Deputies who responded to a reported disturbance Sunday morning in Valley Springs discovered a murder scene in a home in the 7000 block of McCauley Road, the Calaveras County Sheriff’s Office ...

For reasons I’m not sure I fully understand, I like being a test subject in clinical research studies. I once signed up for a study at Mayo Clinic that examined the efficacy of a colon cancer ...

Winter is still battling spring in the high east end of Tuolumne County, and the current cold snap has prompted Caltrans to temporarily close Ebbetts Pass in Alpine County, which reopened for ...

Eric Jackson realizes a lot of people aren't taking him seriously at the moment. But he's very serious about his $100-million lawsuit against the NFL over the "severe emotional distress and trauma ...

The Tuolumne County Office of Emergency Services and Sheriff’s Office will be doing an annual test of the county’s Everbridge Emergency Alert Notification System and outdoor sirens at 11 a.m ...

Photos can be purchased by calling us at (209) 532-7151 during business hours from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Mondays through Fridays. The 66th Mother Lode Roundup brought two days of rodeo action to the ...

Former NBA writer Peter Vecsey has seen it all. He has seen Wilt Chamberlain’s mythical feats of athleticism, Magic Johnson’s showtime passing, Larry Bird’s otherworldly skillset, Michael ...

When the University of Minnesota offered to let me experience what it’s like to die, naturally I said yes. Aren’t we all morbidly curious about the undiscovered country, as Hamlet put it, from ...

The oft-delayed makeover of Montezooma’s Revenge at Knott’s Berry Farm has started showing signs of life again with the delivery of track that has stirred hope among ride enthusiasts who have ...

Guy McCarthy May 9, 2025 May 9, 2025 Updated May 12, 2025 Bailey Stepp, a 16-year-old Oakdale High School sophomore, was crowned 2025 Mother Lode Roundup Queen during festivities Thursday evening ...

WOODLAND — After prevailing by 10 runs to advance in the Division VI CIF Sac-Joaquin Section Playoffs at home Tuesday, the roles were reversed on the road two days later for the Summerville High ...

We can’t help ourselves. We are, after all, merely apes — or at least close enough relatives to share 98.7% of their DNA.