Oakhurst News

Former Madera County Supervisor Harry Baker will stand trial on a felony molestation charge involving a 13-year-old girl who secretly took video of Baker allegedly fondling her in a Fresno motel five years ago.

If you've spotted a familiar face on that new True Value Hardware commercial recently while flipping through the channels, it's likely that you really have seen him before.

Madera County Sheriff's Deputies arrested two burglaries suspects Wednesday. Both are behind bars - one booked on suspicion of a commercial break-in, the other for shoplifting.

The missing jeep belonging to an Oakhurst woman who was found unconscious on the side of the road near Bass Lake Saturday night has been located.

The roads will be very busy this Memorial Day holiday, and a new study says more drivers will run red lights during that weekend that any other time of the year.

A 42-year-old woman who was carjacked, beaten and left unconscious beside Road 222 at its intersection with Road 274 near North Fork remained in a coma Tuesday at Community Regional Medical Center, authorities said.

Given immunity from prosecution, Harry Baker's accuser testified this morning about the events leading to her being allegedly fondled by Baker in a Fresno motel room five years ago.

A Fresno County judge this morning threw out a hotel-room videotape that was pivotal evidence for the prosecution in the child molestation case against Sierra foothills businessman Harry Baker.

Police say they found two people who were hit by gunfire. They say both victims are expected to be okay.

Madera County Sheriff's deputies are asking for the public's help after a woman is left for dead on the side of the road near Bass Lake.

Yosemite High School student Billy Eads drives past Fresno Flats Historical Village & Park every day on his way to school.

It was a race to the finish in Clovis. The Amgen Tour of California ended Stage 4 in Old Town Clovis on Wednesday afternoon.

An estimated 10,000 people packed into downtown Sonora to see the start of Stage 4 of the Amgen Tour of California on Wednesday morning.

Shanin Path, 42, was found lying on the side of the road with severe head trauma Saturday night near Bass Lake.

The AMGEN Tour of California will be return to Central California on Wednesday, and the California Highway Patrol will be managing road closures along the race course to provide safety and security to race participants as well as the public.

The 'Rope' is the Mother Lode RoundUp and parade, the "Ride" is the Amgen Tour of California, and the "Ribbit" is the Calaveras Jumping Frog Jubilee.

The 2012 Team Donate Life - Crystel's Gift Clovis BikeFEST A will be heldA Sat., May 12 at Sierra Vista Mall.A Among the highlights: The event runs from 10 a.m. - 4 p.m. in Sierra Vista Mall's south parking lot.

Two Mountain Area residents involved in a head-on accident on Highway 41 April 29, were both arrested by the California Highway Patrol for suspicion of driving under the influence.

Here are some news and events in and around Yosemite National Park , as it heads into its high season of late spring through early fall: GOOD TIMES TO VISIT Entry into Yosemite is free June 9 for Get Outdoors Day, on Sept.

A Fresno bank robbery suspect arrested at PG&E headquarters told police she needed the loot to pay her utility bill.