Initial location: Merced County, Calif. A new prescribed burn, called Lur San Luis Wildlife Refuge, was initiated today at 10:10 a.m. at in Merced County, California. The prescribed fire has been ...

MERCED, Calif. (KFSN) -- For the hundreds of evacuees sitting in the crowd at the Merced Theatre, the same question has been on their minds for the last four days. Kevin Poe, who lives in Mount ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Merced College is pictured in May of 2025. (Andrew Kuhn/akuhn@mercedsun-star.com) Those in the Central Valley wanting to become ...

The creation of this content included the use of AI based on templates created, reviewed and edited by journalists in the newsroom. Read more on our AI policy here. A new prescribed burn, called Lur ...

Merced College is helping to fill the need for firefighters across the country. Three dozen students started the Spring semester on the path to their new careers. "We have a large Academy. It's the ...

No injuries were reported in a fire that erupted early Monday at a house in Merced’s Loughborough area. The cause remains under investigation. Merced City Fire Department firefighters responded to the ...