The outages were reported just before 5:30 am. Heavy rainfall with flooding concerns is expected for the Merced area. The storms could bring other outages.

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Merced made the Thrillist List of coolest small cities for the second time. The list looks at cities across the U.S. that have small communities but still have a big enough metro area to keep up with ...

The California Public Utilities Commission is adding a new 357 area code as an overlay to the 559 area code region, which includes all or parts of Fresno, Kings, Madera, Mariposa, Merced and ...

Merced, home to a University of California ... remains the most expensive metro area in the country. Despite a slight decline in its relative cost of living, the city saw a cost increase of ...