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Merced police report nabbing burglars in the act

MercedSun-Star.com: Local — Sat, 26 Dec 2009 07:41:00 +0000

Christmas didn't come early for three Fresno men arrested by Merced police at Merced Power Sports on charges of commercial burglary.

Two killed in violent collision on rural Merced County road

MercedSun-Star.com: Local — Sat, 26 Dec 2009 07:41:00 +0000

Two local 25-year-old men were killed Christmas Eve when the pickup one of them was driving ran a stop sign and collided broadside with a Ford Focus.

UC Merced researcher elected fellow

MercedSun-Star.com: Local — Sat, 26 Dec 2009 07:41:00 +0000

UC Merced researcher Samuel Justin Traina has been elected as a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, the world's largest general scientific society.

Our View: Finally, relief for stranded air travelers

MercedSun-Star.com: Opinion — Sat, 26 Dec 2009 07:41:00 +0000

Government regulators shouldn't have to force the nation's airlines to safeguard their own customers' health, safety and comfort. But given the airlines' reluctance to look after their own customers, the government was forced to act.

Letter: We miss you, Steven

MercedSun-Star.com: Opinion — Sat, 26 Dec 2009 07:41:00 +0000

Editor's note: Andrea Lombard-Davis is the older sister of Steven Lombard, 33, who along with Paul Armstrong, 28, disappeared without a trace the morning of Dec. 17, 1993. The case remains unsolved. Anyone with information about the disappearance of Paul Armstrong and Steven Lombard can call the Merced County Sheriff Department's Major Crimes Unit at (209) 385-7472. Callers can remain anonymous.

Our View: Fog requires extra caution on Valley’s highways

MercedSun-Star.com: Opinion — Sat, 26 Dec 2009 07:41:00 +0000

The fog season has arrived, and that makes driving especially difficult in the San Joaquin Valley.

Police say gang members were picking fight at mall

MercedSun-Star.com: Local — Fri, 25 Dec 2009 11:28:00 +0000

A validated gang member was Tasered by a police officer at the Merced Mall on Wednesday, after an argument between rival gang members, Merced police reported.

The incident happened shortly before 9 p.m., after police received a call about a verbal confrontation involving six males.

Let it glow, let it glow, let it glow!

MercedSun-Star.com: Local — Fri, 25 Dec 2009 11:27:00 +0000

A popular home on Sunset Court off of El Portal Drive in Merced features a light show which is synched to music broadcast on their own radio station, 107.7 FM.

A house on Sonora off of El Portal Drive in Merced displays giant snow globes on Wednesday evening.

Hilmar Cheese asks for more time to clean up groundwater pollution

MercedSun-Star.com: Local — Fri, 25 Dec 2009 11:27:00 +0000

HILMAR -- Hilmar Cheese Co., the world's largest cheese plant, could be allowed to continue polluting local groundwater at its Hilmar plant for another two years, according to a Dec. 8 draft order from the Central Valley Regional Water Quality Control Board.

If state water regulators grant the company an extension of its 4-year-old pollution cleanup agreement, as is stated in the draft order, the company would have until 2011 to become fully compliant and treat 100 percent of its waste. December 2009 had been the previous deadline.

300 needy children get holiday surprise from Merced County Sheriff’s Department

MercedSun-Star.com: Local — Fri, 25 Dec 2009 11:27:00 +0000

About 300 needy children are celebrating Christmas with a new toy, thanks to the Merced County Sheriff's Department's "Operation Christmas."