SIERRA NATIONAL FOREST — Prescribed burning operations have been started along Forest Road 5s12 east of Ponderosa Basin up to Sonny Meadows. These are piles of road hazard trees felled and piled over the last year, says SNF Battalion Chief Burt Stalter. “We have approx 200 acres of burn piles to complete around the west side of Sonny Meadows and ...

MARIPOSA — To get the best out of your fruit trees, you have to give them the best care with the right tools at the right time of the year, says Master Gardener Bob Labozetta. That right time is now. The Mariposa Master Gardeners will conduct a free, open to the public workshop on pruning fruit trees on Saturday, Feb. ...

Eugene Larner Gilpin, loving husband, father, and grandfather, brother and uncle, passed away early Monday morning Jan. 22, 2018, following a short illness. Gene was born and raised in Fresno County. He served in the United States Air Force as a Flight Surgeon and then returned to Fresno to begin private practice. For most of his career, Gene was a ...

MADERA COUNTY — The race for Madera County District Attorney heats up as a third candidate announces his intentions to run in the June 5th primary election. Paul J. Hornick, Senior Deputy District Attorney, says the D.A.’s office continues to struggle with leadership and leadership-related issues under incumbent David Linn. “As a veteran and former Platoon Leader, it was no ...

FRESNO — Detectives with the Fresno County Sheriff’s Special Investigations Division (SID) have arrested 42-year-old Jorge Javier Gracia of Kerman. He has been booked into the Fresno County Jail and his bail is set at $1.2 million. Gracia is facing the following felony charges: Assault with a deadly weapon Brandishing of a firearm Being a felon in possession of a ...

On Sunday Jan. 7, 2018 Ed Hardy passed in his sleep at the age of 83. The long time president of Yosemite Park & Curry Co. made Eastern Madera County his permanent home since 1995. Edward Clark Hardy was born Nov. 8, 1934, in Palo Alto, California to Edward Everett Hardy and Dorothea Clark Hardy – a Lawyer /Judge and ...

FRESNO — A 42-year-old suspect is in custody and charged with a string of random shootings along highways in Fresno and Madera Counties during November and December. ABC30 is reporting that the Fresno County District Attorney’s Office has filed charges of five counts of assault with a deadly weapon against Jorge Gracia of Kerman. Ten random shootings took place between ...

SIERRA NATIONAL FOREST — Do you have what it takes to be a Wilderness Intern Ranger? Now is the time to apply if you’re up for the adventure. Wilderness Intern Rangers are integral members of the wilderness team. Working in the Sierra National Forest’s spectacular wilderness areas, interns have the opportunity to take on most or all of the same ...

MADERA COUNTY — Last night, at a monthly Local Agency Formation Commission (LAFCO), Supervisor Tom Wheeler, a longtime serving board member, was entrusted by his peers with a 4-0 vote (one absent) to serve as the 2018 Chair. LAFCO is an autonomous agency that is responsible for coordinating logical and timely changes in local government boundaries and to implement the ...

MADERA COUNTY — The Madera County Sheriff’s Office is preparing to submit the department’s annual Off Highway Vehicle (OHV) grant request. The application will be available for a 30-day review by the public beginning on Mar. 6, and ending on Apr. 2. Those who wish to participate in the Grant Request Public Review and Comment may do so by either ...