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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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LBHS celebrates graduating class of 2026
Los Banos High School’s graduation ceremony took place at the LBHS stadium on June 5, with many...
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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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Record Los Banos budget features 10% surplus
A record-breaking budget of $165,030,995 was presented to the Los Banos City Council during the...
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NEW ARCH FOR DOWNTOWN LOS BANOS
Los Banos city officials held the official ribbon cutting ceremony April 25 for the new Los Banos...
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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North falls to the South in annual All-Star Football Classic
MERCED – A.J. Jones caught a pair of touchdown passes – one with about six minutes remaining – to...
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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...
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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...
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Longtime almond grower celebrates his 100th birthday
On Saturday, June 13 Louie Parreira celebrated his 100th birthday. Louie and his wife, Barbara...
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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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Measles virus detected in Merced County wastewater, public health officials say
Merced County Department of Public Health officials on Friday announced the measles virus was...
North falls to the South in annual All-Star Football Classic
MERCED – A.J. Jones caught a pair of touchdown passes – one with about six minutes remaining – to...
Longtime almond grower celebrates his 100th birthday
On Saturday, June 13 Louie Parreira celebrated his 100th birthday. Louie and his wife, Barbara...
LBHS celebrates graduating class of 2026
Los Banos High School’s graduation ceremony took place at the LBHS stadium on June 5, with many...
Record Los Banos budget features 10% surplus
A record-breaking budget of $165,030,995 was presented to the Los Banos City Council during the...
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...