Greetings Earthlings. This is to notify you that at noontime on August 21 along a 70 mile wide path extending from Oregon to South Carolina, sunlight will be unavailable for about two-and-a-half minutes. Do not panic, this is a scheduled outage. In fact, it has been scheduled for millions of years. If you are not in the path you will ...

MADERA COUNTY – Following are details from the Madera County Sheriff’s Office of reports taken locally from Monday, July 10, to Sunday, July 16, 2017: Coarsegold trespassing On Monday, July 10, at 11:58 a.m. deputies were dispatched to a property in the 33000 block of Skyline Ridge Trail in regards to a trespassing call. The suspect is later contacted. Statements ...

Editor’s Note: Oakhurst resident Bob Kaspar completes his epic ride across the United States from California to his hometown of Brockton, Massachusetts.  After leaving Gettysburg I head north through the Pennsylvania rust belt.  At Scranton I turn east once again and travel through the Poconos and into New York, Connecticut, Rhode Island and then finally touchdown in Massachusetts. Congestion in ...

OAKHURST — With clouds rolling over town and a full moon in the sky, what better time is there to see the locally-filmed, haunting horror movie Altar? It’s now playing at The Met Cinema, and this is its last week. The award-winning horror flick was written and directed by local filmmaker Matt Sconce, co-owner of The Met. Showtimes This is Matt’s seventh feature ...

Not the amazing display of poppies in the Hite Cove area this year, but plenty of other wildflowers were showing off as we hiked where miners walked as they searched for their fortunes in those gold mines long ago. Where: Sierra National Forest with some stretches through private property Distance: 8.21 Miles Difficulty: Moderate Elevation Range: 1,412′ to 3,187′ Date: ...

MARIPOSA — The Mariposa Symphony Orchestra’s (MSO) 15th Season continues as its Spring Concert is performed twice – on Saturday, Apr. 29 at 7 p.m. in the Fiester Auditorium of Mariposa County High School, and again the next day as a special 2 p.m. matinee on Sunday, Apr. 30 in the Majestic Yosemite Hotel (formerly the Ahwahnee) in Yosemite National ...

BASS LAKE — Get your funny bone tickled by three comics and a hilarious host at the Bass Lake Event Center on Saturday, Feb. 18. Torio Van Grol will take the stage as host, introducing Anthony K, Jaime Fernandez, and Alfonso Portella . Doors open at 7 p.m. and the stand-up starts at 8 p.m. Tickets to the show are available for ...

“Your life can literally change in a second.”  One minute Jennifer McCaleb and Drew Christenson were commuting down the hill to work, and the next they were fighting for their lives. The couple met in high school, and had been dating for nearly a decade when they became engaged last February. Plans for the future were coming together nicely when a recent morning drive to work escalated ...

NORTHERN HEMISPHERE – If you ever wanted to reach for the moon, chances are good for Sunday night. That’s because, overnight on Sunday, Nov. 13 – Monday, Nov. 14, we get to experience a supermoon, and this one is really special. A supermoon results when the moon reaches its full phase at the closest point to Earth along the satellite’s elliptical orbit, causing la ...

11/26/2016 @ 10:00 am - 6:00 pm - Matt Sconce has released his modern fantasy novel, Stormbreaker! Join Branches Books and Gifts in welcoming Matt as he joins us to celebrate Small Business Saturday for a book signing on Saturday, November 26 from 10:00 am - 6:00 pm Stormbreaker is a modern fantasy novel brimming with action, adventure, interesting characters and originality. Synopsis: Young Mackinsi Wrighton has [...]