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- New Atwater police chief appointed, city manager questioned over selection process
Atwater Police Department will see a new chief in the fall when Richard McEachin retires from a 20-year career in law enforcement to focus on his family. The department’s second-in-command, Lt. William Novetzke, will take… Read more: New Atwater police chief appointed, city manager questioned over selection process - Opinion: Merced needs growth that actually works for residents
Merced is growing, but the question is whether we are growing in a way that actually works for the people who live here. After reviewing discussion around the city’s Existing Conditions and Trends Workbook, one… Read more: Opinion: Merced needs growth that actually works for residents - Merced city budget faces constraints as firefighting grants expire
Merced’s budget for the next fiscal year faces a shortfall of $1.3 million, partly because of expired federal grants that help fund city firefighters. Officials are expected to work with a $461.2 million budget, which… Read more: Merced city budget faces constraints as firefighting grants expire - Merced County has slightly more homeless people – but more are in shelters
Homelessness is up in Merced County, the latest numbers in an annual survey of sheltered and unsheltered residents show. What the 2026 Point-In-Time Count report, published last Friday, doesn’t explicitly show is that shelter capacity… Read more: Merced County has slightly more homeless people – but more are in shelters