Merced City Council on Monday approved creating a new tourism district to help local hotels and motels attract more visitors to the city. The Tourism Businesses Improvement District is aimed at ...

Incumbent Bertha Perez is not seeking another term as the District 3 representative on Merced City Council in November’s election but there are three other candidates for the wide-open seat.

Merced City Council candidate for the District 5 seat Felipe Rojas-Flores recently announced he’s suspending his campaign. The news comes less than a month before the November 5th election.

Some races are guaranteed to result in change, as some cities’ current mayors and city council members are absent from the certified list of local candidates. Here’s who Merced County voters ...

Camping on public property in Merced will carry stricter penalties beginning Dec. 18 under a new ordinance approved by the City Council on Monday night. The amended “Camping and Storage of ...