Tom Newbold was living the dream, his friends said. He met friends at Dumont Dunes west of Las Vegas and embraced a love for sand and speed that eventually ended his life.

MERCED COUNTY, Calif. (KFSN) - The mother of an 18-month-old girl is missing from her community about 100 miles from San Francisco. Authorities said Lupita Ontiveros, 21, was in a dune buggy that ...

MERCED COUNTY, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) – A woman is missing after the dune buggy she was riding in crashed into a Merced County canal. Officers say it happened Wednesday, just after midnight, near Highway ...

Authorities in Merced County continue to search for a woman missing after the dune buggy she was riding crashed into a canal west of Gustine. The dune buggy, driven by a 21-year-old Patterson man, ...

MERCED COUNTY, Calif. (KFSN) -- A woman is missing and a Modesto man has been arrested following a crash into a Merced County canal. The California Highway Patrol says the crash happened around ...

A 21-year-old crashed a dune buggy into the Delta-Mendota canal early Wednesday, then ran off, leaving three occupants of the vehicle behind, according to the California Highway Patrol. One of those ...