Two fatal accidents during the weekend were alcohol-related, according to police. Updated: May. 21, 2012 3:42 PM | 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

Hundreds of families gathered at Pacheco Park last weekend to pay homage to the institution of motherhood. | Full Story

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

The San Joaquin Valley's population has been edging up, according to estimates from California's Department of Finance released recently. | Full Story

Too much salt in the water has been discovered as one of the reasons the field at Veterans Memorial Stadium has been dying despite the facility being barely 2 years old. | Full Story

A projected decrease in housing units led the Los Banos Unified School District to lower the fee charged to building developers last week. | Full Story

The Los Banos City Council on Monday was given a final look at brochure materials that will be distributed as the search for a new city manager begins. | Full Story

California failed to protect the San Joaquin Valley from fertilizer, dairy and septic contamination now threatening drinking water from thousands of wells, says the leader of the responsible state agency. | Full Story

The two most important things, when it comes to the perfect steak, are a steer's genetics and feeding program, said a local expert. | Full Story

Los Banos High’s softball season came to an abrupt end Thursday night with a 7-4 loss to Kimball in the opening round of the Sac-Joaquin Section Division IV playoffs. | Full Story

Suspect had handgun in her possession Updated: May. 17, 2012 10:53 AM | Full Story

Pacheco High School has been up and running for nearly two school years now, but it continues to see firsts like Saturday's prom, "A Night Under The Stars: A Black and White Ball." | Full Story

One of the many contests during last week's Merced County Spring Fair featured dishes across the board from one family. | Full Story

The Department of Water Resources and California State Parks plan the 23rd annual Kids' Fishing and Fun Day next week. | Full Story

More than 1,000 people are expected at the Basque Picnic next weekend. | Full Story

A man is in custody after accidentally shooting himself during an alleged domestic violence incident involving his wife, according to law enforcement. | Full Story

A Merced County Superior Court judge recently dismissed a nearly $40 million lawsuit a building development company filed against Los Banos over a proposed annexation. | Full Story

The animal to bring in the most money during Merced County Spring Fair auctions scored more than $5,000 for a cause. | Full Story

The Los Banos Enterprise won three first-place and three second-place awards in the California Newspaper Publishers Association's annual Better Newspaper Contest. | Full Story

Jason Michael Calderon and his bandmates come from a church in Los Banos, so it wasn't a surprise when they took the stage at the Merced County Spring Fair last week to perform. | Full Story

Michael Amabile, owner of España's Southwest Bar & Grill, has sponsored the Special Mexican Salsa Contest for years and has been consistent in one request -- don't make the entries too hot. | Full Story

Larry Bergman and Brett Silva have been judging the Best Ever Cookie Contest for years and after the latest version at the Merced County Spring Fair on May 3 there was no doubt competition remained stiff. | Full Story

A Mother's Day tradition continues this weekend as scores of families descend on Pacheco Park. | Full Story

A Los Banos engineering office has been acquired by a Fresno-based group. | Full Story

Like a little civil war, the Kids Best Ever Cookie contest pitted sister versus sister during the Merced County Spring Fair. | Full Story

A couple of weeks ago, Los Banos Mayor Mike Villalta perused the San Francisco Chronicle and came upon a story about the death of a San Francisco man who had helped build the Golden Gate Bridge in the mid-1930s. | Full Story

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

What's 53 feet long, seats about 20 and is full of test tubes and graduated cylinders? That's easy -- Ag In Motion. | Full Story