BY VIKAAS SHANKER | vshanker@mercedsunstar.com More than 100 Merced County residents on Saturday called for the reunification of immigrant parents separated from their children during a march and rally in Merced. Joining with hundreds of thousands of protesters across the nation Saturday, advocates, local community organizations and faith leaders called on lawmakers to oppose President Donald…
BY VIKAAS SHANKER | vshanker@mercedsunstar.com A group of San Joaquin Valley residents went to the U.S.-Mexican border last week to examine a detention center for undocumented immigrants and shared their experiences listening to the “cries of immigrant parents” for their separated children. At a news conference on Friday in front of the Merced County Administration Building,…
MERCED, Calif. (KFSN) — Crews have started construction on the new All Wheels Skate Park in South Merced. Members of Building Healthy Communities (BHC), along with city and county officials attended a groundbreaking for the project on Wednesday in McNamara Park. “This park is in South Merced. The park is a little disinvested in, so…
BY THADDEUS MILLER | tmiller@mercedsun-star.com May 11, 2018 04:30 PM Dos Palos student Ace Mejia Sanchez doesn’t know where the drinking fountains are located at her school. Why would she? Nobody uses them. The 17-year-old said she’s been taught all her life not to drink from the tap, and instead sip bottled water. “I thought it…
BY VIKAAS SHANKER | vshanker@mercedsunstar.com The voice of fifth grader Nate Dimple Alvarez offered testimony Saturday about the fears that have gripped students in the wake of deadly school shootings nationwide. Alvarez, a student at Joe Stefani Elementary School, told a crowd of supporters at Merced’s Court House Square Park about his wish to feel safe…
By Vanessa Vasconcelos | ABC30 Action News Wednesday, March 07, 2018 MERCED, Calif. (KFSN) — A proposed ordinance in the City of Merced could mean changes to the way citizens can voice their concerns. If approved, breaking conduct rules could be punishable as a misdemeanor. “Merced is changing were getting more people to come to City…
BY THADDEUS MILLER | tmiller@mercedsun-star.com March 06, 2018 05:49 PM Merced City Council recommended new decorum rules for council meetings this week that leaders say will protect speech, but detractors say are a roadblock to public input. The new ordinance, if approved, would make it a misdemeanor to break the rules, which outlaw interrupting a speaker…
BY MONICA VELEZ | January 21, 2018 A new skate park is going to be built in Merced, and officials working on the project hope it can serve as an outlet for local youth. The skate park will be built at McNamara Park and is designed for skateboards, inline skates, scooters, and bikes, according to a…
BY TSIA XIONG | NOVEMBER 02, 2017 6:09 PM It is often said that death and taxes are life’s only certainties, but this isn’t true. A corollary is that we will all get sick in our lifetime. And while we’ll never be able to predict when we’ll be sick or how sick we’ll be, it can…
BY MARÍA G. ORTIZ-BRIONES | mortizbriones@vidaenelvalle.com After Merced County board of supervisors voted against a proposed healthcare program in the county that would have provided access to healthcare services to all residents, regardless of immigration status, health advocates and community members remain very hopeful. “Local health advocates, residents and, Merced Building Healthy Communities remain committed to…
A proposed health care program in Merced County would allow all residents to access healthcare services, regardless of immigration status Merced, CA – On a three to two vote, Merced County Supervisors voted down the development of a county healthcare program for everyone in Merced County, regardless of immigration status (including the undocumented population). This…
The first-ever participatory budgeting process at the county level has not gone off without a hitch, but it is still going on. BY: JESSICA MCKENZIE OCT 17, 2017 At the end of the month, an elected official in Merced County, California, will lead her district in the first implementation of participatory budgeting at the county level—but unless…
