“Bugonia” refers to the ancient Greek belief that bees could spawn spontaneously from dead cow carcasses, and that cow dung was beneficial to the hive. It’s a myth, of course, but that didn’t stop ...

Gardening isn’t just about trimming hedges and planting petunias anymore. Somewhere between the buzzing of bees and the hum ...

Near the site of the crash that killed a mother and her young daughter, community members held a vigil Thursday night to honor their memories. People gathered at a home near the intersection of ...

In the parking lot of Pitman High School on Tuesday, undercover Sheriff’s Office detectives arrested a Keyes man on suspicion of sex crimes against a minor. Jaspal Singh, 36, was arrested by the ...

Third-place winner Marie Smith and first-place winner Akshara Thummala during the 2025 Merced County Spelling Bee competition, held at the MCOE Downtown Center on Dec. 9 Merced County Office of ...

The Museum of Modern Art, in collaboration with Cinecittà Studios in Rome, has organized a retrospective of films dedicated to “the man who made creatures,” Carlos Rambaldi (1925-2012). MOMA curator ...

Come help us welcome the holiday season with Mexican sweet bread, hot chocolate and community. We invite you to meet our team of bilingual reporters and share your ideas for stories and voices you’d ...

In the quest for better sleep, you can splurge on the plushest mattress and the darkest blackout curtains. But one of the most effective (and free) ways to get deeper rest, better daytime energy, and ...

For the third time in history, NASA has observed an interstellar traveler passing through our solar system. Multiple US and international observatories captured Comet 3IATLAS since its July 1 ...

A 3.2-magnitude earthquake rattled the San Ramon area in Northern California, the latest in a series of small quakes, the U.S. Geological Survey reported. The almost 6-mile deep quake hit about 2 1/2 ...

NASA's highly anticipated comet 3I/ATLAS images have been released, with a space agency official shooting down alien rumors and stressing that the interstellar visitor is a comet. When you purchase ...