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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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Firebaugh FFA Department earns award for excellence
The Firebaugh FFA department was recognized last month for its outstanding team of teachers, and...
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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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Candidate filing period nears in Merced County.
By VICTOR PATTON CVJC Now that the primary election is in the rearview mirror, it’s time to look...
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Los Banos Unified is offering online program for K-6 students
I am pleased to announce that we are expanding the Independent Study Program at Volta Elementary...
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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2 fiber cuts cause AT&T outage
Since roughly 9:30 a.m. on June 30, the western parts of Madera, Merced and Stanislaus Counties...
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Candidate filing period nears in Merced County.
By VICTOR PATTON CVJC Now that the primary election is in the rearview mirror, it’s time to look...
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...
2 fiber cuts cause AT&T outage
Since roughly 9:30 a.m. on June 30, the western parts of Madera, Merced and Stanislaus Counties...
Firebaugh FFA Department earns award for excellence
The Firebaugh FFA department was recognized last month for its outstanding team of teachers, and...
Candidate filing period nears in Merced County.
By VICTOR PATTON CVJC Now that the primary election is in the rearview mirror, it’s time to look...
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...