Jess Munday, a Merced native who is pursuing creative writing ambitions in San Francisco, has just released her debut novel, “A Place Between Dreams.”  The 31-year-old author was surrounded by friends ...

The talented members of the Gateway Quilters Guild’s “Cirque du Fabrique” group gathered at the Hoffmeister recently for an ...

A special meeting by the Merced City Council on Tuesday night might just end up being a small footnote in what has been a ...

There was an incredible amount of love, and lots of tears, inside a packed Pavilion hall at the Fairgrounds last Sunday, Jan. 25, as hundreds of people attended the Celebration of Life service in ...

Our Central Valley By STEVE NEWVINE  NFL quarterback Josh Allen and the Buffalo Bills may have missed out on a long-awaited ...

Lacey Spielman, a senior at Golden Valley High School, has won the title of Miss Merced County 2026, after besting two other contestants during the annual competition at Buhach Colony High School on ...

He once played basketball at Camp David.  He was attached there with the US Marines, serving and protecting the president of the United States. At one time, he managed a top-tier security firm in ...

BOOK REVIEW By GWEN HAGAMAN Special to the Times No other building in Merced carries the same monumental feeling as its ...

Finding the right loan for the home of your dreams doesn’t have to be a long, drawn-out ordeal. Just ask Joe Stefani — one of the hardest working professionals in the Merced-area housing market. “I ...

Both current and former Merced High Bears gathered together at the County Fairgrounds on Saturday for the 2023 Hall of Fame Dinner. As guests enjoyed a fabulous dinner prepared by Pereira Catering, ...

The Golden Valley Band Boosters, with the support of San Luis Pump Company, hosted the longstanding and much-anticipated Central California Band Review (CCBR) on Saturday, Nov. 8. The year’s edition ...

Merced Mayor Matthew Serratto and other city officials have been saying the same thing for some time: 2025 is going to be a really big year for the city. “A lot of things we have been working on for ...