Highway Closure On James E. Roberts Memorial Bridge

Highway Closure On James E. Roberts Memorial Bridge

Tuolumne County, CA…The California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) will close eastbound and westbound State Route 120 at the James E. Roberts Bridge in Tuolumne County for bridge work. Access to the bridge is prohibited Tuesday night, April 11, 2017, and Wednesday night, April 12, 2017, from 5:00 p.m. until 6:00 a.m. the following morning. Detours […]

Twain Harte Chamber Chili Cook-Off

Twain Harte Chamber Chili Cook-Off

Twain Harte, CA…Join the Twain Harte Area Chamber for their first Memorial Day Weekend Chili Cook-Off! This event will be held in Meadow Plaza in Twain Harte on Saturday, May 27, from 9 am to 3 pm with kids’ activities at the nearby park. Chili chefs should go to the Chamber website – www.twainhartecc.com – […]

Sonora Police Department Seek Information In Active Hit & Run Investigation

Sonora Police Department Seek Information In Active Hit & Run Investigation

Sonora, CA…April 6, 2017, the Sonora Police Department received a report of vehicle accident, which occurred at Restano Way and Mono Way at about 9:49 Pm. Three vehicles were involved a GMC Yukon and Ford coupe and the responsible vehicle, a white full size Dodge pickup. The Yukon was pushed into the Ford in front […]

Welcoming Women’s Health Specialist To Sierra OB/GYN & Forest Road Health & Wellness Center

Welcoming Women’s Health Specialist To Sierra OB/GYN & Forest Road Health & Wellness Center

Sonora,CA…Sonora Regional Medical Center is pleased to welcome Sarah Grimes, MD, a Family Practice physician specializing in Women’s Health. Dr. Grimes has spent the last 22 years practicing in San Andreas where she devoted her time to the care of women and adolescents in the areas of family planning and wellness exams. In her new […]

Tuolumne County Sheriff’s Logs For April 5th

Tuolumne County Sheriff’s Logs For April 5th

Sonora, CA…Sonora, CA… Tuolumne County Sheriff’s Logs through April 5th are enclosed: TUOLUMNE COUNTY SHERIFF MEDIA BULLETIN Wednesday, April 5, 2017 00:04 TRAFFIC STOP 1704050001 Officer initiated activity at Tuolumne Rd/Tuolumne Rd N, Tuolumne. . Disposition: Warning Given (Used for 11-95s). 00:10 TRAFFIC STOP 1704050002 Officer initiated activity at Tuolumne Rd/Tuolumne Rd N, Tuolumne. . […]

TCSO Arrests Two Modesto Residents After Conducting Vehicle Search

TCSO Arrests Two Modesto Residents After Conducting Vehicle Search

Jamestown,CA…Early this morning just after 2 AM, Deputies initiated a traffic enforcement stop in the 18000 block of Hwy 108 in Jamestown on a 2001 white Saturn for suspended registration. The Deputy contacted the driver, 34 year old Christopher Weber of Modesto and his three passengers. A records check was performed of the four occupants. […]

Tuolumne County Sheriff’s Logs For April 4th

Tuolumne County Sheriff’s Logs For April 4th

Sonora, CA…Sonora, CA… Tuolumne County Sheriff’s Logs through April 4th are enclosed: TUOLUMNE COUNTY SHERIFF MEDIA BULLETIN Tuesday, April 4, 2017 00:01 TRAFFIC STOP 1704040001 Officer initiated activity at Main St/Bay Av, Tuolumne. . Disposition: Warning Given (Used for 11-95s). 00:03 911 HANG UP 1704040002 Occurred at West Sonora Peak on Gibbs Dr. , Sonora. […]

Medical Center Hires New Foundation Manager & Assigns New Director Of Community Relations

Medical Center Hires New Foundation Manager & Assigns New Director Of Community Relations

Sonora, CA… Earlier this year Sonora Regional Medical Center’s Foundation Office welcomed Kara Turpen as its Manager of Philanthropy. Turpen came to the Medical Center from Rocky Mountain Adventist Healthcare Foundation (RMAHF) in Denver, Colorado, where she held increasingly responsible positions at their foundation before leaving to join SRMC. She received her bachelor’s degree in […]

It’s A No Sales Tax Weekend At The Home & Garden Show On Spas From High Country Spa & Stove Center

It’s A No Sales Tax Weekend At The Home & Garden Show On Spas From High Country Spa & Stove Center

Arnold, CA…It’s A No Sales Tax Weekend At The Tuolumne County Home & Garden Show On Spas FromHigh Country Spa & Stove Center. High Country Spa & Stove Center has been family owned and operated since 1983, we are the premier hot tub, stove and fireplace source in Calaveras, Tuolumne and Amador counties. Bill Deplitch […]

Freedom From Smoking Class Begins In April

Freedom From Smoking Class Begins In April

Sonora, CA…Sonora Regional Medical Center is offering the American Lung Association’s Freedom From Smoking® course beginning April 18. Classes will meet at Pulmonary Rehabilitation, located at 19747 Greenley Road, each Tuesday from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. for seven weeks. Freedom From Smoking provides a supportive group environment where adults work through the quitting process together […]

Tuolumne County Sheriff’s Logs For April 3rd

Tuolumne County Sheriff’s Logs For April 3rd

Sonora, CA…Sonora, CA… Tuolumne County Sheriff’s Logs through April 3rd are enclosed: TUOLUMNE COUNTY SHERIFF MEDIA BULLETIN Monday, April 3, 2017 00:04 VERBAL DISPUTE 1704030001 Occurred on Dusty Tl, Sonora. Rpts a 415 verbal behind the rp’s residence. Female possibly has a restraining order against the male. Service Class: VOIP. . Disposition: Log Note. 00:21 […]

Yosemite National Park & Yosemite Conservancy Launch New Website To Protect Bears With First-Ever Online Bear Tracker

Yosemite National Park & Yosemite Conservancy Launch New Website To Protect Bears With First-Ever Online Bear Tracker

Yosemite National Park, CA…Yosemite National Park and Yosemite Conservancy today announced the launch of KeepBearsWild.org, a new website to protect the park’s iconic black bears. The website features the National Park Service’s first online bear tracker, information on ways for the public to help save bears, and eye-opening photography and videos not before available to […]

Railtown 1897 Celebrates Easter With Egg Hunt, Train Rides, Visit By The Easter Bunny & More!

Railtown 1897 Celebrates Easter With Egg Hunt, Train Rides, Visit By The Easter Bunny & More!

Jamestown, CA…Families, friends and rail fans are encouraged to make plans to visit Railtown 1897 State Historic Park on Easter Sunday, April 16, 2017! The historic park offers a great place to celebrate the holiday with an egg hunt for children, train rides behind a historic diesel locomotive, hands-on crafts and an opportunity to meet […]

Physician Appointment Wait Times Up Nationwide – 30 percent increase from 2014

Physician Appointment Wait Times Up Nationwide – 30 percent increase from 2014

Sonora, CA…A new survey released this month by Merritt Hawkins, a national physician search firm, has found a 30 percent increase from 2014 to 2017 in the average wait time to schedule a new patient physician appointment in 15 of the largest cities in the nation. “Physician appointment wait times are the longest they have […]

Traffic Control On SR 120 On James E. Roberts Memorial Bridge

Traffic Control On SR 120 On James E. Roberts Memorial Bridge

Tuolumne County, CA…The California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) will perform one-way traffic control on eastbound and westbound State Route 120 (SR-120) at the James E. Roberts Memorial Bridge – following its scheduled re-opening on Monday, April 3, 2017. The bridge closed Monday, March 27, 2017, so crews could reconstruct bridge joint seals and approach slabs. […]

Tuolumne County Sheriff In Search Of Kevin Sovereen

Tuolumne County Sheriff In Search Of Kevin Sovereen

Sonora, CA…Kevin L. Sovereen is wanted by the Tuolumne County Sheriff’s Office for multiple narcotics and pursuit related felony warrants. Sovereen is known to carry firearms and is to be considered armed and dangerous. Sovereen stands approximately six feet five inches tall and is known to grow facial hair and wear disguises in an attempt […]

41st Annual Columbia Wine Tasting Benefits Columbia College Hospitality Management Program

41st Annual Columbia Wine Tasting Benefits Columbia College Hospitality Management Program

Sonora, CA…The Columbia College Foundation will host the 41st Annual Columbia Wine Tasting from 1:00 to 4:00 p.m. on Sunday, April 9, a benefit to support the Columbia College Hospitality Management Program. More than 70 wineries and food vendors will set up shop in the State Park’s historic buildings, making it one of the most […]

Tuolumne County Sheriff’s Logs For March 28th

Tuolumne County Sheriff’s Logs For March 28th

Sonora, CA…Sonora, CA… Tuolumne County Sheriff’s Logs for March 28th are enclosed: TUOLUMNE COUNTY SHERIFF MEDIA BULLETIN Tuesday, March 28, 2017 00:56 911 HANG UP 1703280001 Occurred on Caddo Cir, Sonora. 911 call with static on the line. //on call back there was static then the phone disconnected. . Disposition: Log Note. 00:57 PATROL CHECK […]

Sonora Woman Arrested After Assault On Savemart Employee

Sonora Woman Arrested After Assault On Savemart Employee

Sonora, CA…Yesterday evening, just before 5:00 P.M., the Sonora Police Department received a call of an assault against an employee of the Stockton Road Savemart store. The Police Department was given a good description of the suspect by the caller. When Officer Memmer arrived on scene, he observed the described female yelling at another citizen […]

Don’t Miss The Big Flooring Sale Going On Now At Pinnell’s In Sonora & Angels Camp

Don’t Miss The Big Flooring Sale Going On Now At Pinnell’s In Sonora & Angels Camp

Angels Camp & Sonora, CA….Thank You For Voting Pinnell’s Carpet One The Best In The Mother Lode Since 2005! When you visit Pinnell’s, our team makes sure your project gets completed with the same care we would do to our own home! For 4 generations Pinnell’s has been in the flooring industry and has been […]

Light It Up Blue For World Autism Day

Light It Up Blue For World Autism Day

Sonora, CA… In recognition of World Autism Day on Sunday, April 2, Sonora Regional Medical Center will once again be lit up in blue throughout the night. Each April 2, Autism Speaks celebrates the start of its signature campaign Light It Up Blue (#LIUB) along with the international autism community, in recognition of UN sanctioned […]

La Grange Odd Fellows Breakfast ~ Sunday, April 9th

La Grange Odd Fellows Breakfast ~ Sunday, April 9th

La Grange, CA…Time for a Spring wildflower tour, destination La Grange. The Odd Fellows of LaFayette Historical Lodge #65 remind you of our monthly breakfast, always on the second Sunday at the IOOF Hall in downtown La Grange. Sunday April 9th is the date this month. Breakfast hours are 8 to 11 am, we’re serving […]