Ronald Miranda spent 31 years on the run for a 1980 Los Banos homicide -- but his sentencing hearing was over in a few minutes. | Full Story

A woman robbed a mobile ice cream vendor at gunpoint Sunday evening, according to police. | Full Story

A teenager was shot in the leg during a gang-related incident Monday, police said. | Full Story

The Soroptimist of the Year is a closely guarded surprise that's only revealed at the end of the Women's Award Night Banquet. But Monday, as guests arrived at the event, there was no doubt that the jig was up. | Full Story

Gangbangers were initially blamed for the shooting. Updated: May. 8, 2012 11:12 AM | Full Story

DOS PALOS -- Three people are in custody after a vehicle pursuit in the Dos Palos area that included a carjacking and kidnapping, the Merced County Sheriff's Department reported. | Full Story

A Santa Nella woman recently sentenced to a year in jail for killing a Los Banos firefighter in a DUI crash is back home, after not spending one day of her sentence behind bars. | Full Story

A Los Banos Junior High math teacher has been placed on administrative leave by the Los Banos Unified School District. | Full Story

Two men from Los Banos are scheduled to stand trial this month in the 2010 shooting death of Tommy Henson outside a Dos Palos residence. | Full Story

Man's identity being withheld by police. Updated: Apr. 25, 2012 9:26 AM | Full Story

A man was shot in the leg Tuesday afternoon in a drive-by shooting involving three vehicles and multiple suspects. | Full Story

Police are looking for a man in a hooded sweatshirt who was captured on video burglarizing a downtown jewelry store. | Full Story

Smoothie shop employees were robbed at gunpoint Tuesday afternoon, police said. | Full Story

A chilling cry of "No, Ron, no!" followed by the sound of two shotgun blasts.

Those were Mitch Arambel's frantic last moments of life, as described by the ex-wife of murder defendant Ronald Miranda.

Those recollections were among the testimony Tuesday, the first day of Miranda's trial, in which he's accused of one count of murder in the Nov. 15, 1980, shooting death of Arambel in Los Banos. Updated: Apr. 13, 2012 2:52 AM | Full Story

Man being treated at Los Banos hospital Updated: Apr. 11, 2012 12:00 PM | Full Story