Cal Fire lifts statewide outdoor burn ban – local bans still in effect. SACRAMENTO – California’s first significant rainfall of the season, combined with cooler temperatures, has allowed Cal Fire to lift the statewide burn ban effective Monday, Oct. 22. Cal Fire had suspended all residential burn permits and various types of outdoor burning within the 31 million acres of ...

Boys & Girls Club announces 11th Annual Christmas Tree Live Auction partners OAKHURST — This year’s premiere holiday event, benefitting the Boys & Girls Club of Oakhurst and other local charities, will be held on Sunday Dec. 2, in Bass Lake Event Center’s Lake View Room. Doors open for the silent auction, raffle, hors d’oeuvres and complimentary champagne at 3 ...

OAKHURST — When the crew at Oakhurst Door and Millwork showed up for work on Monday, Oct 15., they were not really able to get to work. Someone had entered the business overnight and stolen their computers. “We’re pretty sure we know who did it,” said manager Marcus Leyva. “But we can’t prove it.”

Written by Virigina Lazar OAKHURST — The Oak Creek Intermediate Parent Teacher Club ensures that field trips, choir, science and physical education remain part of their student’s learning experience, by raising the money that has been cut from their budget. The OCI PTC is holding its annual Spaghetti Dinner, Silent Auction and Scholastic Book Fair on Friday, Oct. 26 from ...

NORTH FORK — So many of our readers have been responding to the story of Nikki Johnson and her horse Indy, we wanted to update you on what’s going on with them. In an attempt to get back home, Indy ran away again from her temporary home, just down the road from the Johnsons.

When Nikki Johnson’s parents told her that her rescue horse Indy couldn’t stay with them anymore, she was devastated. Nikki’s teacher encouraged her to write an essay about this very difficult situation, and Nikki wants to share it with everyone else. Here is her story.

OAKHURST — Many driving through Oakhurst this afternoon wondered about the column of white smoke rising from just below Matthews Fine Furniture on Highway 41. At 12:37 p.m. a full dispatch was ordered to the “River Fire,” burning in vegetation near several homes in the area of River Falls Road and Lilac Lane.

MARIPOSA — If you didn’t know that Mariposa has a symphony orchestra, consider this your invitation to enjoy one of the best-kept secrets in the mountains. Mariposa is the actually the smallest town in the United States with its own symphony orchestra, and they have a fantastic show planned for their first performance of the season on Saturday, Oct. 20, ...

FISH CAMP – The residents of Fish Camp and Wawona are relieved and delighted to learn that their local post office will remain open, though with reduced hours. At a meeting at the Tenaya Lodge on Tuesday, Oct. 16, more than a dozen attendees were shown the results of the survey mailed in September to those living in zip code ...

Written by Robyn Flory “Monster Soup” Spends Halloween Week in North Fork Rehearsals are under way for this year’s Fall Follies, which will take place Oct. 26-27 and Nov. 2-3, at the North Fork Town Hall. The evening will be full of surprises, and will end up with the play “Monster Soup.” This is a comedy written by Tim Kelly ...