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Local News
FRESNO ST. BULLDOGS ON RADIO MERCED
This year's Fresno State Bulldogs football will be heard on KYOS (AM-1480).
The full slate of games, most on Fridays and Saturdays, will be broadcast; the pre-game show begins thirty minutes before the start of the game.
Additionally, KYOS will air a one-hour weekly program featuring Bulldog's coach Pat Hill. That broadcast will be heard Saturday mornings, beginning at 10:05 a.m.
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Shots fired near school grounds
Merced Police are investigating the firing of shots near the Alicia Reyes School.
The incident happened just minutes before some students were to have been let out for the day.
Witnesses say the gunplay might have taken place between two automobiles on N Street, near Childs. Shell casings were found on the street.
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Iraq war claims 5th Merced GI
Flags were ordered to fly at half-staff in the city of Merced in the wake of the death of a local soldier in Iraq.
The Pentagon is continuing its investigation into what is being called the "non-combat death" of 23-year-old Private Janelle King. She was serving as a health care specialist with the 115th Combat Support Hospital in Baghdad.
In addition to the tribute paid locally, flags at the state capitol in Sacramento were also flown at half-staff in her honor.
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Local Kiddieland shut down
Claiming that the local Kiwanis Kiddieland at Applegate Park had not filed the proper inspection papers, state regulators have closed down the mini-park.
According to published reports, the park, during its 51-year-run, has never filed the proper state inspection papers, or undergone inspections.
The Merced Sun-Star says that for the past half century the amusement area was off the state's inspection radar. Finally, inspectors visited Kiddieland and shut it down, after another facility brought the un-inspected Merced facility to their attention.
The local sponsoring Kiwanis club told media it was unaware of the regulations.
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Clean-up continues in Mariposa fire areas
Workers in Mariposa County are going thru the fire-ravaged acreage there in advance of fall rains.
Experts say that "repairs" must be made to make stable some areas of ground. The problem is the lack of ground cover and the great amount of soot and ash on the ground.
When fall rains come, that material can easily be swept into streams. This poses a danger to fish and other livestock and poses an increased risk of flooding.
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Two indicted in death of Atwater guard
Two inmates accused of killing and Atwater Federal Penitentiary correctional officer now face charges.
Grand jury records released from Fresno show that the two inmates accused in that stabbing of a guard at the Atwater Penitentiary will now face murder charges; they could be sentenced to death.
The U.S. Attorney General will have the final say as to whether the suspected killers of 22-year-old Jose Rivera will face capital charges.
Rivera died after being stabbed with a homemade ice pick-type weapon in June. Investigators believe 40-year-old Jose Sablan actually stabbed Rivera. He is already serving a life sentence for a 1990 murder. Forty-three-year-old James Guerrero is accused of holding Rivera down during the fatal attack. He has been accused of attacking a correctional officer in the past, but was not convicted. He is currently serving a life sentence for an armed bank robbery.
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New air carrier to begin service in less than a month
Great Lakes Airlines has confirmed that it will begin service from Merced Municipal Airport to the Ontario International Airport (in the LA area) on September 3.
Merced has been without commercial airline service since for more than two months. But flights in and out of the city will resume no later than September 8th, under an order from the U.S. Department of Transportation.
Officials say Great Lakes will provide service to Merced and Visalia. Airport officials say Great Lakes will start with flights to Ontario International Airport in Southern California but will eventually fly to McCarran International Airport in Las Vegas.
Both Merced and Visalia will have two nonstop round-trip flights per day with 19-seat turboprop planes, with help from a federal subsidy of three-million-dollars a year.
Meanwhile, Vision Airlines says it intends to go ahead with plans to start service Castle Airport with flights to North Las Vegas and Reno.
Great Lakes has begun an ad campaign to publicize the upcoming service.
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Prostitution new target of arrests in Merced
Merced Police say that a sting of prostitution in Merced has netted a dozen arrests.
Local police have begun targeting prostitutes and their clients in an effort to clean up the streets of Merced. A dozen people were arrested over the weekend during a sting operation in the area of 16th and T Streets in downtown Merced.
Undercover officers posed as both prostitutes and their customers to make the arrests.
Complaints from residents about prostitution, drug dealing and other activities in the area prompted Merced Police to step up their efforts in combating the problem.
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Hispanics in majority in Merced County
The latest Census Bureau statistics show that Hispanics are now the majority ethnic group in Merced County.
Hispanics are also in the majority in Madera and Tulare Counties. While they account for 48 percent of the population in Fresno and Kings Counties, if you take the entire valley, Hispanics now constitute 51 percent of the population.
Some observors say that the latest numbers have political punsters wondering how to tap into the vote of that growing "minority-majority" in the Valley. Other polls have found that while Hispanics make up more than 30-percent of the state's population, they only make up about 14-percent of likely voters.
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Ridership up on The Bus
Officials with Merced County's bus system (The Bus) report that there has been a dramatic rise in ridership.
High gas prices are adding to the ridership. Transportation officials report that use of The Bus was up more than 17 percent in the final three months of the 2007-2008 fiscal year.
Overall, the ridership is up more than 9 percent. The numbers show that there were more than 100,000 boardings during the just-completed fiscal year than during the year before.
Here are numbers to call for various services:
Fixed Bus Routes ..... 725-3813
Dial-A-Ride .......... 384-3111
Car-less Commute ..... 385-7600
The Bus's on-line address is: www.mercedthebus.com.
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RADIO MERCED CONTEST RULES
Prizes may be pixed up at our front desk -- 1020 West Main (between Q and R) in Merced -- between 9 a.m. and 4 p.m. weekdays. For directions or more information call 209-723-2191.
If you win you must agree that we can use your voice, picture or other information for promotional purposes. If you leave a phone message with a comment or send in a comment via regular mail (address above) or to e-mail (psa@radiomerced.com) and you don't want your name or comment used on the air, please indicate that in your message.
Remember, no employee of Mapleton Communications LP, other radio stations and broadcast companies, sponsors or advertisers, their relatives or anyone living in their households are eligible to win.
Anyone winning a prize valued at $600 or more must wait a full calendar year to win another prize valued at $600 or more. One prize per winner per 30 days.
Prizes are not redeemable for cash, are non-transferable and must be claimed within 30 days.
You must be 18 or over to win. In some cases 21 or over.
Prize or number of prizes may change without notice.
Decisions of the judges are final.
Mapleton Communications takes no responsiblity for lost or stolen prizes that are mailed to winners.
Here are some Radio Merced contacts:
Our General Manager Is Andrew Adams.
Our VP of programming is Mike Anthony.
To advertise on any of the Radio Merced stations please contact our Sales Managers Chad Gammage or Damien Galarza.
Good luck and thanks for listening.
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ELECTION RESULTS
The official results from the June 3 election have been posted by the County Registrar's office:
With all 118 precincts reporting, a total of 9,246 votes were cast. This is higher than anticipated and represents 47.41 pecent of registered voters.
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COUNTY SUPERVISOR RACES....
(DISTRICT 1)
JOHN PEDROZO ... 1,425 (Votes) 95.83 (Percentage of total)
WRITE-IN ... 62 4.17
(District 2)
HUBERT (HUB) WALSH ... 2,081 38.93
JIM SANDERS ... 1,381 25.83
//Walsh and Sanders will be in a run-off in November//
JOHN E. PRICE ... 1,202 22.48
CASEY STEED ... 370 6.92
JOHN S. ALEXANDER ... 291 5.44
(District 4)
DEIDRE KELSEY ... 2,366 68.26
CLAUDINE L. SHERRON ... 1,087 31.36
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PROPOSITIONS....
PROP 98 - Eminent Domain. Limits on Govt Authority
YES ... 8,184 43.58
NO ... 10,594 56.42
PROP 99 - Eminent Domain. Limits on Govt Acquisition
YES ... 10,624 57.32
NO ... 7,910 42.68
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RECALL JEFF DENHAM....
YES ... 2,967 15.95
NO ... 15,638 84.05
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CITY OF DOS PALOS MEASURE L
YES ... 231 61.27
NO ... 146 38.73
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