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SAN BENITO COUNTY, Calif. (KION-TV)- On Thursday morning, the San Benito County Sheriff's Office announced that they arrested 21-year-old Julio Perez Parra and 48-year-old Ramiro Luna on multiple gun charges in Merced County. In 2022, The San Benito County Sheriff's Office Investigations Bureau and San Benito County Special Intelligence Unit started an investigation into Perez The post Two arrested with a cache of guns by San Benito County Sheriff’s Office appeared first on KION546.

Update at 3:15 p.m.: CAL Fire reports that fire crews have stopped the forward spread of the Hurst Fire burning in the Jamestown area of Tuolumne County. The flames broke out just after 2:30 p.m. in the 17400 block of Highway 108, between High School and Bell Mooney roads. The flames spread was stopped at an estimated one acre in size. A small crew will remain on scene, working towards full containment and mopping up for the next couple of hours. What ignited the grass fire is under investigation.

See photos from Merced Union High School District graduation ceremonies.

On Thursday, May 25th, 2023, at 1:05 pm, the Turlock Police Department was dispatched to a reported found person at Avena Bella Apartments, 500 W Linwood Ave, Turlock, after the caller had located a toddler standing in the roadway in front of the apartment complex. When officers arrived on scene,...

On Friday, May 26th, 2023, at 8:54 pm, the Turlock Police Department was dispatched to a reported shooting that had just occurred at the intersection of W Main St and N Beech St, Turlock. When officers arrived in the area, they contacted the victim at her nearby residence. The victim...

Months after Gov. Gavin Newsom promised rapid aid for undocumented victims of California's winter floods, eligible households could start seeing payments of up to $4,500.

Businesses and organizations that rent space in Bitwise buildings say they've heard nothing from the tech company.

MERCED COUNTY, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) – It was 26 years ago on Wednesday that Vanessa Dawn Smith, who was 15 years old at the time, vanished on her daily walk in Merced County. On May 31, 1997, at around 7:00 p.m. Vanessa left her Winton home for a walk and never returned home. Vanessa’s walking stick […]

It involved two vehicles.

MERCED, Calif. (FOX26) — A family of seven including five small children said they lost “everything” in an electrical house fire on Memorial Day. Christopher Gutierrez said his Fiancé Alexis Bustamante was out on Monday picking up one of their kids while Gutierrez was at home washing a new play set he had just bought his kids in their front yard.

MERCED, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) – An unresponsive, incarcerated person was located late Thursday night at the John Latorraca Correctional Center, according to the Merced County Sheriff’s Corrections Staff. According to a social media post from the Merced County Sheriff’s Office on Monday, 28-year-old Tomibella Kartchner was found unresponsive at the John Latorracs Correctional Center located at […]

Two young women will compete for the title of Dairy Princess during the District 4 Dairy Princess contest on June 15 at the Turlock Ballroom. This year’s contestants are Morgan Oliveira of Hilmar and Brooklyn Silva of Los Banos. Morgan is the daughter of Joe and Marilena Oliveira. She...

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The crash was on Shiloh Road.

Students in Merced are mourning the loss of a beloved educator who was taken too soon by cancer.

Merced County Sheriff's deputies are investigating the death of one of its inmates.

Golden Valley patients schedule a virtual visit through the call center, the same way other appointments are set.

The sparkling new Hermione Isakow Plaza at Merced College was the site of President Chris Vitelli’s annual State of the College address on Tuesday, May 30. The Isakow family, whose $1 million donation in 2021 funded the plaza’s design and construction, was presented with the President’s Medallion Award during Tuesday’s event. The medallion is presented each year to the college’s greatest supporters.

It comes following several months of restoration work after the center was damaged by flooding from severe storms in January.

The annual Big Tell Film Contest, organized by the Community Media Access Collaborative, got a big assist from the KDA Creative Corps, which gave CMAC $255,000 funding for the annual film contest. The boost in funding means that CMAC will be able to expand the Big Tell program to 26...