“After (the failure of Measure J), I feel our image at Merced College was temporarily, I guess, questioned in some aspects,” said trustee Ernie Ochoa. “But looking at our community ...

This is first of a series about the Los Banos Campus of Merced College, which will celebrate its 50th anniversary with a campus festival on Nov. 5, 2021, to which the entire community is invited.

Anna Caballero—the AgTEC Innovation Center, which will be the first of its kind at any California community college, is a key component of Merced College’s broader agricultural expansion.

Merced's bid boasted the winning combination of donated property by a single landowner, the ready availability of water and passionate community support that included ... the first in their families ...