PUBLIC MEETING: Tuolumne County Board of Supervisors, 9 a.m. and 1:30 p.m. Tuesday, 2 S. Green St., Sonora.

Tuolumne County leaders are scheduled to weigh in on the Merced Wild and Scenic River Comprehensive Management Plan on Tuesday.

The agenda for the county Board of Supervisors meeting includes a discussion of what will eventually be the county’s official response and comments on the plan. 

Monday is César Chávez Day, an observed state holiday. State offices, including the courts and California Highway Patrol office, will be closed. Federal, county and city offices wil be open as well as most businesses. Some schools are closed, including Soulsbyville, Summerville, Twain Harte and Big Oak Flat schools.

The Tuolumne County Sheriff’s Office, the YES Partnership and the federal Drug Enforcement Administration are teaming up to help local residents safely dispense of their unused prescription medications.

A special prescription drug take-back event is scheduled for Friday, April 26 and Saturday, April 27 at The Junction Shopping Center on Mono Way, Sonora. Between 10 a.m. and 2 p.m., people can bring their unused or expired medication to a drop-off location near the Sheriff’s Community Service Unit and Barely Quilting.

Shoplifters struck two new downtown Sonora clothing stores this week, and one thief remains at large.

Be Dazzled and Lady Couture, both located at 160 S. Washington St., were hit Sunday and the latter again on Tuesday. 

Four teenagers were injured Thursday afternoon when their vehicle crashed into a telephone pole in Valley Springs.

About 1 p.m., California Highway Patrol received a report of a wreck on Lower Double Springs Road near Highway 12.

The Sonora City Council will decide Monday whether to adopt two ordinances — one to allow larger carports and one to regulate commercial sales of homemade foods within city limits.

The council unanimously decided to waive the first reading of both ordinances at its March 18 meeting.

A logging truck drives east on Highway 108 near Lime Kiln Road on Thursday afternoon. Maggie Beck / Union Democrat, Copyright 2013.

The U.S. Forest Service will allow nearly 24 million board feet of timber to be harvested this year in the Stanislaus, down about 1 million board feet from last year. 

One month after the Yosemite Community College District Board of Trustees voted to fire Columbia College President Dennis Gervin, the exact reasons for the move remain a mystery.

Gervin was placed on administrative leave by Yosemite Community College District Chancellor Joan Smith on Feb. 22. Six days later, the college district trustees voted unanimously to end Gervin’s contract, effective April 30. 

Firewood-collection season officially begins next week in the Stanislaus National Forest.

The U.S. Forest Service will begin distributing permits for firewood collection Monday. The permits will once again cost $25 for 2.5 cords, with a limit of 10 cords per household.