OAKHURST – Yosemite High School’s Badger swim team went up against Bullard in a pre-season scrimmage on Friday, Mar. 21. YHS has two home meets this week: Tuesday, Mar. 25, they compete against Reedly High and on Thursday, Mar. 27, league begins as YHS takes on Sierra High. On Saturday, the team competes in a Sprint Meet at Sunnyside in ...

COARSEGOLD – If ever you must go through the anguish of having your home destroyed by fire, may you be blessed with good neighbors. Just after 7 p.m. on Monday, Mar. 24, Harvey White and his roommate Kim were in their home on Blackfoot Road just off Road 417 in Indian Lakes, when they heard the sound of glass breaking ...

COARSEGOLD – Desert Roots is an evening of ancient rhythms, joyful songs, drumming and dancing on Sunday, Apr. 27 at 7 p.m. Experience enchanting songs and rhythms from the Middle East and North Africa by internationally known charismatic percussionist, performer, educator and sound healer Dror Sinai. Dror is an international performer, educator, and guest artist, as well as the Founder ...

MADERA – The Madera Vintners Association recently honored three wine industry professionals who have shaped the region’s winemaking success at the 3rd annual “Evening of Accolades” awards dinner on Mar. 20, at San Joaquin Wine Company. The four course wine dinner was catered by The Painted Table, and was emcee’d by Alex Delgado, host of KSEE 24’s Central Valley Today ...

There is a short window when the poppies in Hite Cove are ready for prime viewing and that window is wide open right now. Taking the drive and short hike to view them, along with several other wildflowers, is a must do each year for me. Oh, and we were visited by a talking newt!

OAKHURST – “I am Travis Ma. My real name is Xiao Ma. But just forget about that. I know you guys cannot pronounce it. I am an exchange student from China. I am a junior in Yosemite High School now.” Yosemite High School is currently working with schools in China to create opportunities for students to come to the United ...

YOSEMITE – The National Park Service (NPS) is pushing back against Congressman Tom McClintock’s efforts to rename a peak in Yosemite National Park in honor of an ardent preservationist and wife of early California explorer John C. Frémont. Last week, the House Natural Resources Committee approved H.R. 1192, authored by McClintock, which would rename Mammoth Peak, designating it as “Mount ...

YOSEMITE – Yosemite National Park is planning a prescribed fire in the Hetch Hetchy area, near O’Shaughnessy Dam. Ignition and active burning will take place on Monday, Mar. 24, at about 8 a.m. Firefighters plan to burn a total of 57 acres over a two day period. Due to minimal snowpack and rain, this is an ideal timeframe for prescribed ...

We had crunchy snow under our feet in the morning, blue skies all day, views of snow covered mountains and the trail all to ourselves. What more can I say?

MARIPOSA – When a California Gold Country couple found a stash of pristine old coins while dog-walking on their nearly bankrupt property, word spread faster than they could say “Eureka!” Dubbed the “Saddle Ridge Hoard” for the space on the couple’s land where the dirt-crusted fortune was accidentally discovered in rusty cans, experts estimate the find to be the most ...