NORTH FORK – The public is invited to share some time with Dina Angress, Holocaust survivor and contributor to the Bay Area Holocaust Oral History Project. Angress will be visiting Minarets High School and North Fork Elementary School on Feb. 12 and 13. Grace Community Church will be hosting a gathering on Wednesday, Feb. 13, at 1 p.m. and the ...

CALIFORNIA – There are currently three bills in the California Legislature, seeking to overturn what has become known as the Rural Fire Fee, which requires property owners in designated State Responsibility Areas to pay up to $150 annually per habitable structure, to the State Board of Equalization for fire prevention. Assembly Bill (AB) 124, whose co-sponsors include newly elected Assemblymember ...

With all the recent tragedies in the mountain area attributed to drivers under the influence, the idea of making a plan for traveling safe on Super Bowl Sunday should be foremost in everyone’s mind. It certainly is for the NFL and the CHP.

OAKHURST – Anyone involved in a nonprofit organization will want to take advantage of this opportunity on Saturday, Feb. 9, from 1 to 5 p.m. This seminar will explore the duties and responsibilities of boards of directors of nonprofit corporations and members of government committees will. It will cover parliamentary procedures, ethics, liability issues, officers’ roles, open meeting laws and ...

MADERA COUNTY – Three Palanda residents, accused of trying to sell man hole covers that had been reported stolen in Merced, are behind bars, according to Madera County Sheriff John Anderson. Dorothy Jane Alt, 19, Joy Dawn McKay, 37, and Issac Gonzalez, 30, were all arrested on felony charges.

NORTH FORK – Singles and couples alike are invited to an evening of music, dining and dancing as the Squirrel Cage Theatre Co. presents a Valentine’s Dinner & Dance, at the North Fork Town Hall on Friday, Feb. 15. Dinner will be a sit-down affair, complete with personal service, in an elegant setting created by the theater group. Guests can ...

OAKHURST – It was a poignant but exciting day for Bob and Ruth Hillyard at the ‘Ol Kettle Restaurant in Oakhurst today. Old friends and loyal customers gathered to say goodbye to what has been a mainstay of the community for almost 30 years. Bob and Ruth have run this family business since 1985 when they opened the Kettle at ...

MADERA COUNTY – Sheriff John Anderson today announced the arrest of 28-year-old Jesus Santiago Mendoza, following the execution of a search warrant carried out by agents with the Madera County Narcotic Enforcement Team (MADNET). Shortly after dawn on Tuesday, Jan. 29, MADNET agents, with assistance from sheriff’s deputies and officers with Madera Police, served a warrant at a home located ...

NORTH FORK – Students, teacher and parents are busy at the North Fork School this week, in preparation for a Talent Show this Friday, Feb. 1, raising funds to keep music and drama alive in their school. Robyn Flory, Fine Arts Specialist at the school for over 20 years, says it will be an evening of many surprises. “The acts ...

NORTH FORK – When Bob McKee returned home from work on Thursday, Jan. 24, he found his house had been broken into, his pickup stolen and his gate smashed as the thieves made their get-away from his property. Bob called SierraNewsOnline to get the word out, and we posted the story and the photo of his stolen truck on the ...