Government

New Los Banos mayor, councilman to be sworn in Wednesday night

Los Banos Mayor-elect Paul Llanez and Councilman-elect Douglas Begonia, Jr. will be given their oaths of office Wednesday, Dec. 7,…

1 year ago

Duarte regains lead in race for 13th Congressional District

Almost 65,000 unprocessed ballots remain to be counted in the five counties affecting congressional district Assembly District 27 race appears…

1 year ago

Los Banos Council approves two new positions for housing, homeless issues, pay raises, bonuses for all city employees

Los Banos Fire Captain Daniel Freeman is presented with a Certificate of Recognition as the city’s Employee of the Month…

1 year ago

Substantial pay raises for Los Banos police officers, firefighters, all other city employees approved by council

Creates competitive salaries in the Central Valley exceeding collective bargaining agreement terms Will combat unprecedented recruitment and retention challenges The…

1 year ago

Merced County Elections still processing 25,000 uncounted ballots

More arriving through Tuesday; next update expected Friday Mail-in and provisional ballots remain to be counted for Tuesday’s election in…

2 years ago

Paul Tualla is new Los Banos Fire Chief, started Nov. 1

New Los Banos Fire Chief Paul Tualla started in his new position Nov. 1. Photo by LBFD Tualla in a…

2 years ago

Valadao defeats Martinez in Area 7 school board race

Dayna Valadao In the race for the Los Banos School Board Area 7 race, challenger Dayna Valadao defeated incumbent Ray…

2 years ago

Incumbent Caballero defeating challenger Shor in 14th State Senate race

State Senator Anna Caballero. As of the latest update on the California Secretary of State’s website at 10:41 p.m. Tuesday…

2 years ago

Soria has slim lead over Pazin in Assembly race

Esmeralda Soria and Mark Pazin are in close race for the 27th Assembly District. As of the latest update on…

2 years ago