Angie Munroe

19-year-old man arrested after pursuit

A 16-year-old male and a 19-year-old man were arrested by Merced police Thursday night after a high-speed pursuit with officers.

Mountain men returning to Bettencourt Ranch

The mountain man legacy will live on this weekend at an annual event aimed at entertaining and educating the public about the lives of the early explorers.

Ed Ray, Chowchilla bus driver in 1976 kidnapping, dies

In his last days, Frank Edward Ray was visited by many of the schoolchildren he helped save in the Chowchilla school bus kidnapping 35 years before.

Ray died Thursday morning. He was 91.

In the infamous 1976 incident, he helped free 26 students kidnapped by brothers Richard and James Schoenfeld, and Frederick Woods. The trio buried their victims alive in a rock quarry in Livermore.

Valley crop damage from hail hits $79.3M

FRESNO -- The damage from a devastating hail storm in April has reached $79.3 million in the central San Joaquin Valley.