Prather News

Title: Ponderosa Lions Club Annual Turkey Shoot Location: 30800 Spearhead Rd, just off of Auberry Rd in Prather Link out: Click here Description: Annual fundraiser with 22 rifle target shooting event and skeet shooting shotgun event.

Imagine a casting call for a beer commercial - a beer, I should add, marketed toward cool young people and not geezers or swollen couch slugs - and you'll have some idea of the scene at Magnolia Gastropub & Brewery on any given night.

A brush fire scorched about 2 acres of grass Saturday in southeast Fresno, the Fresno Fire Department reported.

Planning Director John Stoufer addresses the Corning City Council and a crowd of people at TuesdayA1s meeting at Olive View School.

A west Fresno fire caused an estimated $150,000 in damage to some storage buildings and vehicles Sunday.

A 3-acre fire destroyed a tractor and several other pieces of equipment this afternoon west of Prather.

Ken and Kathy Prather of Corning address the City Council Tuesday. The Prathers applied for a business license Aug.

Crews were trying to gain the upper hand on a fire west of Prather that burned 20 acres of vegetation, injured one person and was threatening a structure Monday night, Fresno County Fire Protection District officials said.

Tensions over a proposal to regulate medical cannabis continued Tuesday at the Board of Supervisors meeting when Supervisors Bob Williams and Greg Avilla were appointed to an ad hoc committee to study the matter.

A wildfire broke out Monday afternoon on Morgan Canyon Road near Prather. The blaze threatened five homes on a hillside, but fast action by Cal Fire and precautions by homeowners helped stop the fire with no injuries.

The Rodeo-Hercules Fire board on Thursday censured member Bill Prather, accusing him of creating a hostile working environment in connection with his comment at a February board meeting that 5-foot-2 women are unqualified to be firefighters.

The Rodeo-Hercules Fire board will decide Thursday whether a board member's comment that 5-foot-2 women are unqualified to be firefighters is heinous enough to warrant censure and perhaps even removal from office.

Contra Costa Fire Protection District Chief Keith Richter has accepted a chief's position in Orange County, according to sources and the Southern California department.

When Jesus comes back, he'll be riding a white horse, some Christians believe. In a field along East Hawkeye Avenue Sunday evening, worshippers at Northside Assembly of God saw a real-life version of that Bible prophecy.

The Board of Directors at the Orange County Fire Authority appointed Keith Richter as its new Fire Chief, replacing Chip Prather who is retiring this July.

A grass fire was threatening about 10 homes in the Fresno County Foothills. The fire is currently at 50% containment.

Crews were trying to gain the upper hand on a fire west of Prather that burned 20 acres of vegetation, injured one person and was threatening a structure Monday night, Fresno County Fire Protection District officials said.

Officials from fire departments throughout Southern California gathered in Diamond Bar on Wednesday, May 27 to warn residents of two potentially life-threatening situations: A dangerous fire season and budget cuts that reduce the number of firefighters who can respond to an emergency.

Take a break from a blues-filled weekend with an infusion of jazz - for free. On Sunday from 4 to 7 p.m., a group of West Coast jazz musicians will perform at Salt Creek Grille in Dana Point to raise funds for the San Clemente/Dana Point Animal Shelter .

TEEN POETS The Dana Point Library will host the 2009 Teen Poetry and Art Contest at 7 p.m. Monday.