MARIPOSA — Field trips are coming back to the Mariposa Museum but museum urgently needs an influx of new volunteers. Volunteer docents are needed as well as tour guides for the upcoming school field trip season. No experience is necessary. We will train those with an eagerness to learn and give back to their community! Museum docents are needed on ...

Call FAM at 559-441-4221. Visit FAM’s website at fresnoartmuseum.org. Come visit them and see their exciting new exhibitions! Thursdays & Fridays noon to 4 p.m. and Saturdays & Sundays 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.               MEMBERS ARE ALWAYS FREE! Join Now! Click here for more visitor information. Click here for tickets. Don’t miss exhibiting ...

FAM is reopening this Saturday and Sunday with three exciting new exhibitions! Come visit them starting Feb. 5, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. FAM will be open Thursdays & Fridays starting Feb. 10, 2022, from noon to 4 p.m. and Saturdays and Sundays from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Members are always free! Join Now! Click here for more visitor information. ...

By Karen Morris, President of Coarsegold Historic Museum This is a new item that we have on display at the Coarsegold Historic Museum. It is metal. Do you know what it was used for? Possibly the time frame it was used? Please leave your comments here or on our Facebook page or e-mail us  at chs@sti.net. Our winter hours are ...

Members Only Event! Don’t miss Chester Arnold’s Artist Studio Tour LIVE via Zoom from his Sonoma County studio! Thursday, Feb. 17, 2022 at 12 noon! Learn more about the artist by clicking here. The retrospective exhibition entitled Reports to the Contrary: A Persistent Vision – Paintings 1971-2021 by Chester Arnold at the Fresno Art Museum opens on Feb. 5 and runs ...

By Sal Maccarone Sometime during the spring of 1985 while restoring the 1901 Mariposa Hotel in downtown Mariposa, I began a conversation with an elderly gentleman who I first thought was a passerby. He eventually asked me about my experience with scale models. I had recently submitted an architectural model to the Mariposa Board of Supervisors that was used as ...

CLOVIS — The Sierra National Forest is proposing to charge new fees at developed recreation sites. The Bass Lake Ranger District is proposing a new fee of $20 per night at Jerseydale Campground with a $5 extra vehicle fee over two vehicles. The High Sierra Ranger District is proposing a new fee of $20 per night at Kirch Flat Campground with ...

What a beautiful day I had hiking the Lakeview Trail despite that skunk. It was a lovely winter day with blue sky and green grass framing the snow-covered mountains to the east. I was hoping to spot some eagles but it was not in the cards. Where: Eastman Lake, U.S. Army Corps of EngineersDistance: 7.94 MilesDifficulty: Easy to Moderate, depending ...

By Debby Carter, Librarian, Sierra Historic Sites Association You’ve probably seen this famous old photo of two daring ladies posing at Glacier Point. In the August 16, 1962, issue of the Sierra Star, the photo was posted requesting any information about these two ladies. Two weeks later, a letter to the editor was posted in the Star with just that ...

Sahara and I walked down the Bright Angel Trail, then stayed 2 nights at the historic Phantom Ranch which opened in 1922. Lots of history and beauty here, no wonder so many people throughout history have been drawn to this location. I hiked and explored while my mule Sahara enjoyed just munching and hanging out in the corral, watching the ...