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Sebastian Kerns, 9, and Ben Billiet, 8, yell with excitement as they observe the chemical reactions during a Baking Soda Pillow experiment Monday at Mad About Science camp.
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A hound rides with it's head out the window as it pours rain Tuesday afternoon on Highway 108 near Lime Kiln Road.
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It was a close call for Chad Ellison, of Porterville, Ca., when the bull he was riding, Bucking bull, Snappy Tom, jumped all around him Saturday afternoon.
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Dozens of people gather on a dock at the Pinecrest Lake boat launch Friday morning to watch as the California Department of Fish and Wildlife plant 2,500 pounds of rainbow trout, 1,2500 of which were three-to-five-pound trophy fish.
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Addie the Dog was rescued by Jim and Myla Hildreth, of Sonora. Vets said Addie would probably never work again, but she is proving them wrong.
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Mother Lode Round-up 2016 queens and 2017 queen candidates, spray water at Coyote Sam and his Gang of unruly bandits as they steal the harness and reigns of the Round-Up Marshall.
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Sonora Elementary School sixth-graders Hannah Tracy (left) and ReAnnan Ross (right) run by groups of kindergartners on their way through the campus during the annual Turkey Trot Friday morning.
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Mist rises from Pinecrest Lake Monday morning.
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Bailey Tubbs, of Filer Id., rides 'Jeffery's Blue' during the Saddle Bronc Riding event at the Rodeo Saturday.
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Gini Seibert, owner of Out of Hand Creative Art Center, places art pieces in her storefront window.
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Nearly thirty turtles warm themselves on a log in the lake at Columbia College.
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Columbia College Fire Academy students sit on the floor of a shipping container designed to teach them live fire attack and fire behavior.
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Levi Lowe smiles as Sonora High School Golden Regiment band plays songs in his honor as a send off before he goes to the National Poetry Out Loud Competition in Washington D.C..
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