NORTH FORK — This Saturday the North Fork Chamber of Commerce and Visitors Center welcome everyone to another hot time in the ‘ol town as as Hot August Nights Classic Car Show and Street Party takes over downtown. This much-anticipated event will include the hottest classic cars, plus a San Joaquin Antique Flywheelers exhibition, live music, prizes, special guests, a host ...

Written by Ronnie Sweeting —  MARIPOSA –Music on the Green continues into the tenth weekend of thirteen, presenting The Jespersons on Friday, Aug. 12, and The Redding Bros. Band on Saturday, Aug. 13. Performing original Neo/World Folk Americana music, The Jespersons sing and play in an “around the campfire” style found in Australia, homeland of half of the duo, Kaye ...

MONTEREY COUNTY — Cal Fire has released a preliminary report about the bulldozer accident that claimed the life of a Friant man during the Soberanes Fire. Yosemite High graduate Robert Reagan, 35, died nearly instantly after the dozer he was operating rolled over, pinning him under the sweeps of the dozer. Sweeps are the protection bars mounted for the rollover ...

NORTH FORK — Residents on Cascadel Heights Drive are taking their case to the Grand Jury, after what they say have been months of futile efforts to compel the County to enforce zoning regulations and stop allowing Airbnb’s to operate in their mountain neighborhood. Airbnb bills itself as a “trusted community marketplace for people to list, discover, and book unique ...

MADERA COUNTY — An Oakhurst woman accused of stealing tens of thousands of dollars from a 90-year-old man was back in Madera Superior Court this morning. Kathryn (Katie) Davis, 54, was arrested on June 23 during a bingo game at the Senior Center in Oakhurst, where she is the Director. She was charged with stealing a large amount of money ...

OAKHURST — Crews are on scene of a vegetation fire burning on Hartwell Road behind Alice’s Cookhouse just off Highway 41 in Oakhurst. The fire was called in about 12:35 p.m., and first engine at scene reported it at about one-quarter acre burning in grass. Engines from Cal Fire, Madera County Fire and Sierra National Forest were dispatched to the ...

BASS LAKE — District 5 Supervisor Tom Wheeler will be hosting the next in his series of Town Hall meetings at the Pines Resort in Bass Lake on Thursday, Aug. 11, from 6-8 p.m. On the agenda will be an update from the Sierra National Forest, and a presentation by Anne Melrose, Board Member of the Coarsegold Resource Conservation District. ...

OAKHURST — Sheriff’s detectives are continuing their investigation into the fatal stabbing on Saturday in Oakhurst on Winding Way, and are asking for the public’s help with any information. The Sheriff’s Office received a call of a stabbing at about 2:50 p.m. on Saturday, Aug. 6. The first deputy arrived within a few minutes to find bystanders performing CPR on ...

OAKHURST — A Coarsegold man who lost his life in a motorcycle accident in Oakhurst today has been identified as 58-year-old Jack Bonner Thornton. Thornton was killed when the motorcycle he was driving collided with a Ford F350 in the intersection at Highway 41 and Road 426. The accident remains under investigation. https://sierranewsonline.com/coarsegold-man-dies-in-motorcycle-crash/  

OAKHURST — The man who was stabbed to death during an altercation earlier today on Winding Way in Oakhurst has been identified as 45-year-old Jacob Jerome Henderson of Oakhurst. Henderson was killed during a fight at a location just below the Silver Creek Shopping Center on Highway 41 just after 3 p.m. Sheriff’s detectives are still investigating the incident, and ...