Columbia News

The Tuolumne County District Attorney's Office charged a Sonora man with one felony count of carjacking with use of a deadly weapon in a complaint filed Thursday.

The Heritage Tours and Setness Tours companies are planning the following trips: Heritage Tours: Mystery Trip on Wednesday; Albany Golden Gate Fields; Jackson: Main Street Theater: "A Tuna Christmas"; Sonora: Sierra Repertory Theater; and Columbia Fallon House Theater: Christmas My Way.

BROTHERS ETHAN and Jesse Hinman sit outside grandma Alice Hinmana s Columbia home.

Tuolumne County Health Department Nurse Practitioner Marsha Malgesini gives a nasal vaccination to Soulsbyville Elementary School first-grader Olivia Lang, of Sonora.

Vaccines to combat H1N1 have started arriving in Tuolumne County schools and should be in Calaveras County schools next week.

Living in Northern California, you hear many stories about the California Gold Rush area.

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

Law enforcement is investigating whether there was any foul play related to the death of a Columbia man on Tuesday.

Saturday evening deputies from the Tuolumne County Sheriff's Office assisted El Cerrito police in arresting a rape and kidnapping suspect from the Bay Area.

10-24-09 - Columbia - CA - Restaurant management consultant, Gary Hall, founder of Legendary Business Principles brings a unique approach to restaurant consulting and the service industry.

Although the state has not yet declared the 2009 fire season over, last week's storm dealt it a crippling blow.

TUOLUMNE COUNTY Sheriff's reports TUESDAY 9:03 a.m., Sonora Meadows - A woman on the 16500 block of Creekside Drive said two men tried to get into her home about 3:30 a.m. but her boyfriend chased them off.

P.G.& E. service crews are closing in on eliminating all storm related power outages in the Mother Lode.

Power outage numbers continue to fluctuate as P.G.& E. crews continue to work around the clock.

TUOLUMNE COUNTY Sheriff's reports MONDAY 10:23 a.m., Columbia - A woman reported vandalism on the 22400 block of South Airport Road.

The Harvest Home Festival runs from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday and Sunday at Ironstone Vineyards, 1894 Six Mile Road, Murphys.

More than four acres of grass burned at Mountain Springs Golf Club after a golf club struck a rock and sparked a fire Sunday, Cal Fire officials said.

TUOLUMNE COUNTY Sheriff's reports TUESDAY 12:21 a.m., Tuolumne area - Two men were arrested on suspicion of public intoxication after urinating on the side of Tuolumne Road at Aarondale Road as cars passed by.

A golf club striking a rock this morning at approximately 11:30 caused a spark that ignited a four acre fire at the Mountain Springs Golf Club.

Mother Lode paintings by the late Walter Baddell will go up in the Tuolumne Museum on Saturday as part of National Museum Day festivities.