This coastal valley made famous by the novelist John Steinbeck is sometimes known affectionately as “America’s salad bowl,” though the planting and harvesting is done mostly by immigrants from Mexico.

Honorable Judge John Kirihara, who served on the Merced County Superior Court for more than 20 years, officiated Congressman ...

The virus was reported in a commercial flock of ducks. It’s the first time the subtype has been detected in the United States ...

A new strain of bird flu has been detected on a duck farm in California. The World Organisation for Animal Health reported ...

Over the weekend, a batch of cats and dogs were flown from California shelters to Washington to make room for pets who’ve ...

In related developments, West Virginia officials suspended poultry exhibitions and Massachusetts warned of sick and dead ...

Hundreds of people including local elected officials attended the ceremony in which Merced Superior Court Judge John Kirihara ...

I’m Logan Swank, inmate AZ3143, convicted at twenty years old of 187(a) and sentenced to serve life without the possibility ...

MERCED, Calif. (KFSN) -- A Merced police officer is being recognized for his quick thinking and saving the life of a toddler. On Sunday, the department received a 911 call about a choking 14-month-old ...

A new strain of bird flu, H5N9, has been detected for the first time in the United States, raising concerns about how it continues to spread.

While the H5N1 bird flu keep spreading, the first reported H5N9 outbreak in the United States has been identified on a duck ...