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Update at 3:15 p.m.: The CHP reports that the wreckage from a crash that shut down Highway 4 in the Douglas Flat area of Calaveras County ha...

Yosemite, CA – Smoke will be visible in the Crane Flat area of Yosemite National Park next week due to a prescribed burn to take place over...

Sonora, CA — With the warm temperatures and limited things to do because of COVID-19, the Stanislaus National Forest is anticipating an incr...

Sonora, CA — With the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday falling on Monday, the Sonora City Council will meet this coming Tuesday.The meeting w...

Sonora, CA — An annual three-day series of meetings will take place next week in which the Tuolumne County Board of Supervisors will discuss...

Sonora, CA — A temporary chain link fence has been put up around the state capitol in Sacramento, and 1,000 members of the state’s national...

Sonora, CA – With the COVID-19 pandemic social distancing protocols forcing Tuolumne Utility District (TUD) meetings to be held online, the...

San Andreas, CA – Questions related to the COVID-19 pandemic in Calaveras County are now being answered at a new call center where residents...

Sonora, CA – A total of 7 newly identified community cases and 2 new Sierra Conservation inmates cases are reported by public health today....

Sonora, CA – Those 75 and older have been placed on the fast track for getting a coronavirus vaccine shot.To support the county’s efforts t...

Sonora, CA — A local non-profit is hoping to get the word out that they have supplemental food available for locals in need.The Refuge Reco...

Sacramento, CA — Republican leaders in the California Senate sent a letter to Governor Gavin Newsom critical of efforts to distribute the CO...

Sonora, CA — The third and final meeting designed to educate the board of supervisors and local residents about county government operations...

Sacramento, CA — A coalition of Democratic California lawmakers is proposing to raise the state’s corporate income tax for larger companies....

Sonora, CA – A total of 16 newly identified community cases and 3 new Sierra Conservation inmates cases are reported by public health today....

Twain Harte, CA — Twain Harte Fire Department 2020 Firefighter of the Year is Fire Captain Mark Slater.With 31-years of experience, the dep...

Sonora, CA — PG&E is reporting a power outage in the Sonora area impacting nearly 4,500 customers.The lights went out around 4 p.m. The out...

Sacramento, CA – Enacted immediately California residents 65 and older have been added to those allowed to get the scarce coronavirus vaccin...

Columbia, CA — There was a contentious debate over water services for the planned Stone Mill Center near Columbia.The TUD Board of Director...

Sacramento, CA — Governor Gavin Newsom has lifted the Stay At Home Order for 13 counties in northern California.They are in the greater Sac...

Sonora, CA — The largest school district in Tuolumne County will start welcoming students back to campus under a hybrid model.The Sonora Hi...

Washington, DC — Congressman Tom McClintock, a Republican who represents the Mother Lode, spoke on the US House floor last night against pas...

San Andreas, CA – Calaveras County reports 23 new COVID-19 cases, while public health advises there will be a jump in the numbers later this...

Sonora, CA – A search at a Sonora home uncovered child pornography resulting in the arrest of one person.Tuolumne County Sheriff’s Official...

Sonora, CA – The death of a person who was recently hospitalized is under investigation and will not be counted in Tuolumne County’s public...