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Jamestown, CA – A grass fire in Jamestown spread to an outbuilding with a roof that fueled the blaze and highlights a fire hazard.Dubbed th...

Arnold, CA – The boy in the image box looks on while possibly pondering how this car ended up inside an Arnold grocery store.That is exactl...

San Andreas, CA — The chair of the Calaveras County Board of Supervisors will be the guest on Mother Lode Views this weekend.Supervisor Ben...

Tuolumne, CA – Residents in Tuolumne should hear a siren ring out this afternoon to alert them to possible danger, but there is no cause for...

Update at 5:35 p.m.: The CHP has pushed the closer of Rawhide Road back to the Sheriff’s Possee property to allow for an air ambulance to la...

Vallecito, CA – A caller reporting a deceased male led to the arrest of a Vallecito man for murder.The suspect, 55-year-old Donald Baldwin,...

Yosemite National Park, CA — The body of a longtime Northern California university professor has been discovered in Yosemite National Park....

Update at 1:25 p.m.: CAL Fire spokesperson Emily Kilgore reports that the forward rate of spread has been stopped on a vegetation fire betwe...

Update at 11:20am: CAL Fire reports that the fire on Preston Lane in Jamestown is now fully contained. The revised size estimate is 1/2 acre...

Sonora, CA — The gates swung open at the Mother Lode Fair Thursday afternoon.After taking a forced year off due to COVID-19, the 2021 event...

On Thursday, California Attorney General Rob Bonta released the statewide data for gun sales in 2020. Bonta was Friday’s KVML “Newsmaker of...

Yosemite, CA — 13 lightning caused fires have been located in Yosemite National Park over the past week.Three of which are being actively f...

Sonora, CA — Three COVID-19 cases tied to the more contagious Delta Variant have been confirmed in Tuolumne County.The Public Health Depart...

Tuolumne County, CA – Tuolumne Utilities District (TUD) paving work in Tuolumne County continues to impact travel.As reported here on Monda...

Murphys, CA – Parents sprang into action after their kids, ages ranging from 10-12 years old, told them they were harassed by a man with a k...

The Mother Lode Fair is this weekend. This year’s theme is Working Hands and Cattle Brands. The fair and staff will be following State and C...

Sacramento, CA –California Governor Gavin Newsom’s recall election date has been set.California Secretary of State Shirley N. Weber, Ph.D....

Sonora, CA – The pictures in the image box show several buildings in downtown Sonora that were hit by vandals.Sonora Police detailed that s...

Sacramento, CA — Pacific Gas and Electric is asking California state regulators to approve a combined $3.6 billion rate hike.A majority of...

Sonora, CA — The Tuolumne County Sheriff’s Office is providing an update on the case of missing man Troy Galloway.Galloway was last seen in...

Greeley Hill, CA – The public is being asked to help find a 13-year-old Mariposa County girl missing since last night.The mother of Emillie...

Update at 4:23 p.m.: CAL Fire spokesperson Emily Kilgore reports the vegetation fire has been dubbed the “Vernal Fire.” She adds it is 10 ac...

Sacramento, CA — Thursday is the beginning of the new fiscal year for the state government, and it also brings a small increase to Californi...

Washington, DC — Mother Lode Republican Congressman Tom McClintock questioned Interior Secretary Deb Haaland about why Yosemite National Par...

Sacramento, CA — Governor Gavin Newsom is filing a lawsuit against California’s Secretary of State.Newsom’s campaign made a mistake in Febr...