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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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LatestLos Banos JHS FFA students named National Agriscience Fair finalists
Thirteen students from Los Banos Junior High School (LBJHS) Future Farmers of America (FFA) have qualified as National Agriscience Fair Award finalists. The students will represent the Los Banos community on the national stage...
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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...
Community Calendar
LatestCommunity Calendar 08-26-26
August 26 6 to 7 p.m. Pacheco High back to school night, 200 N. Ward Rd., Los Banos 6 p.m. Los Banos Planning Commission meeting at Los Banos City Hall, 520 J St., Los Banos August 27 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. Los Bans SBDC Business...
Government
LatestMitzy Perez attends last LBCC meeting, leaving District 1 seat vacant
Mitzy Perez, the resigning council member, attended her last Los Banos City Council meeting on Aug. 20 via Zoom. During the meeting, the council continued to expand the new in-house legal department, reduced the scope of Fire...
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PopularThe Campus Scene
News from Merced College Los Banos CampusCompiled by the Merced College Office of External Relations. College for Kids returns to Los Banos this summer The popular College for Kids program is back in Los Banos. Since 1976,...
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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...
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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Broncos stuff Central, will face archrival Los Banos this Friday
It’s time for “war.” After a solid 33-0 win over Central-Fresno last Friday to open the 2026 high...
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SMOKEY DELERIO
Preceded in death parents Gene and Pearl Delerio grandparents Josie and Iver Raven Alesandro...
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...
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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...
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Maldonado Park updates make a splash
This summer, Maldonado Park has unveiled its latest addition to help Firebaugh residents beat the...
Broncos stuff Central, will face archrival Los Banos this Friday
It’s time for “war.” After a solid 33-0 win over Central-Fresno last Friday to open the 2026 high...
Morning Star supports Los Banos students with annual Backpack Giveaway
Morning Star Packing Company helped local first graders begin the new school year prepared by...
Los Banos JHS FFA students named National Agriscience Fair finalists
Thirteen students from Los Banos Junior High School (LBJHS) Future Farmers of America (FFA) have qualified as National Agriscience Fair Award finalists. The students will represent the Los Banos community on the national stage...
Mitzy Perez attends last LBCC meeting, leaving District 1 seat vacant
Mitzy Perez, the resigning council member, attended her last Los Banos City Council meeting on Aug. 20 via Zoom. During the meeting, the council continued to expand the new in-house legal department, reduced the scope of Fire...
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...