California Highway Patrol officers investigate the scene of a charter bus crash on northbound Highway 99 between Atwater and Livingston, Calif., Tuesday, Aug. 2, 2016. According to the California Highway Patrol, five people are dead and at least five more suffered major injuries when the bus carrying about 30 people struck a large pole holding the highway exit sign for Hammatt Avenue.
Jennifer Morales, 26, of Planada, leads marchers in chants during the annual Cesar Chavez march in Merced, Calif., on Saturday, March, 25, 2017. Participants chanted and marched from the Merced County Fairgrounds to the Merced Senior Community Center.
The California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection, Merced County, responds to the scene of a residential structure fire in the 2700 block of Highway 140 in unincorporated Merced County, Calif., on Thursday, Jan. 4, 2018. According to Battalion Chief Mark Pimentel, the cause of the fire is still under investigation and no injuries were reported.
Dave Wood places his hands on the casket of brother Bob Wood of Empire, during a funeral for Bob Wood at Saint Catherine's Catholic church in Hornitos, Calif., Friday, March 27, 2015. Wood, who died Wednesday, March 25, 2015, was surrounded by friends and family as he was buried in a handmade casket lined with coyote fur and deerskin.
A helicopter gathers water from the Merced River to fight the Ferguson fire along steep terrain behind the Redbud Lodge near El Portal along Highway 140 in Mariposa County, Calif., on Saturday, July 14, 2018.
Grand Rapids police and fire crews close northbound U.S. 131 while extricating passengers in a single car rollover crash in the median near Ann Street NW in Grand Rapids on Sunday, February 16, 2014. (Andrew Kuhn | MLive.com)
Sidney Thurston Sr. sits in his hotel room Wednesday June 6, after his family's camping trailer caught fire at Pleasant Lake County Park and Campground on Sunday, June 2. Thurston Sr. suffered burns to his face and hands. (Andrew Kuhn | MLive.com)
Merced County Sheriff's Deputy Ryan Mobley chops down marijuana plants after the sheriff's office served a search warrant at a farmhouse in the 10000 block of Bell Drive in Atwater, Calif., on Friday, Sept. 21, 2018. According to Sgt. Ray Framstad, the illegal cultivation operation consisted of over 200 marijuana plants.
Joyce Dale becomes emotional as people kneel during a candlelight vigil in memory of George Floyd and others who lost their lives to police brutality, at the Merced County Courthouse Museum in Merced, Calif., on Friday, June 5, 2020.
Occupy protesters meet at Union Square in New York City Nov. 17, 2011. The protesters also gathered in Zuccotti Park earlier in the day to protest during the two month anniversary of Occupy Wall Street. (Andrew Kuhn/Staff Photographer)
Hip hop recording artist B.o.B. walks onto the stage Friday night shortly before power is lost at McGuirk Arena in Mount Pleasant. After a short delay the power was restored and the show presented by the CMU Program Board, went on as planned. (Andrew Kuhn/Staff Photographer)
Dale Heselschwerdt auctions off cattle during the Jackson County Fair 4-H Large Animal Auction on Thursday, August 8, 2013. Heselschwerdt has been an auctioneer at the fair since 1954 and received a plaque for his 60 years of auctioneering. (Andrew Kuhn | MLive.com)
Maria Mata, left, and Roselia Reyes, right, both of Merced, sort through freshly picked peaches at Weimer Farms in Atwater, Calif., Thursday, July 16, 2015. California legislatures are considering a bill that will allow farmworkers who are living in the country illegally to acquire work permits.
Elijah Martin, 20 of Merced, joins other protesters as they march in remembrance of George Floyd and to speak out against police brutality in Merced, Calif., on Saturday, May 30, 2020. Floyd, and unarmed black man, died after being pinned down by a Minneapolis police officer.
Houseboats in Lake McClure, located in Snelling, Calif., Wednesday, Feb. 11, 2015. According to Merced Irrigation District public and government relations officer Mike Jensen, Lake McClure is currently at about 6 to 7 percent of its 1-million acre-foot capacity. The lowest capacity since completed construction of the New Exchequer Dam in 1967, was recorded on Feb. 3, 2015. The reservoir measured 63,489 acre-feet.
Alta Harryman of Delhi, right, cries as she hugs Thomas Metzger, 42, of Delhi, at a roadside memorial for her granddaughter Jennifer Arroyo, 17, along August Avenue in Delhi, Calif., on Tuesday, Jan. 30, 2018. Arroyo was struck and killed by a car while walking along the road on Jan. 23, 2018. Metzger, a former Paid Call Firefighter, performed CPR on Arroyo until paramedics arrived.
A person is carried to an ambulance as rescue crews respond to the scene of a solo-vehicle rollover collision in the area of Snelling Road and East Youd Road in Merced County, Calif., on Sunday, March 29, 2020.
Merced County Sheriff Vern Warnke, looks out the window of the Merced County Sheriff's Aviation Unit airplane while searching for illegal marijuana grows in Merced County, Calif., on Thursday, June 1, 2017.
A woman becomes emotional while speaking on her phone as the Merced Police Department investigates the scene of a homicide outside an apartment complex in the 3300 block of San Mateo Court in Merced, Calif., on Friday, April 28, 2017. According to Detective-Sgt. Curt Gorman, a Hispanic male is dead after suffering multiple gunshot wounds following a verbal argument with three men outside the apartment complex. According to Merced Police no arrests have been made.
A homeless man gathers his belongings as California Department of Transportation employees and the California Highway Patrol, work to remove a homeless encampment near the Bradley Overpass and Highway 140 at Kelly Avenue, in Merced, Calif., Monday, Jan. 26, 2015. Residents of the encampment were given notice to vacate the property owned by the California Department of Transportation, four days ago.
An airplane drops fire retardant onto a hilltop next to Lake McClure as fire crews continue to battle the Detwiler fire near Coulterville, Calif., on Thursday, July 20, 2017.
Jacqueline Kelley of Grand Rapids, left, bows her head as friend Jerline Riley says a prayer for Kelley's son Domnick Floyd during a candlelight vigil at the intersection of Lafayette Avenue and Delaware Street SE in Grand Rapids on Wednesday, December 4, 2013. Floyd was one of two men shot and killed on Oct. 31 as part of an attempted robbery outside of New York Fried Chicken, 743 Division Ave. Today Floyd would have turned 24. (Andrew Kuhn | MLive.com)
The body of an S-2T Airtanker pilot who died when his plane crashed while fighting the Dog Rock Fire in Yosemite National Park, is transferred from federal to state custody near the entrance to Yosemite National Park on Highway 140 in El Portal, Calif., Wednesday, Oct. 8, 2014.
Salvador Vargas, 34, of Le Grand, hands down sandbags from a pick-up truck while placing sandbags around his brother's house in Le Grand Calif., on Saturday, Feb. 11, 2017. According to authorities, flooding along Mariposa Creek forced some residents to evacuate their homes Saturday. About 25 homes were evacuated according to a statement from the Merced County Office of Emergency Services.
The number three lane of northbound State Route 99 is closed as crews work to remove a big rig that was hauling apple juice, after it collided with a pole just south of Westside Boulevard near Atwater, Calif., on Thursday, May 16, 2019. According to authorities no injuries were reported.
Jessica Esau, feeds a blue jay she and daughter Audrey, 14, rescued at their home in Winton, Calif., Tuesday, July 7, 2015. Esau and her daughter have rescued roughly 60 birds and 12 horses.
A truck used to evacuate residents due to flooding along Highway 59 and the surrounding areas between West 16th Street and West Olive Avenue, drives through floodwater in Merced, Calif, on Tuesday, Jan. 10, 2023.
Four-year-old Ollie Richards of Jonesville, sits in the back of a truck prior to the Hanover-Horton fourth of July parade on Main Street in Hanover Thursday, July 4. The parade is part of a three day fourth of July celebration.(Andrew Kuhn | MLive.com)