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By VIVIENNE AGUILAR vivienne@cvlocaljournalism.org Khadija Fox screamed in pain when the doctor forcefully pulled her baby out in a Stockton hospital birthing room years ago. The attending nurse yelled at her to stop screaming, so she did. As a young Black woman in her early twenties with little knowledge of the birthing process, she remembered feeling as if she were being treated like a child. “You almost forget you’re a grown woman.

Will voters who were absent in the primary go to the polls in November? See what experts are expecting.READ FULL STORY No campaign has conceded the proposition, which shifts a third of mental health funding and approves billions in bonds, will likely pass. READ THE FULL STORY Most of the incidents involved ransomware, a malicious software used by criminals to encrypt files and hold information or data hostage until payment is made in exchange.

By VICTOR A. PATTON victor@cvlocaljournalism.org If you know a registered voter in Merced County, chances are that person didn’t bother submitting a ballot for the March 5 primary. While that may sound discouraging, experts say there’s a good chance it won’t have much bearing on what turnout looks like in November. According to the Merced County Registrar of Voters, as of  5 p.m. Friday data show about 28.39% of the county’s 128,287 registered voters participated in the primary.

By MARIJKE ROWLAND marijke@cvlocaljournalism.org While Central Valley counties appear to have all rejected Prop. 1, the statewide upheaval of mental health funding coupled with billions in bonds to fight homelessness, the initiative remains too close to call more than a week after final ballots were cast. The proposition, championed by Gov. Gavin Newsom and written in part by Stockton-based State Sen.

By VICTOR A. PATTON victor@cvlocaljournalism.org International cyber criminals have successfully targeted Merced County schools, compromising internal data and forcing some districts to pay a hefty price to get those attacks resolved. Steve Tietjen, the county’s superintendent of schools, said a total of six Merced County school districts have been victims of cyber criminals in the last three years.

In the San Joaquin Valley, the number of veterans with a service-connected disability has increased in the last four years from about 28% to 45%. Yet, income thresholds allowed by colleges has been a common challenge in accessing college for many children of those same injured veterans. The percentage of registered voters who participated is now 17.64%. That’s substantially lower than the turnout for the 2020 presidential primary, where 43.3% of voters turned out.

By ZHAOZHOU DAI zdai@publicintegrity.org When Sharon Lohman started as a volunteer at the Merced County Animal Shelter in 2004, the vast majority of dogs, cats and other animals never made it out of the facility alive. Lohman remembers being alarmed by what she saw. “We just did an adoption event,” she said.

By RACHEL LIVINAL, BRIANNA VACCARI and CHRISTIAN DE JESUS BETANCOURT Merced’s Measure C appears to be comfortably cruising toward approval, as of the latest vote count 11:30 p.m. Tuesday in the county’s 2024 primary election. Meanwhile, one of the incumbents on the Merced County Board of Supervisors could be unseated, following Tuesday’s election. Measure C is a half-cent public safety tax that benefits the City of Merced’s police and fire departments.