Since Dec. 16, the state’s largest reservoir — Shasta, a massive 35-mile-long lake near Redding — has risen by 36 feet. On ...

UC Merced researchers say enforcement-driven job losses expose gaps in California's economic safety net for workers statewide ...

Pump jacks are seen at dawn in an oil field over the Monterey Shale formation near Lost Hills, California. President Trump’s ...

Merced CHP officials report that heavy rain is creating slick roadways, reduced visibility, and an increase in spin-outs and traffic collisions across the area. This traffic collision is a reminder of ...

Some community college districts in California say enrollment is up by more than 10%, though official numbers have yet to be ...

“The city of Merced has two options for your Christmas tree disposal needs,” the city said on its website. If you have a real, untreated tree, remove all garland, tinsel and decorations, then place ...

Leila Turner-Scott reads a conversation her son Sam had with ChatGPT on the day of his death while at her home in Dripping ...

Tonya Johnson, All-Pro running back Saquon Barkley’s mom and vice president of the Michael Ann and Saquon Barkley Hope Foundation, speaks Monday, Dec. 22, 2025, at the Salvation Army in Allentown.

A UC Merced study used U.S. census data to track changes in the number of Californians reporting private sector employment ...

CHP seized roughly 15½ lbs of marijuana after a Modesto-area traffic stop; driver arrested on suspicion of sales.

California and other states began blocking colleges from withholding students' transcripts for unpaid bills five years ago.

"A lot of people are misinformed on what autism can look [like] and be in daily life," Monica Van Houten tells PEOPLE ...