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Cash-strapped Dos Palos misspent $2.2million in transportation tax money. How will the city repay it?
The city of Dos Palos in Merced County is planning to sell off city land and will consider raising...
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Dos Palos High celebrates 2026 graduation
The moment almost every senior at Dos Palos High School has been waiting for since kindergarten...
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LatestWhistle Stop 5-6
May 6 Cancelled – Los Banos City Council meeting at Los Banos City Hall, 520 J St., Los Banos. 4 p.m. Matilda Jr. musical at Los Banos Junior High School, 1750 San Luis St., Los Banos May 7 Noon National Day of Prayer at...
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Canal Trail Improvement Project begins in Los Banos
For many Los Banos residents, the canal trail is more than just a walking path. It is a place to...
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College center in Firebaugh nears completion
Years of dreaming, planning, and work are about to finally show results. Or as West Hills College...
The Library Corner
LatestLibrary Corner 5-6-26
May Programs at the Jerry O’Banion Library (Dos Palos Branch of the Merced County Library) Every Wednesday in May: Building Bonanza at 2 p.m.-5 p.m. Every Thursday in May: Adult Coloring at 10:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. and Teen...
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Little League Majors city title comes down to Padres, Braves
Last week, seven games were played by the six Los Banos Little League teams (Majors Division), all...
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LatestIs April the cruelest month?
“April is the cruelest month,” penned T.S. Eliot in 1922, but is it really? The famous line begins his famous poem, “The Waste Land.” Later in life, Eliot confessed that he wrote the poem during a period of great personal...
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Floretta Nicoletti
Floretta Nicoletti–beloved wife, mother, grandmother, great grandmother, sister and...
Opinion
LatestPublisher’s Commentary: A free press is not free from hard costs to publish
The Westside Express will celebrate its fourth anniversary this month of a successful hometown newspaper covering Los Banos, Dos Palos, Firebaugh and Santa Nella. Our first issue was published on May 25, 2022. Reaching this...
Community
LatestComedy night at the Los Banos Veterans Hall a success
The Los Banos Veterans group tried something different – comedy – and it worked. More than a hundred people came to a sold-out Los Banos Veterans Memorial Hall to “Laugh It Off” on a Friday evening, May 15. In a previous...
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LatestThe Spring Market bounces back
The second annual Spring Maker’s Market is here to ring in the new season with new decor, new recipes and the same springtime spirit as last year. The Ted Falasco Arts Center will be blooming with vendors showing off their...
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Dos Palos High celebrates 2026 graduation
The moment almost every senior at Dos Palos High School has been waiting for since kindergarten...
Little League Majors city title comes down to Padres, Braves
Last week, seven games were played by the six Los Banos Little League teams (Majors Division), all...
Longtime almond grower celebrates his 100th birthday
On Saturday, June 13 Louie Parreira celebrated his 100th birthday. Louie and his wife, Barbara...
Dos Palos High celebrates 2026 graduation
The moment almost every senior at Dos Palos High School has been waiting for since kindergarten...
Canal Trail Improvement Project begins in Los Banos
For many Los Banos residents, the canal trail is more than just a walking path. It is a place to...
Multi-agency patrol in Dos Palos aims to boost traffic safety, deter crime
Several Merced County law enforcement agencies met in Dos Palos last week to support traffic safety operations. Eric Zuniga, the California Highway Patrol Merced office spokesman, said the operation is part of County Integrated...
Floretta Nicoletti
Floretta Nicoletti–beloved wife, mother, grandmother, great grandmother, sister and...