Sonora News

The Tuolumne County Supervisors today extended County Administrative Officer Craig Pedro's contract.

Jeff Eller has been asked to become the President of Adventist Health's Northern California Network , which encompasses four acute care hospitals and a behavioral health hospital.

CON PER – This first item comes from a response to my column Sunday about the bank robber who opted to serve as his own attorney in a case that concluded last week.

Caltrans reports there will be five minute delays on Highway 4 in Calaveras County near Horseshoe Drive in the Copperopolis area.

Community Development Director Rachelle Kellogg reports that a building permit has been issued for the new McDonalds that will be located at the Mono Way/Sanguinetti intersection.

A Sonora man was sentenced to four years and three months in prison for possessing child pornography, the U.S. attorney's office announced Monday.

Sonora, CA -- Surveillance video from two burglaries led police to arrest suspect Derek Helfrich, 18 of Jamestown recently.

Grammy Award winners Peter Rowan, Laurie Lewis and Kathy Kallick will join other music stars next week in a benefit concert for longtime Columbia musician Sarah Elizabeth Campbell, who is suffering from Stage 4 liver cancer.

Tuolumne Utilities District crews will continue new sewer pipeline installation.

Was it the stalking seagull, flying narrowly close to our heads as we were playing fetch on the beach with our dog, who then swooped down fetched the red racquet ball up with his beak, only to suddenly realize it was not food and plopped it quickly it into the ocean? Was it the delicious tasty gorgonzola filet and penne pasta at Mare Blu restaurant ... (more)

California's population has grown by the fastest rate in nearly a decade. The figures come from the state Department of Finance and show California added 332,000 people between July of 2012 and the same time this year.

Officers assisted with the information exchange between the drivers. 9:55 a.m., assault - A juvenile was arrested at Sonora High School on suspicion of battery on a public transit employee after allegedly hitting a bus driver in the head with a snowball Monday.

A major injury accident shut down Highway 49 at the Stevenot Bridge for a while yesterday, December 11th.

The Tuolumne County Sheriff's Office reports that 25-year-old Darlene McNaul allegedly wrote two checks, for about $500, at both the Tractor Supply and CVS Pharmacy in Sonora.

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.