South Dos Palos News

Estanislada Ledesma was a traditional grandmother who doted on her grandchildren and was fond of roses and geraniums.

Authorities found 5-year-old in a coma when parents called 911. By VICTOR A. PATTON vpatton@mercedsun-star.com A trial date in the case of Martha Franco, a 44-year-old woman accused of beating her 5-year-old autistic son into a coma, will be set at a June 23 hearing.

Merced County Sheriff's deputies were forced to call for back-up units on Sunday, after responding to a domestic disturbance in South Dos Palos.

Brown rice has long been a symbol for all that was too earnest and fibrous about 1960s-era health food, but now that everyone from Frito Lay to restaurant chefs has embraced whole grains, its image is changing.

A massive week-long search for a missing man in Merced County ended Friday afternoon, but not the way searchers had hoped.

The body of a 54-year-old man was found in a Dos Palos canal Friday afternoon, the Merced County Sheriff's Department confirmed.