Frost crystals cover a leaf and strands of grass along the Merced River in Yosemite Valley on ... freeze warning on Tuesday for much of Northern California, predicting chilly conditions and ...

A court has upheld a key decision by California’s water ... plan for the lower San Joaquin River and its three major tributaries — the Tuolumne, Merced and Stanislaus rivers.

Richard Lopez, superintendent of the Merced River School District, noted that similar trends were seen countywide, with absence rates ranging from 20% to 35% across various school districts Monday.

Officials at California's Yosemite National Park have ... On March 1, Yosemite's team measured the Merced River drainage, which was at 72 percent of average snowpack, while the Tuolumne River ...