Sonora News

A community wide Book Drive continues through Sunday, to help replace the more than 2,000 classroom library books lost in the Sonora Elementary School fire.

Downtown improvements and street widening take center stage at the Sonora City Council meeting.

10:53 p.m., Angels Camp - Mitchelle Lee Ballard, 26, of an unnamed address in Sonora, was booked on suspicion of possessing a firearm on Highway 49 at Bret Harte Road.

Downtown improvements and street widening take center stage at the Sonora City Council meeting.

The program is a collaborative effort between the Tuolumne County Superintendent of Schools Office, Sonora Regional Medical Center, Tuolumne County Public Health and Anthem Blue Cross.

1:36 a.m., vandalism - A woman jumped on her sister's car when she tried to leave on Linoberg Street.

The Sonora High Volleyball team held off Soquel and now moves to the finals of the Division IV NorCal tournament.

The Sonora Police Department reports that it happened at the Grocery Outlet on S. Washington Street.

Click here to view an earlier story showcasing the details of the plan. It is designed to be a roadmap for making traffic and aesthetic improvements in the downtown district.

The event is put on by the City of Sonora, and Special Events Coordinator Sheila Wilkinson says 2013 marked the 30th anniversary of the event.

Soot, ashes and charred remnants of school materials sit on the sidewalk surrounding a boarded-up classroom at Sonora Elementary School where a fire that occurred over the weekend originated.

The parade will stage at Sonora High School parking lot, the pool parking lot and School Street prior to 5:30.

This 39th annual event is a much earthier option for holiday shopping. In addition to regional crafts, a "North Pole" express train, children's activities and "doggie stockings," there'll be a Christmas parade at 5:30 p.m. Friday.

The 30th annual Downtown Sonora Christmas Parade is Friday, and the Sonora PD is alerting the public about some parking restrictions.

It is illegal to burn any solid fuel - including wood, manufactured logs and pellets - in your fireplace unless you have no other way to heat your home or you live in an area with no natural-gas service.

Sonora Area CHP Spokesperson Nick Norton says a "Maximum Enforcement Period" will start at 6pm this evening.

Sonora, CA -- Waste Management says all curbside and commercial garbage will be picked up on Thanksgiving Day.

Plenty of you helped with much needed supplies for students and teachers after this Saturday's fire at Sonora Elementary.

2:53 p.m., Mokelumne Hill - A possibly sleeping man was lying in a field on Highway 49 and Highway 26. 12:24 a.m., Angels Camp - Joi Marie Abood, 37, of the 19300 block of Cherokee Road, Tuolumne, was booked on suspicion of felony possession of concentrated cannabis and a misdemeanor charge of driving with a suspended license after an arrest on the ... (more)

Representatives with Golden State Holdings and RC Equities, the developers behind what was supposed to be the 80-unit Stonewood Sonora apartments on Parrotts Ferry and Union Hill roads, are now asking county leaders to reverse approvals given in May that allowed the project to move forward.