Tuolumne News

The enforcement of rules governing how long people can live in recreational vehicles should be loosened to reflect today's harsh economic reality, according to Tuolumne County Supervisor Paolo Maffei.

TUOLUMNE COUNTY Sheriff's reports SATURDAY 5:21 p.m., Columbia - A man on the 11600 block of Columbia College Drive said someone stole his laptop computer.

The Tuolumne County Chamber of Commerce will be recognizing some community leaders at its November 19th Honors and Installation Banquet.

Last year Tuolumne and Mariposa Counties received a joint grant of nearly $400,000 to help manage household hazardous waste.

A Tuolumne woman was arrested following a high speed chase late Monday evening. Sgt. A.J. Ford with the Sheriff's Office says deputies were dispatched to a report of a domestic disturbance at 10pm in the 18000 block of Carter St.

Environmental groups and environmental laws were panned by speakers at Friday's Natural Resources Summit held at the Mother Lode Fairgrounds in Sonora.

Officials say a man who was found shot inside a Columbia-area home was the victim of homicide.

Gravedigger Ted Campbell, of East Sonora, has dug graves for the past 24 years. Here, he stands in a grave he dug in a Murphys cemetery.

Earlier this month by a unanimous vote of the Board of Supervisors, Tuolumne County Administrative Officer Craig Pedro had his contract extended by five years.

TUOLUMNE COUNTY Sheriff's reports TUESDAY 10:06 a.m., Sonora area - A man said his home, on the 10400 block of Mount Brow Road, was burglarized while he was in jail.

TUOLUMNE COUNTY Sonora police reports MONDAY 3:51 p.m., fraudulent activity - A caller on East Jackson Street said a Social Security number was stolen and used to open a telephone account at a bar on the 14400 block of Highway 108 in Jamestown.

BUILDING INSPECTOR I/II/SENIOR - Relief $18.79-$28.01/hour Tuolumne County has an opening for a Relief Building Inspector.

Tuolumne Utilities District General Manger Pete Kampa is of the mindset that the current water issues in California are being controlled by special interest groups.

Federal officials have scheduled a meeting in Tuolumne to give the public an update on plans to upgrade stretches of Buchanan and Fish Hatchery roads on the Stanislaus National Forest.

A settlement has been reached between the Tuolumne Utilities District and a water company that was accused of failing to pay $133,000 in sewer connection fees in the Mill Villa Estates mobile home park.

We said it first in May 2006 and, on this particular subject, nothing has changed.

Clearing skies today signal the end of one of the strongest October storms on record in the Mother Lode.

Starting at 8 a.m. Thursday, Cal Fire's Tuolumne-Calaveras Unit will lift the suspension of burning on private lands.

Sheriff's deputies are continuing their investigation of an early Sunday morning home invasion in the 27000 block of Ponderosa Way in Tuolumne.

Tuolumne and Calaveras counties health officials are gearing up with vaccines and warnings for what could shape up to be one of the worst flu seasons ever.