Climate change set the table for Los Angeles wildfires
Global warming caused mainly by burning of fossil fuels made the hot, dry and windy conditions that drove the recent deadly fires around Los Angeles about 35 times more likely to occur, an ...
Study says climate change made conditions that fed California wildfires more likely, more intense
Human-caused climate change increased the likelihood and intensity of the hot, dry and windy conditions that fanned the ...
Merced County Times13d
California Poet Laureate To Visit Merced Arts Center
The Merced Multicultural Arts Center (MAC) continues its efforts to support local artists and expand the community’s access ...
Map Reveals Where Big Lots is Closing the Most Stores in 2025
The retail chain originally filed for bankruptcy in September and has been in the process of getting rid of its underperforming stores since then.
Sierra Sun Times15d
Merced College Announces Award of $1.5M to Transform Agricultural Education with Cutting-Edge Technology and Workforce Development
January 16, 2025 - MERCED, Calif. — By James Leonard - Merced College has been awarded a $1,514,520 grant as part of the U.S. Department of Labor’s Strengthening Community Colleges Training ...
Los Angeles Times24d
UC in-state enrollment highest ever as Berkeley, UCLA seat more Black and Latino students
At Merced, the drop was from 2,610 to 2,283 ... after the Supreme Court ruled in 2023 that affirmative action in college admissions was unconstitutional. U.S. students who enrolled last fall ...