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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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Grassland Center hosts BioBlitz with Walk-N-Wade Tour
The Grassland Environmental Educational Center kicked off summer with the BioBlitz event on June...
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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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LatestCommunity Calendar 8-19-26
August 19 6 p.m. Los Banos City Council meeting, 520 J St., Los Banos August 20 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Linguica combo lunch at The Word of Life Church, 1510 Canal Farm Lane, Los Banos. $10. For more info 209-752-0450 5 to 7 p.m. Los...
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Los Banos City Councilmember Mitzy Perez resigns
In a press release emailed to The Westside Express Friday afternoon at 1 p.m., Los Banos City...
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Los Banos celebrates Basque heritage, traditions
Celebrating Basque heritage and tradition that date back hundreds of years the Los Banos Basque...
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Readers’ Choice Awards for Westside communities now accepting nominations
The Readers’ Choice Awards are back. The same awards that publisher Gene Lieb coordinated in Los...
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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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Pacheco High eyes new scoreboard
Pacheco High School, believe it or not, is entering its 17th year. As the school approaches its...
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SMOKEY DELERIO
Preceded in death parents Gene and Pearl Delerio grandparents Josie and Iver Raven Alesandro...
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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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Los Banos child development center named in honor of Joe H. Sousa
Community leaders, elected officials, family members and friends gathered July 15 to dedicate the...
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Los Banos National Night Out returns Aug. 4 with bigger prizes, more family fun
Los Banos will host its annual National Night Out next week on Aug. 4. From 6 to 9 p.m., attendees...
Pacheco High eyes new scoreboard
Pacheco High School, believe it or not, is entering its 17th year. As the school approaches its...
Los Banos National Night Out returns Aug. 4 with bigger prizes, more family fun
Los Banos will host its annual National Night Out next week on Aug. 4. From 6 to 9 p.m., attendees...
Grassland Center hosts BioBlitz with Walk-N-Wade Tour
The Grassland Environmental Educational Center kicked off summer with the BioBlitz event on June...
Los Banos City Councilmember Mitzy Perez resigns
In a press release emailed to The Westside Express Friday afternoon at 1 p.m., Los Banos City...
Fernando Campa sworn in as Firebaugh’s ‘Top Cop’
The city of Firebaugh is staying “in house” for its next chief of police. Before a packed city...
SMOKEY DELERIO
Preceded in death parents Gene and Pearl Delerio grandparents Josie and Iver Raven Alesandro...