MARIPOSA – The Mariposa County Sheriff’s Office has initiated a criminal investigation into allegations that a 16-year-old male student at Mariposa County High School sexually assaulted a 17-year-old female student on campus. The alleged assault reportedly occurred on May 21, just after a music concert.

SUGAR PINE – A single-vehicle accident on Highway 41 near Sugar Pine slowed the evening exodus from Yosemite for a while this afternoon when traffic control was put in place. Just before 5 p.m. a southbound Toyota 4-Runner, driven by Mao Lee, 42, of Merced, drove off the embankment just south of Road 630, and 25 feet down into the ...

MADERA – A former Madera resident was sentenced today by the Madera Superior Court to life in prison for first degree murder and rape. Frank Hogan, 39, formerly of Madera, was convicted by a Madera Superior Court jury earlier this year.

MADERA COUNTY – Ceremonies were held all over the mountain area yesterday in observance of Memorial Day, honoring those who gave the ultimate sacrifice in service to their country. The Oakhurst Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) Post 8743 began the day early at the Oakhill Cemetery, where they, along with the American Legion and the Marine Corps League Griswold Mountain ...

OAKHURST – Traffic was backed up in all directions after a head-on collision at the intersection of Highways 41 and 49 this afternoon. At about 6 p.m., on Monday, May 27, an Oakhurst woman was returning from a day of relaxing by the pool, and had four kids in her Cadillac Escalade. She was northbound on Highway 41 and was ...

AHWAHNEE – Memorial Day is a day to remember the men and women who died while serving in the United States Armed Forces. Formerly known as Decoration Day, it originated after the American Civil War to commemorate the Union and Confederate soldiers who died in the Civil War. By the 20th century, Memorial Day had been extended to honor all ...

By Erin Ivie -Reporter for the Oakland Tribune LIVERMORE — A Madera County woman was involved in a wild car crash that occurred when her medical condition flared up at the wheel, police said. About 8:51 a.m. on Friday, May 24, the 49-year-old driver, from Coarsegold, was parked on the side of the road when witnesses said her silver Dodge ...

CATHEYS VALLEY – On Tuesday, May 21, at 9:43 a.m. Mariposa County Sheriff’s deputies responded to the Catheys Valley area to investigate a third party report of a domestic violence incident. Deputies arrived shortly thereafter and contacted the reported female victim who told deputies that she had been physically beaten by her co-habitating boyfriend, Martin Guerrero Jr., age 42.

OAKHURST – Anyone driving through Oakhurst early this morning could not have missed the lights, the sirens and the orange glow near the center of town. Just after midnight on Thursday, May 23, calls began coming in to 911 of a fire at the Oakhurst Lodge on Highway 41.

YOSEMITE LAKES PARK – In what seemed like a repeat performance of a dispatch on Saturday, May 18, firefighters once again responded to a fire off Revis Drive in YLP. At about 8:30 p.m. on Wednesday, May 22, crews were called out to a fire burning just feet behind a home at 43114 Revis Circle East.