MADERA COUNTY – Following are details from the Madera County Sheriff’s Office of reports taken locally during the week of Monday, Aug. 10 through Sunday, Aug 16, 2015. Oakhurst Arrest A deputy was on patrol in the Oakhurst area on Monday, Aug. 10 at 8:16 a.m. when he spotted a subject who was wanted by probation. The deputy arrested the ...

MIDPINES – A 67-year-old man was attacked by a bear outside his home in Midpines early this morning, confirms the Mariposa County Sheriff’s Office and the California Department of Fish and Wildlife. As a result, the Sheriff has issued an aggressive animal public safety warning for the Midpines area of Mariposa County. Today, Thursday, Aug. 13 at approximately 4 a.m. ...

MADERA COUNTY – Following are details from the Madera County Sheriff’s Office of reports taken locally during the week of Monday, Aug. 3 through Sunday, Aug 9, 2015. North Fork Burglary Deputies responded on Monday, Aug. 3 at 12:05 a.m. to the area of the 33200 block of West Vista Dr. for a burglary report at a vacation home. The ...

NORTH FORK – Madera County Sheriff’s detectives have arrested a suspect in relation to the burglaries in Cascadel Woods during the mandatory evacuations due to the Willow Fire. ‪ Alexander Matthew James, 19, was arrested after he tried to sell some of the items that were stolen during the burglaries, according to the Sheriff’s Office. They say detectives recovered a ...

MADERA COUNTY – Following are details from the Madera County Sheriff’s Office of reports taken locally during the week of Monday, July 27 through Sunday, Aug 2, 2015. Bass Lake Burglary A deputy responded to a radio call on Monday, July 27 at 7:38 a.m., arriving at the 54000 block of Road 432 for report of a commercial burglary. An ...

NORTH FORK – The 3-way stop at Roads 274 and 225 claimed another victim this afternoon as a Prius got the better of a Ford Expedition. A 55-year-old man from Fresno was westbound on Road 225 in a 2014 Prius approaching North Fork at about 1:45 p.m., when he failed to stop at the stop sign at Road 274. A ...

NORTH FORK – The Madera County Sheriff’s Office has announced that the remaining evacuation orders for ‪‎Willow Fire‬ will be lifted today, Tuesday, Aug. 4, at 10 a.m. This includes all roads off of, and including, Douglas Ranger Station Road as well as Willow Canyon Road. Both roads will remain restricted to residents only. Residents will have to show proper ...

NORTH FORK – Things are beginning to wind down on the Willow Fire, and crews and equipment are being released and made available for other fires across the region. The fire is now estimated at 5,702 acres, with 70 percent containment.  Over 1,700 personnel are currently assigned to the incident, but that number will drop dramatically over the next few ...

NORTH FORK – When Amy Kern and her family were evacuated from Cascadel Woods during the Willow Fire it was very stressful for everyone, not knowing if they would have a home to return to. But what they found when they came back this morning was something they could never have imagined. Their home – along with at least four ...

NORTH FORK – The Madera County Sheriff’s Office has received reports that at least five residences in the Cascadel Woods subdivision were burglarized during the mandatory evacuation due to the Willow Fire. The burglaries reported so far have involved houses on Vista Drive and most of them were discovered in the late evening hours on Sunday as residents were returning ...