Sonora News

If you answer the phone and the person on the other end of the line says they need your personnel information to fix a banking or credit card problem, be skeptical.

Josh Pfeiffer will perform this Saturday December 14 at the Sonora Auditorium in Sonora California, with his 10 piece band in "A Christmas Crooner Concert" with special guests.

Mop-up continued Monday following the season's first substantial snowstorm, as icy roads and fallen branches were cleared and power lines and burst water pipes repaired.

2:28 p.m., Sonora area - A group of men cut wood at Red Heather Drive and Dulce Road without permission.

Sonora attorney Kate Powell Segerstrom will take a seat on the Tuolumne County Superior Court, following her appointment by Gov. Jerry Brown.

Sonora,CA: Our cold weather has caused delays for sewer work in Downtown Sonora that was slated to begin yesterday.

The Stanislaus National Forest will be hosting an open house tomorrow, December 10th from 2pm to 7pm at the Stanislaus National Forest Supervisor's Office Th focus of the Open House is the project to remove hazard trees from areas burned by the Rim Fire.

A planned arts class with local artist Tracy Knopf became a way to let students at Curtis Creek Elementary School in Sonora work through the scary experience of the Rim fire, which struck far too close to home for many of them.

The Tuolumne City Museum has postponed its "Holiday Traditions" Christmas Open House until next Saturday and Sunday, Dec. 14 and 15 from 1-4 p.m. each day.

Columbia College Community Choirs with Orchestra will present sounds of the season at 7:30 p.m. tonight and at 3 p.m. Sunday at the Sonora Opera Hall, 250 S. Washington St., Sonora.

Friday's overnight snowstorm brought several inches of snow to the foothills and more than a foot to higher elevations, knocking out power to thousands of people and snarling roads.

Sonora 8 outages impacting 3,783 customers Sonora 10 outages impacting 3,820 customers, Mono Vista1 outage impacting 169 customers , Pine Mountain Lake 1 outage is impacting 584 customers During heat or snow, overburdened electric cables, transformers, and other electrical equipment can fail.

This weekend's storm, which could bring snow as low as 500 feet in elevation, has prompted emergency response crews to open three warming shelters in Calaveras County.

Before I ever visited San Felipe, I dismissed it as a Spring Break destination for those unwilling to pay for a flight to Cancun, or Cabo--in other words, the Laughlin of Spring Break in Mexico.

The National Weather Service issued a "Winter Storm Warning" for the west slope of the Sierra Nevada, recommending people not travel except in emergencies due to severe winter weather conditions, including downed trees and power lines.

The Peaceful Oak interchange project, off of the new section of the East Sonora Bypass, is up for discussion as to whether it should be funded.

In this photo provided by the U.S. Forest Service, a member of the BLM Silver State Hotshot crew using a drip torch to set back fires on the southern flank of the Rim Fire on Pilot Peak, Calif., on Aug. 30, 2013.

The Enochs High School drama and biotech forensic departments will present "Where the Sidewalk Ends," based on the beloved poetry of Shel Silverstein, along with original student poetry and contemporary music at 6 p.m. tonight and 2 p.m Saturday in the campus multipurpose room, 3201 Sylvan Ave. Enochs students will be accompanied on guitar by Ryan ... (more)

The annual Murphys Open House will take place from 5 to 8 p.m. Friday in downtown Murphys.

Governor Jerry Brown announced today he has appointed Kate P. Segerstrom to replace retiring Judge Eric DuTemple in the Tuolumne County Superior Court.