It’s been ubiquitous in Mexican and Mexican American households. Yerena, who’s known for his protest art, left the church decades ago, but the Virgen de Guadalupe — who many see as a protector of ...

This site located at the corner of Paulson Road and Cormorant Drive in Merced is one of three potential new school locations for the Merced City School District. Shawn Jansen Sjansen@mercedsun ...

A Merced studio is nearing its opening date, and officials are requesting art pieces from artists who wish to showcase their work. Studio 99 is “calling for art” as it nears its opening date.

The growing Downtown Merced art scene will experience another leap and bound with the grand opening of Studio 99 on Saturday, March 8. The space was designed by the creatives of the Central Valley ...

The oil painting, known as Woman-Ochre by Willem de Kooning, had been cut out of its frame during a daring heist at the University of Arizona Museum of Art 32 years earlier – in 1985.

Mr Hockey is survived by his children and his fiancée Jazz. Family friend Emma Virgen wrote a heart-breaking tribute online for the father. 'The world has lost one of the most genuine ...

She put in the machine and at first she couldn’t believe it.” Ganodotra says he’s helped run two stores in Merced and never seen anyone win anything close to that prize. He said he’s seen ...