Governor's budget proposal worrisome for Los Banos Unified. Updated: Feb. 9, 2012 3:34 PM | Full Story

Alcoholic Beverage Control suspends activity. Updated: Feb. 8, 2012 1:53 PM | Full Story

City Manager Steve Rath will retire in October after 13 years as the city's top executive, according to a press release Updated: Feb. 4, 2012 1:14 PM | Full Story

Three high school students competed for cash prizes and the right to advance to the next round of competition in the Los Banos Rotary Club's annual speech contest Tuesday. | Full Story

Saturday at 2 p.m. people will gather at the Miller & Lux Building to celebrate a birthday. That's not unusual. Los Banosans regularly gather in large rooms or halls to celebrate significant birthdays for relatives or friends. | Full Story

More visibility is what Doug Young was seeking for Oasis RMA Re-Store when he and wife Susan moved the shop three weeks ago. | Full Story

Heidi Michael took the do-it-yourself approach to becoming an artist. | Full Story

Green Valley Charter School will host a play date at Meadowlands Park III at 2500 Fallbrook Ave. on Saturday from 9:30 to 11:30 a.m. The Kindergarten through third-grade public charter school will use the event to gather families that are interested in sending their children to the school in the fall. There will be brochures available for those who want to know more about the curriculum. | Full Story

The Merced Irrigation District Board continues to rely on groundwater pumping to help farmers through a dry winter. | Full Story

Los Banos police are searching for two men who robbed the Department of Motor Vehicles branch Tuesday afternoon. | Full Story

The possibility of Highway 152 becoming a toll road has some in the ag industry worried about what it would mean for business. | Full Story

The city remains firm in its response to a revamped complaint from Stone- creek Properties in a nearly $40 million lawsuit involving a proposed annexation. | Full Story

Highway 165 will open again to through traffic at midnight Tuesday, according to a California Department of Transportation official. | Full Story

The Los Banos Police Department is investigating a large-scale theft at a storage facility. | Full Story

Two men were caught by law enforcement allegedly trying to rip off a laundromat on Tuesday, police said. | Full Story

The Merced County Economic Development Corp. will cease operations by Sept. 30. | Full Story

David Burgess will return to Los Banos later this month to strum his guitar to the tune of Brazil. | Full Story

City officials are looking to residents to help catch thieves who are draining its general fund. | Full Story

Los Banos police are searching for two men who robbed the local Department of Motor Vehicles branch Tuesday afternoon. | Full Story

Daniel and Tracy Randazzo have lived on the streets of Los Banos for years. | Full Story

Los Banos City Council's decision to suspend regional transportation impact fees will continue the Los Banos Bypass' molasses-like pace and slow all other area plans, a regional official said. | Full Story

No jobs, a lack of infrastructure, a delay in fire and law enforcement response and many loose dogs roaming the streets. | Full Story

Dennis Stubbs is returning to Golden Valley. | Full Story

A motorist authorities said was not wearing a seatbelt led police on a high-speed chase Thursday morning. | Full Story

Police have few details about an altercation that left two men with stab wounds Sunday night. | Full Story

The Los Banos Unified School District is expected to consider changing auditing firms next month. | Full Story

A local Merced County office could close if it can't consolidate with its counterpart, said officials. | Full Story

WASHINGTON -- The House on Wednesday saluted the Buffalo Soldiers who once rode through the San Joaquin Valley and protected Sierra Nevada public lands. | Full Story

The remaining merchandise from the former Lowe's home improvement store will be up for auction in early February. | Full Story

Merced College Los Banos Campus students will see their semester fees go up by $10 per unit this summer, just about the same time changes affecting students' financial aid eligibility take effect. | Full Story