Superintendent Steve Tietjen said during his presentation on the county’s annual education report that chronic absenteeism was as high as 35% in 2022. That number dropped to 20.7% during the academic ...

Merced residents, elected officials and community leaders gathered Monday to honor and celebrate the life and legacy of the ...

The city is home to the University of California, Merced, which recently launched a new medical school and broke ground on a new $300 million medical building. Merced also gained points for ...

The Merced Multicultural Arts Center (MAC) continues its efforts to support local artists and expand the community’s access ...

The Center for Information Technology Research in the Interest of Society (CITRIS) at UC Santa Cruz has selected five student ...

University of California, Berkeley law student Adel Asad was at home with his family in Pakistan during winter break when he ...

Gov. Gavin Newsom released his budget proposal for 2025-2026, kicking off negotiations between the governor and the state ...

A 2021 law allows the state’s community college system to approve up to 30 new bachelor’s degrees annually, so long as the degrees support a local labor need and don’t duplicate what any of CSU’s 23 ...

As the legalization of cannabis expands across the country, UC Merced is working hard to make sure students and non-students are well-trained for the workforce.

Eight members of the Merced City Fire Department have been deployed to assist in the firefighting effort of wildfires raging ...

Eight members of the Merced City Fire Department have been deployed to assist in the firefighting effort of wildfires raging in southern California. On Jan. 8, the department sent two fire engines ...

UC Merced celebrated its second annual pie-eating contest for National Pie Day. The event was held on Thursday at 11 a.m. at UC Merced’s Pavilion Dining ...