All News in Merced County on July 21, 2026

•Fugitive rape suspect hid in plain sight for 20 years as a yacht-owning L.A. biotech pharma exec latimes.com

Jul 21, 04:05 • latimes.com

•Newsom confirms hiring defense attorney Abbe Lowell amid federal probe involving wife, associates cbsnews.com

Jul 21, 02:15 • cbsnews.com

•Governor Newsom signs tribal-state gaming compact 7.21.26 gov.ca.gov

Jul 21, 01:45 • gov.ca.gov

•‘Graffiti towers' in downtown LA to be cleaned up in 90 days nbclosangeles.com

Jul 21, 01:45 • nbclosangeles.com

•California Senate Bill 143 could put grazing goat operations out of business actionnewsnow.com

Jul 21, 01:30 • actionnewsnow.com

•I-80 fully reopens 16 hours after 12-vehicle crash including big rigs in California actionnewsnow.com

Jul 21, 00:45 • actionnewsnow.com

•Governor Newsom highlights robust investments in fire prevention and cutting-edge firefighting technology to combat wildfire and save lives californiatoday.news

Jul 21, 00:45 • gov.ca.gov

•Trump admin freezes over $1B in Medicaid funds for California, Minnesota inlandnewstoday.com

Jul 21, 23:45 • inlandnewstoday.com

•Trump administration delays more than $1 billion in Medicaid payments to California telemundoareadelabahia.com

Jul 21, 23:30 • telemundoareadelabahia.com

•World Atlas names 6 California small towns for weekend escape mtshastanews.com

Jul 21, 23:10 • mtshastanews.com

•Regional: Rep. Desaulnier Town Hall Paints Bleak Healthcare Landscape A Year After Passage Of 'Big, Ugly Bill' sfgate.com

Jul 21, 23:02 • sfgate.com

•California consumers benefit from Charter-Cox merger ocregister.com

Jul 21, 23:00 • ocregister.com

•John Seiler: Two state housing bonds, no real solutions ocregister.com

Jul 21, 23:00 • ocregister.com

•Trump administration delays more than $1 billion in Medicaid payments to California telemundo20.com

Jul 21, 23:00 • telemundo20.com

•Poetry by the Bay set to celebrate its 18th anniversary timesheraldonline.com

Jul 21, 23:00 • timesheraldonline.com

•Father and son accused of kidnapping two biologists in northern California forest telemundo33.com

Jul 21, 22:15 • telemundo33.com

•Trump admin halts $800M in Medicaid payments to California. What’s next? mtshastanews.com

Jul 21, 22:10 • mtshastanews.com

•Peninsula youth win Southern California Senior Division baseball title timesofsandiego.com

Jul 21, 22:00 • timesofsandiego.com

•California cities sue over housing mandate enforcement sjvsun.com

Jul 21, 21:45 • sjvsun.com

•Father and son accused of kidnapping two biologists in northern California forest telemundo20.com

Jul 21, 21:45 • telemundo20.com

•SoCal attorney pleads guilty to embezzling $310,000 of clients’ money to fund gambling habit latimes.com

Jul 21, 21:45 • latimes.com

•Joe Rogan, JD Vance spend a big chunk of podcast on California grievances sfgate.com

Jul 21, 21:45 • sfgate.com

•California to Receive $75 Million for Wildfire Prevention and Safety Measures sjvsun.com

Jul 21, 21:45 • sjvsun.com

•California considers listing local killer whales as endangered species mtshastanews.com

Jul 21, 21:10 • mtshastanews.com