Merced Police Officers responded at around 8:40 p.m., to Food Maxx located at 1300 West Olive Avenue for multiple subjects fighting in the store and reports of shots fired. Police say 19-year-old Armando Ortiz...

A man and a woman were arrested in the town of Gustine for being in possession of assault weapons and narcotics the sheriff’s department reported. Deputies from the Merced Sheriff Department STAR team and...