HWY 120 Tioga Pass To Close Friday
The temporary closure is due to snow once again forecast in the Sierra Mountains.
Sierra Nevada Winter Weather Advisory Kicks Off November
The National Weather Service has issued a Winter Weather Advisory for the western slope of the northern Sierra Nevada,…
Update: Fire In Sonora Stopped
Air and ground resources have stopped the rate of spread of a vegetation fire on Stockton Road.
Update: Gas Leak Closes Copperopolis Road
CHP officers are on the scene in The Shores of Poker Flat area of Calaveras County with a crew working to repair the…
First Weekend in November Events
There are many events planned for the weekend of November 2nd, and 3rd.
Lengthy Italian Bar Road Closure Planned During Construction
A stretch of Italian Bar Road in Tuolumne County will be closed for over a month so that needed storm damage…
Sonora Elementary Receives Blue Zones Recognition
The Blue Zones Project Tuolumne County announces that Sonora Elementary is the first local school to receive Blue…
Vehicle Goes Down Embankment Near Mokelumne Hill
The CHP reports that a vehicle has traveled down a steep embankment on Highway 26, near the Highway 49…
Sonora Police Department Urges Safety This Halloween
Young trick-or-treaters will be out going door to door in several communities across the Mother Lode this evening.
State Grant Awards More Than $12 Million For Homelessness Efforts
Mother Lode State Senator Marie Alvarado-Gil calls these grants a win for rural communities.
Update: Fire In West Point Area Of Calaveras County Stopped
Air and ground resources have stopped the forward spread of a vegetation fire along Highway 26.
Jury chooses life in prison for man who killed 2 from Vietnam in Las Vegas hotel room in 2018
A jury in Nevada decided that a man should serve life in state prison with no chance of parole for breaking into a room at a Las Vegas Strip…
Kamala Harris says Trump’s comment on women ‘is offensive to everybody’
Kamala Harris says Donald Trump’s comment that he would protect women whether they “like it or not” shows that the Republican presidential…
Arizona enlists county employees to help tackle a surge of 2-page early ballots
PHOENIX (AP) — Employees for Arizona’s most populous county are taking on extra shifts to help election workers with an around-the-clock…
Florida surfer is bit by a shark at the same beach he was bitten at 11 years ago
STUART, Fla. (AP) — A Florida man is recovering from a shark bite just over a decade after being bitten at the same beach.
Cole Taschman,…
Prince of Wales’ environmental roadshow to arrive in Africa next week
LONDON (AP) — Prince William’s roadshow for environmental innovation will arrive in South Africa next week as the heir to the British throne…
Brazil judge gives 2 former cops long sentences for the 2018 murder of leftist icon Marielle Franco
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — A judge on Thursday handed down long sentences to two former police officers for the 2018 murder of Rio de Janeiro…
Americans helping Ukraine’s war efforts say the US hasn’t done enough
KHARKIV, Ukraine (AP) — Each time U.S. philanthropist Amed Khan returns to Ukraine, he begins by offering condolences for those killed in…
From the steppes with shamanism: The Hu makes hits with praises to the sky deity
An eight-man heavy metal band from Mongolia known as The Hu has done what few thought could happen in the 21st century: Create a new genre…
In ‘Blitz,’ Steve McQueen shows wartime London through a child’s eyes
It was a single photograph that started Oscar-winning filmmaker Steve McQueen on the journey to make “Blitz.” As a Londoner, the German…
Film academy adds handwritten ‘Pulp Fiction’ script, Miyazaki art, more to vast collection
Quentin Tarantino's handwritten script for “Pulp Fiction” is the stuff of moviemaking legend. And now it's going to be preserved by the…