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• Preview of Beaten Paths & Back Roads

  New book explores “the other California” Beaten Paths & Back Roads is available on line at Lulu.com.  Locally, the book will be available for sale at the Merced County Courthouse Museum Gift Shop.…

• A Secret Mission and a Monument to Bravery-

  Finding a Memorial to an Army World War II Battalion My dad Ed Newvine stands next to military banners honoring family members who served in the military.  Chester T.…

• The Virtue of Work-

  Labor Day Holiday a Reminder of the Value of Doing Well at Work A successful participant in a skills training initiative is honored by Merced County WorkNet.…

• Columbia Takes You Back-

  Historic State Park Lives On as a Gold Rush Community A team of horses drawing an authentic stagecoach is ready to take another group of visitors on a historic ride through Columbia, California.…

• An “Arkie’s” Journey to California

  Ceres Man Shares His Family’s Trek During the Dust Bowl Charlie Brown from his post at the pro shop at St. Stanislaus Golf Course.…

• Memorial to a Leader-

  UC Merced’s First Chancellor Served Seven Years The stone marker with a brass plaque naming the Quad at UC Merced after the institution’s first Chancellor Carol Tomlinson-Keasey.…

• A Painting Passion for Merced-

  Local Artist Completes Underpass Mural at Highway 99 Martin Figueroa with his pallet and brush working on the Canal Street underpass mural in Merced.…

• Cooling Off on the Coast-

  Within a few hours, you can be at the ocean An art instructor assists student artists in painting the Pacific coastline at Pacifica south of San Francisco.…

• You Can Find it at Parker’s-

  Hardware store closing after six decades in downtown Merced Parker’s Hardware on 18th Street in Merced.  Photo:  Steve Newvine The announcement was plain and simple.…

• Preview of Rocket Reporter-

  Rocket Reporter- Elvis, Huntsville, & the Space Shuttle Remembered.…

• Say Cheese in Hilmar-

  Company’s Visitor Center Satisfies Area Children Hilmar Cheese Visitor Center in Hilmar, Merced County.…

• Cars, Coffee, and Memories-

  Monthly Car Show is a Win for Everyone A classic car from nearly ninety years ago on display at Cars and Coffee Merced.…

• Back in the Buckaroo Saddle Again-

  Classic Country Group Reunites After COVID-forced Break The Buckaroos then with Buck Owens, and now.…

• The Gustine Historical Society~Gustine Museum

  Photo by adam blauert The Gustine Historical Society Wishes to discover, preserve and disseminate knowledge about the history of Gustine and the West Side.…

• Where Were You in 1973?-

  Courthouse Museum asks the question and stimulates memories from 50 years ago Merced Mayor Pro Tem Sam Pipes and Mayor Edwin Dewhirst view the plaque commemorating the opening of the M Street Bridge over Bear Creek in…

• 32,000 Cookies for Sale –

  Girl Scouts Ready for Annual Cookie Sales Pallets loaded with over twenty-six hundred cases of Girl Scout cookies were delivered on a weekday morning in late February to a parking lot behind  Raley’s Plaza.…

• A Big Car for a Growing Family-

  That’s my older brother and me on top of a snowbank during a particularly heavy snow-filled winter in upstate New York.  The family car, a Pontiac Star Chief, is parked below us.…

• Planada Gets Help-

  Post Flooding Aid Assisting Residents Residents in Planada are now putting water damaged furniture and building materials on the curb for pick up by County crews taking it all to a landfill.…

• Filling a Sandbag of Hope-

  Merced Community Steps Up to Help Flooded Families This photo provided by the County of Merced, shows how flood waters covered lower land near Ashby Road off California Highway 99.…

• Crop Values Up, Inflation Up

  Values on the Rise in the County’s Ag Report Merced County’s farm products were valued at $3.7 billion according to the 2021 Agriculture Commissioner’s Annual Report released at the end of 2022.…

• Kettle Stories-

  Salvation Army Seasonal Fundraising Tradition Started in Bay Area The Salvation Army has set up Red Kettles at a number of area businesses, including this one at the Raley’s store in Merced.…

• Quiz Kings-

  Seeing the Games and Meeting the Hosts of a Generation Tom Kennedy was among several retired game show hosts who met with fans at the Game Show Congress in 2007 and 2009. Photo: Newvine Personal Collection.…

• Telling Stories-

  First-Ever Author Fair Brings Writers and Readers Together Writers and readers got together at the downtown Merced Library in early November for the first-ever Local Author Fair.…

• Nuts Have a Fighting Chance in 2022-

  Inflation and water challenge growers in the Valley An almond grower employs a water drilling company to go lower to find enough water to finish the 2022 season.…