O’NEALS – In his book, “The Great Thirst: Californians and Water,” historian Norris Hundley Jr. said the Golden State has the “largest, most productive and most controversial water system” in the world, mostly referring to its scarcity and practices of distribution. The California water industry provides drinking water and wastewater to residential, commercial and industrial sectors amounting to about 30 ...

OAKHURST – Organizers behind one of the area’s most visible and valuable nonprofits invite you to attend Vision Academy’s Grand Night for the Arts, an evening of entertainment and fine art held this year on Saturday, Feb. 9 at the Golden Chain Theater. A “taste of the foothills” will be available in the form of delectable finger foods, appetizers and ...

OAKHURST – Thanks to the AARP Foundation program Tax-Aide, mountain area seniors will again this year have a chance for free Internal Revenue Service (IRS) tax return preparation assistance. AARP Foundation Tax-Aide offers free, individualized tax preparation for low-to-moderate income taxpayers, especially for those 60 and older, at nearly 6,000 locations nationwide.

OAKHURST – The Superbowl is Sunday but for tillers of soil, Sunday’s nearly balmy temperatures, expected to be in the mid-sixties, it’s an opportunity to get outside and do some winter gardening. True Value Home Center is offering a free Winter Sowing and Preparing New Garden Beds Workshop, in the garden department, Sunday, Feb. 3, starting at 1 p.m.

OAKHURST – Life will imitate art imitating life as Drama 2 students from Yosemite High School (YHS) present “Makin’ It,” a play about life in high school, on Thursday and Friday, Feb. 1 – 2, at 7 p.m. in the YHS campus theater building. Tickets are $5 for everyone. The play was written in the 1980’s by Cynthia Mercati, and ...

OAKHURST – History tells us ancient comic playwright Aristophanes said, “You cannot teach a crab to walk straight.” While that may still be so, nothing can stop hoards of hungry mountain folk from walking straight over to the Oakhurst Sierra Rotary’s 27th Annual Crab Feed, on Saturday, Feb. 2, at 6 p.m.

OAKHURST – Kiwanis gathered at a festive football fundraiser Sunday, Jan. 20 at the Community Center, where neighbors and friends weighed in to vote on the age-old question, who has the “Best Pizza in Oakhurst?” Drum roll, please! The contest winner was…

OAKHURST –The fierce Lady Badgers basketball teams tore through the Washington Union Panthers on Wednesday, Jan. 23, during home games played at Yosemite High School (YHS). Girls’ Junior Varsity basketball (pictured) took a win of 56-14, followed by a second serving of Badger spirit when Varsity girls beat Washington Union 64-18.

OAKHURST – A Freshman student at Yosemite High School (YHS) has created a free mobile application that gives Android users – and soon others – a new way to get essential school information quickly and easily. Ahwahnee resident Garrett White, 14, designed the new application for YHS students, staff and parents. “I started working on this app at the beginning ...

OAKHURST – Sierra Mountain Little League (SMLL) has tryouts scheduled for this Saturday, Feb. 2, at 10 a.m. at the Sierra Mountain Little League fields. Parent Robin Ward, SMLL Vice President, says it’s not too late for kids ages 4-12 to sign-up, regardless of skills, and players age 7-12 must try out. Please come early if your child is not ...