A local reporter crossed the border to do a report on Americans involved in sex slavery in Tijuana. He found a pimp from Merced and a local teen from Riverside who said she's trapped in the sex trade. more ›

The Los Angeles Police Department report that Lovedeep Singh, the teen tourist from India missing since June 30th, was found Wednesday safe in Merced. Authorities say Singh, a 15-year-old traveling with an education group, was in good condition, and there were no signs of foul play. more ›

22-year-old Nancy Salas was sentenced yesterday to three years of probation and "an order for 100 hours of community service," according to abc7. Salas, of Glendale, concocted a kidnapping hoax in May in order to distract her parents from learning she had been lying about being enrolled at UCLA and prepping to graduate. The search for Salas engaged her family and the Glendale PD before Salas showed up in Merced, claiming she'd been snatched. Her story soon unraveled, and while the Glendale police did not press charges, authorities in Merced slapped her with a charge for filing a false report. more ›

Nancy Salas did not appear before Merced County Superior Court Judge Marc Garcia on Thursday, but rather sent attorney Jeffrey Tenenbaum in her place to file her plea of not guilty on a misdemeanor charge, according to LA Now. more ›

Nancy Salas, the 22-year-old Glendale woman who faked her own kidnapping, is scheduled to be arraigned today in Merced County Superior Court, according to LA Now. Salas faces a misdemeanor count for filing a false police report. Less than 24 hours after the UCLA dropout had led her family and friends to believe she had disappeared during her morning neighborhood jog, Salas entered a Merced carpeting store and claimed she'd been the victim of a kidnapping. She contacted the authorities, who eventually facilitated her reunion with her family. more ›

A 22-year-old Glendale woman is now facing a misdemeanor charge for the kidnapping hoax that tied up local police during the extensive search and wound up in Merced, where she fled during the staged incident. more ›

Authorities in Merced are considering reversing their initial decision to decline to file charges against 22-year-old Glendale resident Nancy Salas, reports the News-Press. Salas, who faked her own disappearance last week, contacted the Merced Police Department from a carpet store and claimed she'd been kidnapped, and did not reveal her story to be a hoax until she was escorted home by members of the Glendale Police Department. more ›

Friends and family of Nancy Salas were outraged when the Glendale Police Department revealed that 22-year-old was not actually a 5th year UCLA senior, and suggested the young woman had perhaps disappeared on Wednesday May 12th of her own accord. more ›

LA/Ontario Airport announced this morning the addition of eight new flights to Central California and Arizona. Great Lakes Airline will begin service to Visalia/Merced in the San Joaquin Valley and to Prescott/Phoenix in Arizona starting September 8. Flights will depart and arrive four times throughout the day during business hours with two inbound and outbound flights to and from each destination. more ›