Twain Harte News

Jack Lehman, of San Carlos, sat in his pontoon boat in the middle of Pinecrest Lake and spent Saturday fly-fishing. Maggie Beck/Union Democrat A taste of wintry weather hit the region Friday night, but the storm hightailed across the Sierra, dropping less rain and snow than had been forecast.

The Tuolumne County Chamber of Commerce held its annual Installation and Honors Banquet Thursday evening at the Sonora Elks Lodge.

A clean slate, a fresh start and a new beginning. All were promised in the successful spring campaign to recall the entire board of the Big Oak Flat-Groveland School District.

Fire season has ended for Cal Fire's Tuolumne-Calaveras Unit, which includes Tuolumne and Calaveras counties in addition to eastern portions of Stanislaus and San Joaquin counties.

A discarded cigarette or a match was the likely cause of the last week's fire that caused $480,000 damage to The Rock Restaurant in Twain Harte.

After more than 40 years of public service, veteran Twain Harte Community Services District Director Bill Bryant has resigned.

The Sonora Youth Center was built in the 1940s, part of a community effort supported by the National Youth Administration.

Owners of Twain Harte's The Rock restaurant said Thursday they will rebuild and reopen after a fire earlier in the morning burned out much of the building.

An investigation continues into what caused the early Thursday morning fire at the Rock Restaurant in Twain Harte.

A two-month-long investigation has revealed the Knight Fire, which burned more than 6,100 acres on the Stanislaus National Forest this summer, was human caused.

An early morning fire extensively damaged The Rock restaurant in Twain Harte. The fire was reported at 12:19 a.m. by a passerby leaving a neighboring establishment, said Cal Fire's Fire Prevention Bureau Chief Dennis Townsend.

The 68 member strong Community Service Unit continues to thrive and serve the Tuolumne County community as an outreach of the Sheriff's Office.

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

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

Tuolumne County supervisors voted Tuesday to borrow $4.2 million internally to buy property in Sonora for a $253 million law and justice center.

The California Fair Political Practices Commission has not closed its investigation into upcoming travel plans by Board of Supervisors Chairwoman Teri Murrison, the head of the watchdog agency said Monday.

TUOLUMNE COUNTY Sheriff's reports THURSDAY 8:11 a.m., Soulsbyville Rocks were thrown through church windows on the 19800 block of Soulsbyville Road.

The Tuolumne County school based H1N1 vaccination schedule is well underway. Under the direction of County Health Officer Dr.

Law enforcement officials in Tuolumne and Calaveras counties have Halloween advice for both kids and adults: Don't eat unsealed candy from strangers and don't drink and drive.

Baseline inmate Jeff Lemoi, 39, originally from Los Angeles, talks to a group of sixth- and seventh-graders at Belleview Elementary School about how his life decisions got him locked up.