Pinecrest News

It is the time of year when prescribed burns take place in the Stanislaus National Forest.

Vaccines to combat H1N1 have started arriving in Tuolumne County schools and should be in Calaveras County schools next week.

TUOLUMNE COUNTY Sheriff's reports WEDNESDAY 12:26 p.m., Jamestown - A 49-year-old woman was arrested on suspicion of public intoxication on the 18200 block of Main Street.

TUOLUMNE COUNTY Sheriff's reports SATURDAY 12:26 a.m., Cedar Ridge - A deer was reported to Fish and Game as possibly poached because it was killed after shooting hours near the 17000 block of Highgrade Lane.

The Stanislaus National Forest is set to receive an extra $3.5 million in federal funding with the aim to both improve the forest and create jobs.

My daughter Jessica had a successful summer being the web intern for the World Organization for Human Rights USA in Washington, D.C. She also worked in a bike shop.

TUOLUMNE COUNTY Sheriff's reports FRIDAY 12:08 p.m., East Sonora - A siphon hose was found sticking out of a truck parked on the 15000 block of Jenness Road.

A 7-year-old boy missing since Saturday afternoon has been safely found in the Emigrant Wildnerness, according to authorities.

A 7-year-old boy missing since Saturday afternoon has been safely found in the Emigrant Wildnerness, according to authorities.

A 7-year-old boy missing since Saturday afternoon has been safely found in the Emigrant Wildnerness, according to authorities.

A 7-year-old boy missing since Saturday afternoon has been safely found in the Emigrant Wildnerness, according to authorities.

PINECREST, Calif. - A 7-year-old boy who got separated from his family during a camping trip is safe after spending a chilly night alone in California's Sierra Nevada wilderness.Tuolumne County Sheriff's Sgt.

A 7-year-old boy missing since Saturday afternoon has been safely found in the Emigrant Wildnerness, according to authorities.

A search effort is underway for a 7-year-old Modesto boy missing in the Chain Lakes area of the Stanislaus National Forest near Pinecrest.

The storm forecast for Thursday turned out to be spotty at best, but it cooled things down and left a dusting of snow on Sonora and Ebbetts passes.

California Insurance Commissioner and 2010 gubernatorial candidate Steve Poizner urged reform as "most people know the state's pretty broken right now" during a Friday appearance at a luncheon hosted in Angels Camp by a trio of Calaveras County Republican organizations.

California Insurance Commissioner Steve Poizner was in the Mother Lode Friday meeting with officials in Tuolumne, Calaveras and Amador Counties.

Some columns I know will elicit responses from readers. Others take me by surprise.

A lakeside cabin at Pinecrest Lake, unchanged over the years, affords a respite from constant change in the real world, and a fantastic view.

The U.S. Forest Service this weekend will cite people who bring their dogs to the Pinecrest Lake Day Use Area, Stanislaus National Forest Supervisor Susan Skalski said.