Hot weather and dry conditions have led to “elevated” wildfire threats across the state, the U.S. Drought Monitor said.

A new wildfire was reported today at 10:09 p.m. in Merced County, California. E Gerard Av Merced Fire has been burning on private land. At this time, there is no information on the containment of the ...

Officers learned a dispute between neighbors led to the man’s death and 59-year-old Theodore Arevalo was arrested and was ...

The World Organization for Animal Health said in a Jan. 27 notification that the H5N9 strain of avian bird flu has been detected for the first time at a duck farm in Merced County, California.

In the Jan. 24 report, the WOAH announced that H5N9 had been identified at a duck farm in Merced County, California. The current outbreak, which the report says was confirmed on Jan. 13 ...

The newly reported H5N9 strain was found Monday at a duck farm in Merced County, California, according to the World Organization for Animal Health. Officials said it's the first verified U.S ...

In late November, both H5N1 and H5N9 cases were discovered in a Merced County commercial duck meat farm, which led to the quarantine of the facility and the culling of more than 100,000 birds.

H5N9, earlier this week on its website. The more common H5N1 strain was also found at the same farm, which is located in Merced County, according to reports. Health agencies are conducting ...

The virus was identified after nearly 120,000 ducks were culled at the Merced County farm and genetic sequencing confirmed the presence of H5N9 in January. Though H5N9 is not an immediate threat ...