🚨 Traffic Alert 🚨 CHP Merced says State Route 59 is closed between Snelling Road and Montgomery Street due to police activity. There is no estimated time for reopening. Drivers are urged to avoid the area and use alternate routes. Updates will be shared as they become available. 🚔🛣️ #TrafficAlert #SR59 #MercedCounty #RoadClosure #CHP #LocalNews | Los Banos Enterprise

Fog is lingering along State Route 99 this morning, and visibility is changing quickly from one stretch to the next. This 23-second time-lapse shows just how limited the view can get. If you’re driving, slow down, use low-beam headlights, increase your following distance, and give yourself extra time to get where you’re going. Please drive with patience so everyone makes it home safely. | CHP - Merced

🌫️🚨 Dense Fog Turns Deadly on Merced County Road 🚨🌫️ Early Friday morning, a horse was killed after being struck by a vehicle on Bloss Road during extremely dense fog, according to the California Highway Patrol. Visibility was limited to about 50 feet, leaving the driver little time to react after encountering two horses in the roadway. One horse died from its injuries; the second was not injured and was secured by a nearby resident. ⚠️ CHP is reminding drivers: slow down, use low beams, and