On June 23, 2021, Dave Dorsey passed away. Dave was born on February 8, 1954, the son of parents Chuck and Betty Dorsey. Dave was the brother of Chuck and sister Linda Gerber. He was married to Linda Williams December 8, 1973. Dave has three children and their spouses, Christine and Chris, Kim and Nick, Mike and Kaitlin. Also six ...

Garrett Tompkins Joins Stars and Stripes Realty Serving all of Eastern Madera County Please join us in welcoming Garrett to Stars and Stripe Realty. Garrett’s local knowledge is a tremendous asset to our team! From his farming to his real estate career, Garrett Tompkins consistently applies the hard work he knows it takes to achieve one’s goals. He does the ...

By Debby Carter, Librarian, Sierra Historic Sites Association A well-known local figure in the mountain area from the early nineteen hundreds was Doc C. E. Wells. He grew up in the Visalia area, went to medical school in San Francisco, and worked in the hospital at the Madera Sugar Pine Lumber Company for 17 years. In 1927, he married Liliane, ...

By Don & Sharon Grove Last week we received an email from Frank & Deb Sipes, also known as Good Medicine, a local singing group from North Fork, CA. The email announced the end of their inactivity caused by the pandemic. They were scheduled to sing on Saturday & Sunday, June 19 & 20, at the Dockside Too restaurant in ...

By Don Grove North Fork – The North Fork History Group and our five partners have now produced 100 History Mysteries. Each month we ask the Sierra News Online readers to provide information we lack. We use the information we gain to help give our museums and archives more to share with the communities we serve. Thanks to our partners: ...

The Pines Resort has a long and storied past—for me, at least. I’d never even heard of Bass Lake until we took a family vacation here in November 1989. After arriving from Orange County at midnight, getting lost and almost giving up hope, we arrived at our destination. The Pines Resort. I stepped out of the car onto Bass Lake ...

On Saturday, April 3, 2021, Teri Lynn White, of Santa Maria, CA, passed away in Claremore, OK. Teri grew up in Englewood, Colorado, daughter of Everett Wendell White and Beverly Joan White, and sister to Everett George White. She was an avid bowler during her childhood. Teri graduated from Englewood High School in 1982 and went on to Trinity University ...

MARIPOSA – The Mariposa County Arts Council is pleased to announce the return of Music on the Green free summer concert series, Friday and Saturday evenings at 7 p.m., July 9 through Aug. 28, at the Mariposa County Arts Park (5013 CA-140, Mariposa, CA). The Trespassers open the summer concert series on Friday, July 9. Consistently performing together in the ...

Views of Mono Pass, Parker Pass and Kuna Crest surrounded me as I hiked up Yosemite National Park’s Mono Pass Trail. I made a short cross country hike up above Spillway Lake, through some snow up to Helen Lake. A 20% chance of thunderstorms isn’t much of a chance but it all comes down to what cloud you are standing ...

By Sal Maccarone Technique, a French word, is loosely defined as “a procedure that is used to accomplish a task.” Now used as a noun, the word can apply to procedures specific to any profession, trade, or even to the many things that we all do in life. There is technique employed while cooking, driving, mountain climbing, bowling, and even ...