Yosemite National Park, CA…Beginning Friday, May 21, visitors to Yosemite National Park will need a day-use reservation to enter the park. The temporary day-use reservation system will allow the park to manage visitation levels to reduce risks associated with exposure to COVID-19. Day-use reservations will be required for all users, including annual and lifetime pass […]
San Andreas, CA…The California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (CAL FIRE) is conducting a prescribed burning operation on the Shiloh Vegetation Management Plan (VMP) site. This project is in the community Sierra Village south of Highway 108. Smoke may be visible in the area during the prescribed burn. This prescribed burn is designed to […]
Twain Harte, CA…Yesterday we reported on an ATV rollover collision off of Lazy Z Lane. Tragically it ended with the death of the involved. From Sonora CHP today…”On April 6, 2021, at approximately 2:10 pm, an 81-year-old male from Sonora was riding his 2006 Kawasaki 650 ATV while traversing up a steep hill on his […]
Lake Alpine & Kennedy Meadows, CA…Local Caltrans Crews Getting Busy on Pass Openings!
La Grange, CA…Tuolumne County Sheriff’s deputies are searching for leads and a suspect in connection with a homicide in La Grange over the weekend. The deputies were called to a home on Highway 132 on Sunday afternoon for a report of a “murder”. Two Mariposa County deputies were already on scene with the person who […]
Sonora, CA…Following a tip from the FBI, Tuolumne County investigators arrested Amelio Eredio Renteria for threatening to commit a mass shooting. On Saturday afternoon, based on the information provided by the FBI, a traffic stop was conducted on Renteria in Willow Springs. The deputies did not find any weapons on Renteria but did find what […]
Sonora, CA…Martha Peterson 10/24/1949 – 4/5/2021. Martha Peterson, 71, of Sonora, passed away on Monday, April 5, 2021 at Skyline Place Senior Living in Sonora. Arrangements entrusted to Sierra Cremation & Burial Service. www.sierracbs.com
Sonora, CA…The latest Tuolumne County Sheriff’s Deputies Activity Logs are enclosed… Media Bulletin (Tuesday, March 23, 2021) 00:04 ALARM ALL TYPES 2103230001 Occurred at Groveland Youth Center on Hwy 120. , in Groveland. Audible. . Disposition: False Alarm will be billed. 00:29 911 HANG UP 2103230002 Occurred at Zoe Coffee House on Hwy 108. , […]
Sonora, CA…The latest Tuolumne County Sheriff’s Deputies Activity Logs are enclosed… Media Bulletin (Monday, March 22, 2021) 00:12 FOLLOW UP 2103220001 Occurred on .unk Marin County, in . . Disposition: Report Taken. 01:31 Calls Transferred to CDF (Public Service Request) 2103220003 Occurred on Campo Seco Rd, in Sonora. Req calfire to help get into their […]
Bear Valley, CA…The California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) is scheduled to begin clearing the winter accumulation of snow from Ebbetts Pass and Monitor Pass in Alpine County, and Sonora Pass in Tuolumne County in an effort to get the seasonal routes open for the summer season. Equipment has been scheduled and the District 10 Maintenance […]
San Andreas – CAL FIRE Tuolumne – Calaveras Unit would like to share some springtime fire preparedness information with the communities we serve. With the warmer weather upon us, now is the time for residence to create 100’ of defensible space around their home and to update their Wildfire Action Plan. Home hardening and the […]
Yosemite, CA…Yosemite National Park is pleased to announce that the 2021 Edwin C. Bearss History Fellowship has been awarded to Emily Dayhoff. Emily is a Park Ranger who works in Yosemite National Park’s Division of Interpretation and Education, and specializes in cultural demonstration. In addition to being a full-time Park Ranger in Yosemite, Dayhoff is […]
Sonora, CA…Gary Martin 7/21/1943 – 3/30/2021. Gary Martin, 77, of Sonora, passed away on Tuesday, March 30, 2021 at his home. Arrangements entrusted to Sierra Cremation & Burial Service. www.sierracbs.com
Sonora, CA…Doris Welch 1/12/1931 – 3/29/2021. Doris Welch, 90, of Sonora, passed away on Monday, March 29, 2021 at her home. Arrangements entrusted to Sierra Cremation & Burial Service. www.sierracbs.com
Sonora, CA…Michael Notzen 3/9/1970 – 3/27/2021. Michael E. Notzen, 51, of Sonora, passed away on Saturday, March 27, 2021 at his home. Arrangements entrusted to Sierra Cremation & Burial Service. www.sierracbs.com
Jamestown, CA…Robert Neal 10/14/1961 – 3/26/2021. Robert Neal, 59, of Jamestown, passed away on Friday, March 26, 2021 at his home. Arrangements entrusted to Sierra Cremation & Burial Service. www.sierracbs.com
Sonora, CA…Monday evening the Sonora Police Department arrested 26-year-old Charles P. Bryant of Modesto and 24-year-old Zalena R. Herrera of Modesto for multiple charges, including possession of stolen property, conspiracy to commit a felony, and organized retail theft with intent to sell. Just after 8:30 pm on March 29, 2021, officers were called to Lowe’s […]
Sonora, CA…A student at Sonora High School has been arrested for making threats against the school and other students. The Police Department was notified by the administration at Sonora High School of a student potentially making statements to bring a gun to school. During the course of the investigation, Officers learned that disturbing and threatening […]
Arnold, Murphys & Sonora, CA…Since 1994, Sierra Nevada Adventure Co. has been providing the community with Gear For Wild Environments! We started 26 years ago in downtown Sonora after outgrowing our mail order business, The Eddy Mart. Now it’s evolved into 3 stores. Sonora – 173 So. Washington St. 209-521-5621 Our Climbing & Backpacking headquarters. […]
Sonora, CA…The Sonora Area CHP has made an arrest in connection with the fatal hit and run crash that occurred on February 28, 2021, which resulted in the death of a 17-year-old female. On March 25, 2021, at approximately 6:35pm, 67-year-old Lisa Dianne Hunt of Columbia was placed under arrest in connection with the fatal […]
Sonora, CA…On March 24, 2021, at approximately 8:20 pm, 33-year-old Stephanie Foster of Mi Wuk Village was driving a 2015 Ford F-150 pick-up truck westbound on Mono Way along with her 1-year-old toddler. She allowed her vehicle to travel off the north roadway edge, over a sidewalk and crashed into a bus stop kiosk located […]
The Sierra Foothills are a wonderful place to live, but as we know, there are some unique challenges we face living up here including the very real possibility of frequent and prolonged power outages. At Green Light Energy we specialize in installing customized solar systems with innovative battery storage solutions for every home. The future […]
Sonora, CA… Marta Herron 10/5/1973 – 3/17/2021. Marta J. Herron, 47, of Sonora, passed away on Wednesday, March 17, 2021 at her home. Arrangements entrusted to Sierra Cremation Burial Service. www.sierracbs.com
Sonora, CA…On March 22, 2021 at approximately 3:50 pm, 20- year-old- Albert Roman III of Oakdale was driving his 2005 Mercedes sedan with his passengers 19-year-old Nathaniel Stetson of Ceres and a 16-year-old female from Oakdale, northbound on Chicken Ranch Road north of the Chicken Ranch Casino at a high rate of speed. At that […]
Sonora, CA…Paul Purdy 6/23/1943 – 3/21/2021. Paul Purdy, 77, of Sonora, passed away on Sunday, March 21, 2021 at his home. Arrangements entrusted to Sierra Cremation & Burial Service. www.sierracbs.com
Arnold, Murphys & Sonora, CA…Since 1994, Sierra Nevada Adventure Co. has been providing the community with Gear For Wild Environments! We started 26 years ago in downtown Sonora after outgrowing our mail order business, The Eddy Mart. Now it’s evolved into 3 stores. Sonora – 173 So. Washington St. 209-521-5621 Our Climbing & Backpacking headquarters. […]
Sacramento, CA…An Oregon-born wolf named OR-93 has sparked conservation hopes with a historic journey into California. A young male, OR-93 traveled hundreds of miles from an area southeast of Mount Hood, Oregon, to California’s central Sierra Nevada mountain range, the California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) announced Friday. The agency said he traveled farther south into California than […]
Arnold, CA…This highway information is the latest reported by Caltrans as of Friday, March 19th, 2021 at 07:04 AM. SR 4 [IN THE CENTRAL CALIFORNIA AREA] IS CLOSED FROM 0.5 MI EAST OF THE JCT OF SR 207 /MT REBA TURNOFF/ TO THE JCT OF SR 89 /EBBETTS PASS/ (ALPINE CO) – FOR THE WINTER […]
Soulsbyville, CA…Melvin Ralph Johnson 4/28/1938 – 3/15/2021. Melvin R. Johnson, 82, of Soulsbyville, passed away on Monday, March 15, 2021 at Adventist Health Sonora. Arrangements entrusted to Sierra Cremation & Burial Service. www.sierracbs.com
Sonora, CA…Dean Lance Davis 10/18/1945 – 3/16/2021. Dean L. Davis, 75, of Sonora, passed away on Tuesday, March 16, 2021 at Adventist Health Sonora. Arrangements entrusted to Sierra Cremation & Burial Service. www.sierracbs.com
