Thursday marked the eighth anniversary since Ric Ryan began his trek as the Walking Man of Murphys. In that time, the Vietnam veteran has walked 6,901 miles and raised more than $52,000 for Operation Mend, ...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

Roger and Kathy Francis met while he working as a hasher in the kitchen of her sorority at University of the Pacific in Stockton. “I’ve been serving her ever since,” he said last week in ...MORE

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

Calaveras practice had a different feel Wednesday and Thursday. Pads were popping a little louder, there was less joking around and each play and drill had a sense of urgency behind it. All of that ...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

During his eight years as chief of the Sonora Police Department, Mark Stinson believes one of his greatest achievements was bringing station technology up to the “cutting edge.” Stinson will retire on Dec. 16 after ...MORE

They slept on camp cots out in the open with a nearby hut used for food storage fashioned from uneven logs. Plastic tarps lay strewn across the ground or balled into clumps, surrounded by trash. ...MORE