Guy McCarthy

A four-week closure of the Sonora Senior Center's main kitchen is anticipated to begin Monday, but the more than 350 hot meals that the center prepares each weekday are expected to keep going out as usual.

The Summerville High School varsity football team beat River Islands 30-13 at its new home in Lathrop Oct. 10 last year, but 357 days later, the Riptide came to Tuolumne and returned the favor, controlling the entire second half to walk out with a 37-17 road win Friday night at Thorsted Field in Tuolumne.

Mother Lode Job Training recently helped organize a tour of opportunities and challenges facing the state's working forest economy in Tuolumne County for members of the governor-appointed California Board of Forestry and Fire Protection, Cal Fire, as well as multiple regional partners and stakeholders.

The Summerville High School varsity football team took a 7-point lead into halftime Friday night at Thorsted Field, but River Islands flipped the game after the break with four unanswered touchdowns to hand the Bears a 37-17 Mother Lode League loss.

Mother Lode residents expressed frustration and anger Thursday, on a near-windless day in mountain communities along Highway 108, as more than 18,000 Pacific Gas and Electric Co. customers in Calaveras and Tuolumne counties coped with multiday so-called “public safety power shutoffs” imposed by the utility through Saturday.

While more than 18,000 Pacific Gas and Electric Co. customers in Tuolumne and Calaveras counties woke up Friday coping with multiday power shutoffs due to fire danger concerns and winds that did not materialize, elected leaders and residents continued seeking answers from the utility.

The Sonora High School varsity football team battled back from a 21-0 halftime deficit to scare the visiting Ripon Indians, but the comeback fell just short as the Wildcats lost 28-21 Friday night in their final home game of the regular season at Dunlavy Field.

Sonora running George Renault (3) and quarterback Jeremy Snyder (16) run left against the Ripon Indians on Friday night at Dunlavy Field.

Firefighters from agencies throughout Tuolumne County recently trained with a new $28,000 piece of equipment acquired by the Twain Harte Fire Department to help extinguish electric vehicle battery fires.

Fifteen senior players on the Sonora High School varsity football team were recognized in a special ceremony Friday, Oct. 23, 2026, marking their senior night ahead of the Wildcats' final