Somebody actually stole the flag from the flag pole in Oakhurst Community park, but that didn’t dampen the celebration at National Flag Day 2012. The Fourth of July was traditionally celebrated as America’s birthday, but the idea of an annual day specifically celebrating the Flag is believed to have first originated in 1885.

Local Bed & Breakfast “A Haven of Rest” has announced that it has received a TripAdvisor® 2012 Certificate of Excellence award. The accolade, which honors hospitality excellence, is given only to establishments that consistently achieve outstanding traveler reviews on TripAdvisor, the world’s largest travel site, and is extended to qualifying businesses worldwide. Approximately 10 percent of accommodations listed on TripAdvisor ...

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The Cruisin’ For Critters event was held Saturday at Oakhurst Community Park to support Honorary Mayor candidate John K. Burton, who is running on behalf of the Eastern Madera County SPCA. John and his wife moved to Oakhurst 10 years ago after he retired from the City of Thousand Oaks. Being too young to actually retire, John opened “John K. ...

The “Gaines Fire,” burning near the town of Hornitos has burned 1,667 acres and is now 100% contained, as of the most recent update at 6:45pm on Thursday. The fire started at about 12:45pm on Tuesday, June 12th at Mount Gaines Road and Hornitos Road, Northwest of Catheys Valley, near the community of Hornitos. The cause of the fire has ...

The Golden Chain Theatre’s traveling troupe will join the celebrating when the 37th annual Mariposa Wagon Train pulls into the old Darrah Schoolhouse Friday. The Oakhurst theatre will present a short melodrama, “A Fastidious Finagling Fiasco Fixing Fresno Flats” by Roger Clugston. It’s a highly imaginative version of how the bustling burg of Fresno Flats came to be known as ...

Professor Percival Phossilwaite, a British Egyptologist (Jason Turner), has been looking for the tomb of King Tut-Tut-Mah-Boi for 30 years, and he’s sure the next expedition will bring success. He has a new assistant, an eager student named Alistair Inlov-Anwar (Noah Cahill), and his lovely daughter, Prudence (Lyric Piccolotti, photo), to help in the quest. And he expects that as ...

The Coarsegold Classic Car Show returns to the Historic Village on Saturday, June 16th, from 7am to 2pm. Admission is free to the public, and this is certainly an event Dad would love to attend before his big day on Sunday. This is the 5th year for the show, and it is always a very big event, complete with food ...

Yosemite National Park announces a new exhibit entitled “Yosemite Viewed: Landscape Paintings of the 19th and 20th Centuries” which opened to the public on Monday, June 4, 2012. The exhibit will run until Sunday, September 30, 2012. It is located in the Yosemite Valley Museum (adjacent to the Yosemite Valley Visitor Center) and features paintings from Yosemite National Park’s extensive ...