Merced County News Archives

A 37-year-old Merced man arrested for imprisoning and torturing his girlfriend has pleaded not guilty.

Caltrans said work on Highway 99 in the county in early November will result in some closures.. The left and right lanes on northbound 99 from the Atwater Boulevard on-ramp to the Hammatt Avenue off-ramp will alternately close, starting Sunday, Nov.

There's a new sheriff's outfit in town. The 80-member union representing the sheriff's correctional officers has joined forces with a powerful national union -- the Teamsters -- in an action which may change their relationship with the county.

A one year old boy has died after being mauled by a dog. The Merced County Sheriff's office says a 65-pound Pit Bull locked his jaws around the child's throat and would not let go.

A 17-month-old toddler attacked by a pit bull last week in Merced County died as a result of blood loss, according to preliminary autopsy results released Tuesday.

Or is it the breed? Two vicious pit bull maulings this month in Delhi -- one which killed a toddler -- have raised those questions yet again.

Merced County fire crews are mopping up an early morning fire that destroyed a home Tuesday.

Leaning power poles. Downed trees and branches. Tumbleweeds. Clouds of dust. All are being this morning throughout the Northern San Joaquin Valley as wind reaching 30 mph are blowing through the area.

Charges in the fatal dog mauling death of a Merced County toddler may be filed as soon as Tuesday.

Authorities are still investigating whether there was any criminal wrongdoing by a babysitter whose family pit bull fatally mauled a toddler.

A Merced County toddler who was mauled by a dog has died. 
 The incident happened Friday in the 9000 block of Donavan in Delhi.
 Officials say the child was being watched by his babysitter, when the sitter's 65 pound pit bull grabbed the child by the throat and dragged him around the yard.

A dog with an unusually tragic history is looking for a new home in Santa Cruz County.

A field trip took a scary turn, after a lineup of busses were targeted in Merced County.

A dog mauled and killed a 17-month-old boy Friday. His baby sitter, whose name hasn't been released, told Merced County deputies her 65-pound pit bull got a hold of the child and drug him around the yard by the throat.

The deadly pit-bull attack happened at a home in Delhi on Donovan's way ... not far from Delhi High School.

A 17-month old Merced County boy has died after being mauled by a pit bull. Merced County authorities are describing a gruesome scene after the dog attacked the little boy around 9:30 a.m. Friday.

Members of the Livingston High School Hispanic Youth Leadership Council march to honor veterans The Livingston-Delhi Veterans of Foreign Wars Post #8327 and Ladies Auxiliary hosts its annual Veterans Day parade down Main Street in Livingston on Nov.

Reigning Miss Livingston-Delhi VFW Maricela Reyes rides on a float in the 2008 Veterans Day Parade.

A 38-year-old Oakdale man was arrested this week on suspicion of molesting a teenage girl, Merced police reported.

Two people are in jail on suspicion of committing several thefts in the Dos Palos area and selling the stolen goods as scrap.

A large crowd gathered at Livingston City Hall tonight to protest higher water rate hikes.

Three school buses loaded with children, had their windows shot out in Merced County.

The longtime chief administrator of Sutter County has accepted an offer to become Merced County's new CEO, both counties said Monday.

HOLLISTER Four school buses leaving Casa de Fruta on Saturday were struck by "small projectiles" in what authorities are calling an isolated attack, according to a press release from the California Highway Patrol.

California authorities say someone using a pellet or BB gun shot at three buses carrying Merced County high school students home from a band competition.

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Sonoma County Superior Court Judge Kenneth Gnoss has decided to reconsider a 12-year state prison sentence he handed down in July to Dylan Morse, the son of Merced County District Attorney Larry Morse, for a fatal drunken driving crash earlier this year.

A shooter using a pellet or BB gun smashed out the windows of at least three buses carrying band students from several Merced County high schools Saturday night, according to the California Highway Patrol and school administrators.

Students in Room 25 at Selma Herndon School in Livingston, Calif. unite in a march against drugs.

City Council Meeting Agenda October 20, 2009 Closed Session: 5 p.m. Regular Meeting: 7 p.m. Notice is hereby given that the City Council will hold a Regular Meeting on October 20, 2009, at the City Council Chambers, 1416 C Street, Livingston, California.

What do Atwater , Turlock and Merced have in common? If you clicked on the hyperlinks, you noticed each of these cities places on its website complete meeting agendas, including background information relating to matters scheduled for discussion.

Livingston school teacher Susan Neu, left, is applauded by Livingston Union School District President Vernon Boyd for being selected a Merced County Teacher of the Year.

If you live in Merced County and you want to get the H1N1 Vaccine, then we have some good news for you.

The Merced County Chamber of Commerce said it would recognize the Volunteer of the Quarter Award, Louise Farley, and the Good Business Citizen of the Quarter Award, Joseph Ramirez, Oct.

There may be a recession on, but the five best-paid city council members in the county -- Atwater's -- haul home a hefty harvest of benefits.

The founding chancellor of UC Merced, Carol Tomlinson-Keasey, who saw the institution through its infancy, died Saturday of complications related to cancer, according to a statement from the university.

Merced County has received the first vaccines for the swine flu and clinics have been scheduled for Wednesday.

Merced County sheriff's detectives early next week will interrogate the 52-year-old man suspected of killing two Merced residents.

Merced leaders and local residents Thursday night blasted alternative high-speed rail routes from San Jose to Merced because they would interfere with farms or neighborhoods.

MERCED, Calif. a " A 52-year-old man suspected of stabbing to death his business partners is facing extradition back to Merced County after being arrested in Louisiana.Merced sheriff's officials say Julio Bonilla was taken into custody Wednesday by authorities at his sister's home in Jefferson Parish.Authorities have been looking for Bonilla since ...

The Merced County Fair is holding a contest to find a winning logo for the 2010 fair.

An arrest has been made in the case of a double homicide in Merced.Officers picked up 52-year-old Julio Bonilla in Louisiana.

Merced County sheriff's investigators discovered two bodies inside a residence at 440 Mission Ave.

A man wanted on a federal drug warrant was found this week by the Merced County Sheriff's Department.

The Merced County Sheriff's Department is searching for Felix Robles, last seen in the Winton area.

A mother and father have been arrested after their three young girls were found home alone in an apartment that had clothes and dog feces all over the floor, the Merced County Sheriff's Department said.

A domestic violence call ended with one man dead and a dangerous car crash near a Merced school.

A car chase through east Merced ended in the apparent suicide of a man that deputies wanted to question about a domestic dispute.

Authorities would like to talk to a Merced man after two badly decomposed bodies were found inside a home earlier this week.

Investigators in the North Valley are revealing more about a couple found dead in their Merced County home.

Authorities hope to release more information Friday after two badly decomposed bodies were found inside a home in Merced.

A pit bull named 'Daisy' attacked a woman and her dog this morning in Delhi, leaving the woman with lacerations on both arms and the dog without serious injuries.

Family members gather outside the Cisneros home in Merced County Monday evening, waiting nervously to find out if the bodies discovered inside are that of 82-year old William Cisneros and his 43-year old wife Clara.

Merced County Sheriff's Deputies discovered the bodies around noon. They were in the back room of a home on Mission Avenue -- near Highway 59 -- just south of Merced.