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Playing Baseball During COVID for Minarets

By Caden Shows – Student Journalist at Minarets Press Although baseball season for Minarets is still months away, steps are already being taken to ensure that when practices and games begin, players and coaches will be safe. According to head varsity baseball coach Jesse Darrah, the practice season may start as soon as the county and school district allows. Due ...

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Minarets Volleyball Adapts to Covid-Friendly Conditioning

By Delaeny Stevenson and Stevi Valenzuela – Student Journalists from Minarets High School Though their season has been pushed back several months, the Minarets volleyball program is still finding ways to adapt and move forward together as a team. Coach Karra Zamora explained the new schedule, saying, “Practices start Dec.9. This date is dictated to us by CIF (California Interscholastic ...

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Minarets Takes First Steps to Return to Campus

By Aubrey Ham – Student Journalist for Minarets Press While most classes are conducted online during this age of COVID-19, a few classes and groups of students are participating in something new called learning pods. Learning pods are small groups of students who come on campus because they may need more help and support from staff and their peers. Learning ...

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Cal Trans is Hiring in Mariposa County

MARIPOSA – Nov 8, 2020 – Cal Trans District 10 is hiring for Caltrans Equipment Operator II, Caltrans Tree Maintenance Worker, Caltrans Electrician I, Structural Steel Painter, Drawbridge Operator, Caltrans Highway Maintenance Worker, Caltrans Landscape Maintenance Worker and Custodian I. In addition to Mariposa County, Cal Trans District 10 includes the following counties: Alpine, Amador, Calaveras, Merced, San Joaquin, Stanislaus and ...

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Creek Fire Update

NORTH FORK – Nov 6, 2020 – Fire managers are bracing for a drastic weather change today and continuing through the weekend that will severely impact firefighting and suppression repair efforts. The National Weather Service has issued a Winter Storm Watch for the Sierra Nevadas, including the San Joaquin Valley, starting at noon today through 10 p.m. Sunday. Total snow ...

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Grant Helps CHP with Child Safety

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SACRAMENTO, Calif. – Motor vehicle crashes are the leading cause of death among children in the United States, and many of these tragedies could have been prevented. The California Highway Patrol (CHP) will address this issue with the assistance of a yearlong campaign to ensure children are properly restrained while traveling California’s roadways. The California Restraint Safety Education and Training ...

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Success at the Minarets Meat Market

By Cassidy Gibbs – Student Journalist for Minarets Press On Saturday, Oct. 17, the Minarets FFA program held its very first Meat Market, an event in which students that have been raising livestock get to show and sell their animals. This project was called a “cooperative,” where all of the students work together in raising the livestock as a team ...

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Virtual Yosemite: El Cap Meadow

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For the interactive 360° VR experience, go to https://www.virtualyosemite.org/virtual-tour/#node302 Fall color comes to Yosemite in many ways, beyond just the changing leaves of the cottonwood, maple, dogwood, oak, and aspen trees here. Here in El Cap Meadow, on the edge of an afternoon shadow from Cathedral Rocks, grasses turn golden brown and deciduous trees near the Merced River add to ...

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Creek Fire Victims: Understanding Your FEMA Letter

SACRAMENTO – FEMA reminds wildfire survivors in Fresno and Madera counties that your application for assistance cannot be processed until FEMA has a report of the fire damage to your home and personal property. You may not have been able to make a report because you were or still are under an evacuation order. When permitted to return home, speed ...

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