In the past week alone there have been two shootings, with four victims in Merced County. Last Monday, two teenagers were hit in Planada outside one of their homes.
The Merced County Sheriff's Department is investing the shooting deaths of two young men in Merced County. It happened near Dos Palos on Highway 33 and Carmellia Avenue.
Nearly 100-fire fighters stamped out the flames at a North Valley high school Thursday afternoon. The fire broke out shortly after 1:00 p.m. at Dos Palos High. Flames covered a wood shop and endangered other classrooms.