Lockdowns. Social distancing. Shuttered schools and businesses. The COVID-19 pandemic and its sweeping disruptions set off a stampede of "what it's doing to us" research, focused largely on ...

Merced native Monika Saini Donabed makes history as the first Indian American woman judge on the county's Superior Court.

A quick scientific study finds that human-caused climate change increased the likelihood and intensity of the hot, dry and ...

January 28, 2025 - By Francesca Dinglasan - Give to UC Merced, the university’s annual year-end fundraising campaign, was the ...

University of California President Michael V. Drake, M.D., and the UC Board of Regents recently recognized several UC ...

A look back at the success of the UC PRIME medical education model, seen through the experiences of PRIME alums.

With wildfires ravaging Los Angeles County since the start of the year, Republicans have openly discussed withholding crucial disaster aid for California unless the state makes right-wing policy ...

As a rule, the president’s water-related preoccupation generates eye-rolling and easy jokes. Sometimes, however, it’s not funny at all. By Steve Benen Donald Trump likes to talk about water ...

One of the biggest cleanup challenges from the Southern California fires is lithium-ion batteries, which can explode after damage or exposure to heat. The batteries are found in electric vehicles ...

SAN DIEGO (AP) Aniwaniwa Tait-Jones scored 32 points as UC San Diego beat Cal State Northridge 79-54 on Saturday night. Tait-Jones shot 10 of 14 from the field and 12 for 13 from the free-throw ...

After weeks of dry weather that contributed to the spread of historic and deadly wildfires in the Los Angeles area, Southern California is finally getting some rain. A slow-moving low-pressure ...

UC started the game 2-for-10 from beyond the arc and endured an eight-minute drought without a three-point attempt. The Bearcats scored just six points in those eight minutes. BYU's Richie ...