OAKHURST – The Yosemite Gateway Association of Realtors (YGAR) has cooked up a fun family event set for Saturday, May 17. Make a plan to bring the kids and meet more than 50 local vendors whose products and services are designed to enhance the home. Did we mention bounce house and hot dogs?

OAKHURST – It’s a rare opportunity to be able to test for a state job in Oakhurst, but the local CHP has an opening for an Office Assistant and is accepting applications to test for this position. This is an entry, trainee level position involving general clerical duties and typing. The window to submit applications to take the examination is ...

Photographs by Virginia Lazar OAKHURST – Six kids and a bunch of dogs: one might think that’s a recipe for a happy sort of chaos, and it is. For the Becker family, it’s also the business plan for the entrepreneurial adventure of a lifetime, or even generations. Jeremy and Alicia Becker, together with their half-dozen children who range in age ...

OAKHURST – Yosemite High School’s Badger swim and dive teams went up against 5 other teams in the North Sequoia League Meet last Friday, May 9th. Coach Brandon Brokaw said, “Our kids swam really well and did everything that they could to win the meet.”

OAKHURST – Coming up is the last weekend to see the Golden Chain Theatre’s performance, “Song of the Mounties,” a student production of a melodrama, complete with dancing. GTC offers a true melodrama experience, where the audience can “boo and hiss” the evil villain and “cheer and sigh” for the poor heroine.

OAKHURST – School will be out soon and now it’s time to mark the calendar with something fun, so the Boys & Girls Club (BGC) of Oakhurst has has released its summer schedule. Here’s how it breaks down:

OAKHURST – School will be out soon, and for the 45 – 60 kids who regularly rely on the Boys & Girls Club (BGC), along with those who will sign up just for summer, now is the time to note the dates for BGC-style fun. The BGC has released its summer schedule, and here’s the breakdown:

OAKHURST – Parents and guardians of Yosemite High School (YHS) International Baccalaureate (IB) and Honors students are asked to attend an International Baccalaureate Parent Organization (IBPO) meeting this evening, Monday, May 12 at 6:30 p.m. The meeting will take place in Sr. Steve Browning’s classroom, room 1504 of Ansel Adams building.

OAKHURST – Our local Eastern Madera County Relay for Life to benefit the American Cancer Society returns to Yosemite High School this year and it’s shaping up to be a great event. The popular annual 24 hour fundraiser is set for this Saturday, May 17, for the first time on the contemporary YHS track.

COARSEGOLD – On a sunny morning a little girl sits in a little chair, watching Disney cartoons and slowly nibbling a raisin bagel. She wears a fancy dress and complains when her hair is brushed. Carefully walking around the coffee table, barefoot in her tidy home, she smiles shyly for the stranger, at first.