WEST HOLLYWOOD – Sheriff John Anderson is releasing surveillance video showing a man in West Hollywood making a purchase with stolen credit card information swiped using a card skimmer the 22-Mile House back in November. “We are hoping that anyone who may be able to identify this man will come forward,” says Anderson.

COARSEGOLD – A head-on collision near Mecca Lane on Sunday resulted in serious injury to a local doctor, and the arrest of the driver who crashed into him for driving under the influence. Cathy Ann Robertson, 52, of Los Banos was headed southbound on Highway 41 at 8:21 p.m. on Sunday, Jan. 20 in a 2009 Toyota Camry. According to ...

OAKHURST – A Facebook invitation from Kailyn Hammerling brought friends of Jacob Schumaker to the Oakhill Cemetary this afternoon to share memories of their lost friend. Jacob lost his life on Saturday, Jan. 19, in a tragic accident while riding his skateboard near Yosemite Lakes Park. He was 17 years old. As Kailyn waited by the Little Church on the ...

OAKHURST – A head-on collision on Highway 41 just south of Yosemite Lakes Parkway has sent Dr. John McBride to the hospital, but staff at his practice say he is going to recover. The accident happened at 8:22 p.m. on Sunday, Jan. 20 near YLP. CHP reports indicate only that someone from the crash was transported to Fresno Regional Medical ...

OAKHURST – After nearly 30 years of serving the mountain community, Bob and Ruth Hillyard are about to hang up their aprons, and move on to the next chapter of their lives. January 30th will be their last day of business at the ‘Ol Kettle, and the sale to the Denny’s restaurant chain will be final some time in early ...

OAKHURST – Horns honked and flags waved as area residents gathered at the corner of Highways 41 & 49 in support of National Gun Appreciation Day on Saturday, Jan. 19. Some 40 people came out with signs, flags and determination to bring attention to what they see as the eroding of their right to keep and bear arms, and to ...

MADERA COUNTY – A second suspect wanted in connection with the scratcher heist at the 22-Mile House has turned himself in, according to Sheriff John Anderson. Robert Leroy Cave, 51, of Fresno, turned himself in to Fresno authorities late Friday night. Madera County Sheriff’s lead detective Adam McEwen has been investigating this case since November. He was notified that the ...

COARSEGOLD – A tragic accident this morning has taken the life of 17-year-old Jacob Schumaker, a student at Yosemite High School and resident of Yosemite Lakes Park. Jacob was riding his skateboard down Yosemite Lakes Parkway at about 10:40 a.m on Saturday, Jan. 19, and apparently went through the stop sign at Road 400 and crossed into oncoming traffic, where ...

COARSEGOLD – A 17-year-old from the Yosemite Lakes Park area was killed this morning when he was struck by a minivan at the corner of Yosemite Lakes Parkway and Road 400. The teenager was skateboarding down the Parkway when he crossed into the pathway of a vehicle travelling east on Road 400 and was struck and killed. The accident happened ...

COARSEGOLD — 41-year-old George Walter Rosenberg was found dead shortly before 6 p.m. on Friday, Jan 18, with a loaded rifle on his lap, according to the Madera County Sheriff’s Office. It was the culmination of a manhunt that began a few hours earlier in the winding roads just off Road 415 west of Coarsegold.