A fire burning in grass and oak woodland near the Moccasin Powerhouse and other Hetch Hetchy System infrastructure grew to 400 acres by Monday evening, threatening structures, power lines and the Hetch Hetchy plant. There ...MORE

A fire burning in grass and oak woodland near the Moccasin Powerhouse and other Hetch Hetchy System infrastructure grew to 150 acres Monday afternoon. Cal Fire personnel were reporting the fire posed an immediate threat ...MORE

Firefighters with dirty faces and bulldozer drivers clad in fire-retardant gear toiled this morning to try to get a handle on the Marshes Fire, which burned about 1,000 acres near Moccasin. The Tuolumne County Sheriff’s ...MORE

Two teenagers who got lost after hiking with friends near Rainbow Pools in Groveland were found Sunday by the Tuolumne County Sheriff’s Office Search and Rescue Team. Bradley Perrault, 18, Alexander Lopez, 17, and one ...MORE

A third-pound patty, mayo, dill pickle, tomato, onion, lettuce and cheese. The usual toppings for your average burger. But a new restaurant coming to Tuolumne County doesn’t serve your average burger. Squeeze Burger, made famous ...MORE

Removal of trees destroyed last year by the Butte Fire may not begin until November at the earliest, Earl Seaberg, a senior engineer with Calaveras County Public Works, said. The holdup is due in part ...MORE

Tuolumne County leaders are ideologically torn over whether to support or oppose a proposed U.S. Forest Service land exchange that would move about 900 acres of Sierra Pacific Industries land in the Clavey River watershed ...MORE

Timber giant Sierra Pacific Industries has agreed to settle claims that the company’s self-administered health benefits plan did not comply with certain provisions of the Affordable Care Act and Employee Retirement Income Security Act, the ...MORE