Now at 86 years old, Robert Quall has won 17 Gold Balls, the prize for taking first at a national tournament. Women keep ...

A Merced County courtroom was filled to capacity Thursday as relatives and friends of 28-year-old Abraham Bustos Guzman ...

The Merced Sun-Star is planning an occasional series of stories celebrating Merced’s past, and we’d like your help bringing ...

“I’m happy to redirect every damn penny in these programs to the counties that are getting things done, period, full stop,” ...

Far fewer people with mental illness are getting help in Gov. Gavin Newsom’s CARE Court program than expected. This week, he ...

Gov. Gavin Newsom threatened to redistribute funding for 10 California counties he says are "underperforming" in implementing ...

Newsom championed CARE Court as his signature program to address street homelessness, mental health and the drug epidemic ...

Frustrated by the slow adoption of one of his signature efforts to get Californians with severe mental illness off the ...

California Gov. Gavin Newsom on Monday threatened to take money away from counties that aren't effectively using the state's CARE Court system.

Officials say a lawsuit has delayed the county’s investigation into how social workers failed the 8-year-old. Child welfare experts say that raises troubling questions about priorities.

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Rich Hudgins, president and CEO of the California Canning Peach Association, said the association has been communicating with federal officials at the U.S. Department of Agriculture to identify forms ...