David Caris Sierra Art Trails 2015 Catalog #43 Working with clay has become a need for me. I love the feel, the texture, the ability to form it into a new being and then alter it as my feelings suggest. I don’t work with clay every day because it is so consuming I would not be able to pursue other ...

COARSEGOLD – Driving back into Yosemite Lakes Park early Wednesday morning, Sept. 2, Jennifer Clark did not expect to see signs of trouble. She’s the director of the after-school program at Yosemite Lakes Community Church. Still wearing pajamas, Clark was on her way home to get ready for work after dropping her son at school. She passed by church and ...

MADERA COUNTY – The man accused of starting the Courtney Fire, that destroyed 30 homes in the Bass Lake Heights along Road 426 nearly a year ago, was back in Madera County Superior Court this morning. Oscar Bustillos, of Apple Valley, Calif., will return to court on Nov. 3 for a jury trial. Bustillos remains free on bond pending the ...

YOSEMITE – Yosemite National Park officials issued a statement this morning updating information on the death of James Michael Millet, Jr., whose body was found on Tuesday, Sept. 1, two days after discovering a car had been left at a popular trailhead parking lot for an extended period of time. Late in the evening on Sunday, Aug. 30, according to ...

Michael J. Costa Sierra Art Trails 2015 Catalog #53 Photography allows me to express myself through creativity and imagination. Looking through the lens only the eye really envisions what is being created at that particular moment. The series Fro-Zen, really demonstrates that quality visually. The images I create have a simple, abstract, unique look, while emoting a deep feeling within. ...

MADERA COUNTY – Following are details from the Madera County Sheriff’s Office of reports taken locally during the week of Monday, Aug. 24 through Sunday, Aug 30, 2015. Oakhurst burglary On Monday, Aug. 24 at 8:59 a.m., a deputy was dispatched to the 40000 block of Greenwood Way in regards to a burglary to a storage shed. A criminal investigation ...

Julia Bristow Sierra Art Trails 2015 Catalog #70 Julia Bristow began creating jewelry in 2006 when she was introduced to vintage jewelry collecting by her sister. She originally collected vintage/antique costume jewelry because she found it appealed to the “little girl” in her to collect these sparkling rhinestone treasures and place them in a jewelry box, as they were pretty ...

OAKHURST – An informal public meeting will be held at 6:30 p.m. on Thursday, Sept. 3 at the Yosemite High School cafeteria, to discuss the proposed water rate increase by Hillview Water Company (HWC). The meeting will be moderated by Moises Chavez , a California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) analyst who will be gathering public input and explaining the CPUC’s ...

YOSEMITE – A hiker apparently missing for weeks has been found deceased, officials announced this morning, after Yosemite National Park Rangers located the body of James Michael Millett Jr. on Tuesday, Sept. 1. His remains were found above Yosemite Valley. On Monday, Park officials asked for the public’s help in locating Millet, who reportedly planned a day hike to Upper ...

OAKHURST – Sierra Art Trails brings artists and art lovers out and around town for three days every year, and local establishments get in on the act. Tonight, Slim’s Koffee Shak invites the community to an opening reception from 6 – 8 p.m. for two artists participating in Sierra Art Trails, #55 and #56 in the Catalog respectively: Marij Bouwmans ...