El Portal News

After serving the Yosemite community for over 60 years, the El Portal market burned to the ground on April 21st of last year.

Eastshore: W80 is slow in pockets from El Portal to McBryde and again from Cutting Blvd to University Ave.

Weeks-old lightning fires have flamed back up in Yosemite National Park because of the recent heat wave, and are generating heavy smoke in the park and beyond.

A Merced Police officer had no choice but to shoot at a reckless driver who was about to run him over in a showdown near Farmdale Elementary School last night, officials said.

Police from Pinole, Richmond and Contra Costa County sheriff's are on the hunt for suspects they're calling armed and extremely dangerous.

While the reopening of a grocery store in some small corner of the world may not seem newsworthy, for the community of El Portal it's not only big news -- it's cause for celebration.

In one of the shortest public exchanges between the school district and administrators of the district's only charter school, trustees agreed to accept a resolution from El Portal Leadership Academy administrators relinquishing the school's charter.

The school district still has a lead on most districts with similar demographics, but its edge decreased this past year, according to state data.

School trustees began revocation process of Gilroy's only charter school, which has been embroiled in academic, management and legal troubles.

Administrators running Gilroy's only charter school threw a last-minute charter-saving option into the mix but some trustees balked at the idea, calling it a distraction.

Two trustees are leaning toward closing Gilroy's only charter school and the five other trustees are seriously considering the possibility.

Escalon High School will receive the coveted Distinguished School flag, statewide recognition for improved test scores, May 29 during a ceremony at Disneyland.

The city's antiquated storm-drain system will be upgraded, with the improvements paid for by property owners.

The day of the event was incorrect in a listing Monday. - The Marin Association of Realtors favors an education program to notify Novato residents about the "wildland urban interface" ordinance that requires homeowners to comply with certain building requirements.

If you would like to see Debbie Reynolds still singing and dancing up a storm at age 77, she's doing just that right now with her one-woman show breezing along daily until May 10 at El Portal Theater in North Hollywood.

Administrators who oversee El Portal Leadership Academy riled trustees during a two-hour presentation that glossed over the school's financial and academic failures, trustees said.

Yosemite, CA -- Around $97 million in economic stimulus money will be used on projects to restore California's national parks, and $7.5 million is coming to Yosemite.

Ray Bradbury peers at you, one eye gleaming and fully open as if challenging you, the other squinty and small as if sizing you up.

A bicyclist negotiates downtown traffic on Tuesday in Sausalito. The City Council decided to set up parking areas so riders would not leave their bicycles scattered on sidewalks or in parks as they visit the city.

Rest up this weekend. As you can see over to your left, there are some swell things to do, but it's nothing compared to next weekend.