As the weather begins to warm up now and into the summer months, Merced County and its cities will make cooling zones available to help people cope with the heat.

New Beginnings For Merced County Animals169 cats. 82 dogs. 251 souls savedIn two whirlwind days, we witnessed something extraordinary—251 animals lifted out of ...

A Merced restaurant is closed after health officials found foods were contaminated. The Merced Police Department said they ...

Merced County Community and Economic Development Director Mark Hendrickson, speaks to supervisors during the Merced County Board of Supervisors meeting in Merced, Calif., on Tuesday, Feb. 28 ...

More recently, the United States reported its first H5N9 detection in Merced County, California. In November 2024, a duck farm tested positive for both H5N9 and H5N1, resulting in the culling of ...

Merced County stated Thursday that staff in the chief executive’s office is in the early stages of a routine review aimed at improving departmental efficiency, including in the library system.

MERCED COUNTY, Calif. — A Ceres man and a minor died after a suspected DUI crash early Saturday morning in north Merced County. The man, 41, drove a 2016 Honda Accord with the minor in the front ...

MERCED COUNTY, Calif. (KFSN) -- A heavy downpour and intense winds - causing power outages across Merced County. "It did set us back a little bit, but not as bad as it could've been," said owner ...

A new strain of H5N9 bird flu was detected at a commercial duck operation in California’s Merced County. All the ducks were euthanized. Jan. 28, 2025 The order came after birds infected with the ...

In the Jan. 24 report, the WOAH announced that H5N9 had been identified at a duck farm in Merced County, California. The current outbreak, which the report says was confirmed on Jan. 13 ...