Sonora News

Connie Williams and David L. Axelrod are vying two of three seats held by incumbents David A. Sheppard, Ron Stearn and William "Bill" Canning.

The Sonora Police Department reports that 47-year-old W. Allen Flud of Jamestown was taken by ambulance to Sonora Regional Medical Center, and later flown to Doctors Memorial Hospital in Modesto.

The Tuolumne County Chamber of Commerce Independent Political Action Committee backed eight Republicans to fill six elected offices up for grabs during the primary election on June 5. While the Political Action Committee has ties to the Chamber of Commerce, it operates as a separate entity which is capable of making donations to candidates, said ... (more)

PROUD PARENT MOMENT — My daughter, Erin, was chosen to sing the national anthem Friday night at her high school graduation.

Sonora will be seeing many Model A cars this weekend. The Northern California Regional Group of the Model A Ford Club of America will be in town for its 50th Annual Roundup.

In honor of Memorial Day weekend, Operation Mom's "Day in the Park" takes place today at Courthouse Park in Sonora from 10AM through 3:30PM. Padavana says Operation Mom is a military family support group that began after 9/11. Its main two purposes are to help support the families that are left behind and to support our troops by sending them ... (more)

Police in a Mexico City suburb arrested a mother and several relatives Thursday for allegedly gouging out the eyes of her 5-year-old son in what authorities said appeared to have been a drug-fueled ritual.

For decades Baja California Sur has been defined--unfairly-- by the OC on the Sea of Cortez tourist spot: Cabo San Lucas, where American spring breakers go to suck down margaritas, eat nachos until they burst, perform graceless acts at wet t-shirt contests, and develop pre-melanoma lesions under the warmth of the Baja sun.

Assemblywoman Kristin Olsen is asking Amgen Tour officials to run next year's route through both Tuolumne and Calaveras Counties.

Detectives in Sonora are investigating the theft of several portable speaker systems stolen from an AT&T store, authorities said.

Calaveras County saw stronger numbers in tourism last year compared to the past few years, according to the Calaveras Visitors Bureau.

Sonora police say quick thieves knew just what they were looking for in hit and run robbery.

The 2010 Tuolumne County Health Fair will be held Tuesday and Wednesday, Oct. 19 and 20, at the Mother Lode Fairgrounds in Sonora.

Welcome to the Tuolumne County Commission on Aging blog: it's our ongoing effort to bring information to help and inform seniors in our county.

While cruising the latest wears at Rand+Statler , we spotted employees and local band members, Jordan Deherrera and Alex Gair , in two very different looks.

The Sonora Certified Farmers' Market will kick off the season Saturday in the parking lot at Stewart and Theall streets in downtown Sonora.

The tortured body of a Mexican police reporter was found on the side of a road in the drug cartel-plagued state of Sinaloa on Friday, a day after he was kidnapped by gunmen while waiting at a car wash, authorities said.

Lt. Scott Clamp will be the guest on Mother Lode Views this weekend. Clamp took over for outgoing Commander Sam Samra on March 1st.

An estimated 30,000 people, both cycling fans and folks who just wanted to know what all the fuss was about, packed downtown Clovis on Wednesday afternoon for the Stage 4 finish of the Amgen Tour of California.

Tuolumne County's District 5 will soon have a new representative on the Board of Supervisors for the first time in 16 years.