difficult to fight.

MERCED, Calif. (FOX26) — A tentative plan is now in place to rescue the two donkeys stranded on an island in Lake McClure in Mariposa County. As we reported last week, the two donkeys are visibly hurt, and volunteers worry water could overtake the island. One volunteer who has...