 02/19/10 Twain Harte, CA -- Ever noticed the "before" and the "after" of a fuel reduction project?
 02/19/10 Bennett Paris of the Mark Twain seventh-grade team shoots over Hunter White of McCaffrey in Saturday's championship game. Enterprise photo by Jeff White
 02/18/10 We have completed the Famous Ndss Traffic school that offers comedy traffic school instructions in b...
02/17/10 Sonora, CA -- No one was injured after an SUV crashed into a business on Mono Way this afternoon.
 01/29/10 The Strawberry Fire Department operates with about 12 volunteers, two fire engines and a budget projected to top $55,000 in 2010. It conducts trainings every Wednesday and has a board of directors that meets once a month, recently approving the purchase of new radios to keep up with dispatch advances. However, few if any of the volunteer firefighters have received state certification since the ...
01/28/10 An environmental group filed lawsuits Wednesday against the California Department of Forestry that contend the agency failed to properly analyze carbon emissions stemming from 15 logging plans proposed by Sierra Pacific Industries. State law requires industries to analyze any projects that could add carbon dioxide to the atmosphere and, thus, potentially contribute to climate change.
01/27/10 The Calaveras High girls basketball team had no problem putting the ball in the basket Thursday night. Janelle Mills scored 20 points, one of four Calaveras players to score in double figures in an 88-25 victory over Amador in San Andreas.
01/23/10 Sonora, CA - Power outages remain a major problem across the Mother Lode. Calaveras and Amador Counties have a combined 8,100 outages, with the Arnold area being hit the hardest.
01/23/10 Sonora, CA -- PG&E says 7,359 Tuolumne County residents remain without power this evening. Sonora has 2,188, Twain Harte 1,208, Mi Wuk Village 1,522, Long Barn 676 and Pinecrest 1,200.
01/23/10 Players are wanted for a 12-and-under travel baseball team being formed for youth in the Highway 4 corridor from Copperopolis to Arnold. Season starts in February. For sign-up information, contact coach Heath Lane at 559-9109 or Mike Ziehlke at 736-0309.
01/23/10 A lot of research has been done to proof that homeschooled children's academic achievements are bett...
01/22/10 Stockton, CA -- P.G.& E. is reporting close to 10,000 power outages in the Mother Lode region. According to Public Information Officer Nicole Liebelt there are 5,000 outages in Tuolumne and eastern Stanislaus counties.
01/22/10 Sonora, CA - Road maintenance crews are remaining busy this afternoon. Carole Jackson of the Tuolumne County Public Works Department says crews are returning to areas that were cleared earlier today to remove the afternoon snow.
01/21/10 Sonora, CA - There are still over 2,500 PG&E customers without power across the Mother Lode, but earlier today there were more than 8,000. PG&E spokesperson Nicole Liebelt says Sonora has 870 outages, Groveland 770, Mi Wuk Village 220, Pinecrest 200, Jamestown 160, Twain Harte 130 and Arnold 60.
01/21/10 Sonora, CA - PG&E says crews will work through the night to restore as many remaining power outages as possible. Spokesperson Nicole Liebelt says only 80 are without power between Calaveras and Amador Counties. It is a different situation in Tuolumne County, where 2,080 customers are in the dark.
 01/19/10 The name Palos Verdes is used to denote a group of coastal cities on the Palos Verdes Peninsula in t...
01/18/10 As the Great Recession continues, more people are finding bankruptcy an escape from their financial woes. Local communities are not immune from the national trend, which has seen a 32 percent jump in bankruptcy filings compared to 2008. In fact, the rise locally is even higher.
01/17/10 Recent economic slowdown has turned companies to cut down on monetary expenses but the primary objec...
01/13/10 Home schooling programs vary from state to state in the U.S. As a personal option of parents for the...
01/10/10 Have you ever stopped to consider how dreary the world would be without Sherlock Holmes? Even today, decades after he retired from crime-solving to tend bees in the south of England, his legend continues to thrive in books, on television and in a new motion picture.
01/01/10 Now is a great time to buy Los Angeles real estate. The Los Angeles monthly inventory went from a 10...
12/25/09 Sonora, CA -- An electrical malfunction in the lighting ballace of a menu board was the cause of the Thursday evening fire that destroyed the attic of the Little Caesar's Pizza Restaurant on Mono Way across from the Junction Shopping Center.
12/24/09 Tom Maguire, left, as Bret Harte and Randy Maple as Mark Twain. Courtesy photo Tom Maguire, actor and cofounder of Duende Drama, has the indelible stamp of Ireland on his face. His voice is perfect for stage whispering and projecting to the back of the house.
12/22/09 Twain Harte, CA - Motorists will want to travel with extra caution this evening as icy conditions are being reported in areas of the Mother Lode. An ambulance is currently responding to a solo vehicle accident on Hwy 108 near the bottom of the Twain Harte Grade.
 12/13/09 Brothers Rici and Edward Pruett helped their parents haul out the Christmas tree they had just cut, their contribution to the local economy. The Pruetts, who live in Empire, were among the patrons at the nearby Come & Cut tree farm on Milnes Road on Friday afternoon.
12/08/09 Wintry weather wreaked havoc in the Mother Lode Monday, resulting in road closures, sliding cars and power outages. However, the storm was good news for ski areas. Dodge Ridge Ski Resort in Pinecrest announced this morning that it will open Friday after receiving two feet of snow at the base and three feet at the summit. | 
