Government

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…
Los Banos Council approves two new positions for housing, homeless issues, pay raises, bonuses for all city employees
“It is undoubtedly going to make a positive impact on our recruitment and employee retention efforts.”- Police Chief Brizzee LLamas…
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…
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…
Paul Tualla is new Los Banos Fire Chief, started Nov. 1
Los Banos has a new fire chief, as of Tuesday, Nov. 1, 2022, with the hiring of Paul Tualla by…
Valadao defeats Martinez in Area 7 school board race
In the race for the Los Banos School Board Area 7 race, challenger Dayna Valadao defeated incumbent Ray Martinez with…
Incumbent Caballero defeating challenger Shor in 14th State Senate race
As of the latest update on the California Secretary of State’s website at 10:41 p.m. Tuesday night, Nov. 8, Democrat…
Soria has slim lead over Pazin in Assembly race
As of the latest update on the California Secretary of State’s website at 9:44 a.m. Wednesday, Nov. 9, Democrat Fresno…
Duarte leads Gray in tight race for Congress
Cook Political Report had district leaning Republican, now toss-up After leading since the early returns in the newly drawn 13th…