Community | Sierra News Online (2024)

INDIAN LAKES–Air and ground firefighters are responding to a vegetation fire in the area of Shawnee Avenue and Sioux. The fire is reported to be 10 acres with a potential for 100 acres. No structures are threatened at this time. This is the Sioux Fire. We will update this article as more information is available. Update 6:33 pm The fire ...

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MARIPOSA COUNTY – The California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) will conduct the following one-way traffic control next week on State Route-132 (SR-132) and SR-140 for maintenance and construction operations. Work is scheduled as follows: STATE ROUTE 132 • One-way traffic control from East of Mahoney Gulch to State Route 49 Junction for drainage work beginning Monday, June 17. The work ...

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Movie Times for Yosemite Cinema Friday, June 14th through Thursday, June 20th Inside Out 2 (PG) Friday, June 14th – Monday, June 17th | 12:40 pm, 3:40 pm, 6:40 pm Tuesday, June 18th, Wednesday, June 19th | 3:40 pm, 6:40 pm Thursday, June 20th | 12:40 pm, 3:40 pm, 6:40 pm Play Trailer ➤ Starring Amy Poehler, Maya Hawke, Kensington ...

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MARIPOSA–The Cal Fire Madera-Mariposa-Merced Unit (MMU) has announced they will be conducting 3 prescribed burns next week. The projects will not affect traffic on nearby roads. Please do not report. Beginning on Monday, June 18, a prescribed burn will take place in the Tesoro Viejo community. If weather conditions permit and resources are available, a total of 100 acres will ...

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MARIPOSA–The Mariposa County Sheriff’s Department is reporting that on Monday, June 10th, 2024 at 8:30 am, their office received a report of two subjects who were overdue. The subjects were Leah Bernard (34 years old) and Daren Daniels (38 years old) both of Mariposa. The two left on June 7th to go cave exploring in the area and had failed ...

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COARSEGOLD–Air and ground firefighters are responding to a structure fire in the Coarsegold area that has also spread into the vegetation. The structure is reported to be a 2000-square-foot workshop that is fully involved with fire. The vegetation fire is 1/2 acre at this time. The fire is visible on the AlertCalifornia wildfire camera here. This is the Douglas Fire ...

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MARIPOSA– After another wet winter and above-average snowpack, warming temperatures and winds are quickly drying out the abundant annual grass crop. The increasing fire danger posed by the high volume of dead grass and hotter, drier conditions in the region is prompting CAL FIRE to suspend all burn permits for outdoor residential burning within the State Responsibility Area of Madera, ...

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Submitted by Mark Mills Afternoon Folks, Wildland Fire Standards are changing. The California WUI Standards (Wildland Urban Intermix) are developing new and updated Recommendations (which many Insurance Underwriters are already adopting) and California’s Legislature has mandated that the State Fire Marshall and Cal Fire develop new and/or update Defensible Space Requirements. Ignition and Ember Resistance, Home and Property Hardening, and ...

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MARIPOSA–The Jespersons return to Music on the Green on Friday, June 21st, and The T-Hawks on Saturday, June 22nd. The Jespersons are one of Mariposa’s favorite bands and are a staple on the central California foothill music scene. The band is led by partners in music and life, Kaye and Jared Jesperson. Kaye, a Mariposa transplant from Australia, writes a ...

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Update The highway is now open. Original Article OAKHURST–The California Highway Patrol and Madera County Sheriff’s Office are reporting a traffic collision has occurred in the area of Highway 41 and Road 222. This is reported to be a head-on collision involving two vehicles. Emergency medical personnel and tow trucks are en route. Per the Madera County Sheriff’s Office Facebook ...

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