If you’ve got a barn full of old bicycles, or you’re a collector with lots of odd things in your shed, the producers of “American Pickers” are looking for you. The History Channel’s big hit, with Mike Wolfe and Frank Fritz, is coming to California in search of oddball items, fascinating characters, and interesting historical collections to rummage through in ...

The whole town has been buzzing since word got out that someone bought the Mountain House. The Mountain House restaurant, located at Highway 41 and the Bass Lake turnoff (Road 222), had been a favorite of locals and visitors alike for many years, so when the doors closed in late 2009, it was another blow to the economy of the ...

OAKHURST — Two people were transported to Community Medical Center in Fresno after a single-vehicle accident on Deadwood closed Highway 41 for about an hour. Jean Smith, 62, of Oakhurst was driving her black Chevy Suburban south on Highway 41 from Oakhurst up Deadwood when she lost control of the vehicle. Both she and her son Chris Smith, 21, who ...

Hikers and bikers look forward to the re-opening of the trail across the dam at Bass Lake “By the first of the year the Crane Valley (Bass Lake) dam should be open for foot and bicycle traffic across the dam,” says Mike Palmer, project engineering supervisor for the Southern Hydro Group for Pacific Gas & Electric (PG&E), owner of the ...

Firefighters make progress on Road 200 fire – Update Tuesday, Aug 28, 5:30 p.m. The “Ranch Fire” which broke out around noon Monday, Aug. 27, on Road 200 near Finegold Creek, is now 100% contained. Crews are doing mop-up work and many have been released back to their duty stations.The Cal Fire crew from the Rancheria station just south of ...

Area Firefighters Have Had Plenty To Do Firefighters have had a busy couple days, and fortunately made quick work of several fires in the area. Thursday, Aug. 23, a fire on E. Idyllwild in a neighborhood near Bass Lake’s Pines Resort involved about one-half acre and a boat trailer. The “Idle Fire” was reported at 10:18 p.m. on Thursday night, ...

Parents Held Responsible For Damages Caused by Juveniles’ Felonies MADERA – Two teenage boys were found guilty of felony vandalism and their parents ordered to pay $25,000 in restitution to a homeowner, according to Madera County District Attorney Michael R. Keitz. The boys, ages 14 and 16, had one more young accomplice, but prosecution has not been completed in the ...

When Willow Bridge Bookstore closed its doors on August 12, it saddened a lot of people. But none so much as the woman who put her heart and soul into it for the past six years, owner Monica McClanahan. “I was trying to do too much and I ended up in the hospital,” Monica told SierraNewsOnline. “It was like a ...

Two different fires keep crews scrambling today in Eastern Madera and Mariposa Counties. The “Highway Fire,” which started in vegetation next to Road 416 just south of the Chukchansi Casino off Highway 41, was called in at about 1 p.m. on Tuesday, Aug. 21, and was quickly contained. Cal Fire crews had it contained and controlled within minutes of arriving ...

BASS LAKE — A suspected drunk driver traveling north on Road 274 near Fog Point failed to negotiate a turn and flipped his pickup about 2 miles south of the Pines Resort turnoff. The accident happened about 4:45 pm on Monday, Aug 20, and closed the road in both directions. Travis Coleman, 33, of Cascadel Drive in North Fork was ...