Sonora Pass Closure Gate Moving Higher Up
Caltrans reports that progress is being made plowing snow off Highway 108 Sonora Pass.
PG&E Will Be Inspecting Equipment by Helicopter
Pacific Gas & Electric will have helicopters flying low in the region on Friday, April 19, inspecting electric…
Update: Structure Fire In Sonora
Fire crews have contained a blaze on Rough and Ready Trail off Jamestown Road.
Unattended Cooking Cause Of House Fire In Calaveras County
Fire officials offer tips on oil cooking safety.
Firefighter Facilities Even Having Trouble Getting Fire Insurance
California Senator Brian Dahle is raising awareness about a concerning issue related to securing fire insurance for…
Generic Bomb Threat Received By Various Regional School Officials
The Calaveras County Sheriff’s Office reports that numerous educational email addresses within the county, and…
Final Weekend For Local Ski Resorts
The 2023-24 ski season, which saw above-average snowfall, is coming to a close this weekend for local resorts Dodge…
Homeless Encampment Bill Fails In CA Senate Committee
A bill authored by the GOP Senate leader, and backed by some Democrats like Marie Alvarado Gil, was voted down in…
Motorcycle Crash Results in DUI
Two riders were injured when the bike went down on Highway 49 near the Montezuma Junction.
Supervisors Approve Sanctioned Homeless Camp
Instead of a three-year plan, the Tuolumne County Board decided on a one-year plan that will be up for review after…
Nancy Pelosi book, ‘The Art of Power,’ will reflect on her career in public life
Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has completed a book about her years in public life. The memoir ranges from legislation she helped enact…
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HARDCOVER FICTION
1. “The Women” by Kristin Hannah (St. Martin’s)
2. “The Familiar” by Leigh Bardugo (Flatiron)
3. “Fourth Wing” by Rebecca…
Palestinian American poet Fady Joudah receives $100,000 prize
Fady Joudah, a Palestinian American poet who has said he writes for the future because “the present is demolished,” has received a $100,000…
A lab chief’s sentencing for meningitis deaths is postponed, extending grief of victims’…
A 12-year saga over a fatal national meningitis outbreak still isn't over. A man whose specialty pharmacy caused the outbreak in 2012 was…
The Latest | Officials at Group of Seven meeting call for new sanctions against Iran
Israel has vowed to respond to Iran’s unprecedented weekend attack. It has left the region bracing for further escalation after months of…
A man who served 17 years in prison for a crime he didn’t commit gets an apology from UK…
A British man who spent 17 years in prison for a rape he didn't commit has received an “unreserved apology” from the U.K.’s review body that…
Poland arrests man suspected of spying for Russia to aid Zelenskyy assassination plot
Poland's prosecutors say that a Polish man has been arrested on allegations of being ready to assist an alleged plot by Russia's military…
Long-lost first model of the USS Enterprise from ‘Star Trek’ boldly goes home after…
The first USS Enterprise has boldly gone back home, solving a decades-long mystery. The model used in the opening credits of the original…
Book Review: ‘Nothing But the Bones’ is a compelling noir novel at a breakneck pace
Nelson “Nails” McKenna isn’t very bright, stumbles over his words and often says what he’s thinking without realizing it.
We first meet him…
John Adams’ Nativity oratorio ‘El Nino’ gets colorful staging at the Met
Composer John Adams’ work is returning to the Metropolitan Opera for the first time in a decade in a new staging of his Nativity oratorio…