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Summerville boys soccer goes back-to-back as D5 Sac-Joaquin Section champions
Winning the Division V CIF Sac-Joaquin Section Championship last year was so nice for the Summerville High School boys ...
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Lifestyle beats genetics on path to premature death, study finds
Environmental and lifestyle factors play a far greater role than genetics in determining the likelihood of dying young, according to the largest study yet to untangle the contributions of nature ...
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Polar Plunge offers chilly dips in support of Tuolumne County Special Olympics
The Tuolumne County Polar Plunge raised a record $36,000 in 2024, and organizers are hoping to best that record at this year’s event on Saturday, Feb. 22. The icy plunge is held each year at ...
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Winter in Pinnacles: What to do (and what to avoid) at your next National Park visit
Shivering through the night in a blanket-stuffed sleeping bag while wearing a puffy jacket, down booties and a borrowed beanie and gloves wasn’t on my outdoors bingo card for the year.
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3 Sonora wrestlers crowned as Division V champions of CIF Sac-Joaquin Section
Shaun Holkko Feb 18, 2025 Feb 18, 2025 Updated Feb 19, 2025 The Sonora and Summerville high school varsity wrestling teams packed into the crowded Mike Flock Gym this past weekend for the Division ...
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A’s extend manager Mark Kotsay’s contract for team’s stay in West Sacramento
The Athletics are hoping to have Mark Kotsay in place as manager for the entirety of their planned stay in West Sacramento. The A’s on Monday announced the club extended Kotsay’s contract ...
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Sonora girls soccer eliminated by Central Catholic in first round of D4 playoffs
On the evening of Valentine’s Day, the collective hearts of the Sonora girls varsity soccer team were broken following a home loss in the first round of the Division IV CIF Sac-Joaquin Section ...
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Every Student Succeeding event recognizes 18 Tuolumne County youngsters
Eighteen Tuolumne County children and teenagers who have overcome adversity in their lives were recognized last Thursday at an Every Student Succeeding event in the town of Tuolumne. “This ...
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On Gardening: Fairytrail gardens awaiting you this year
Once all of the polar vortices run their course, I assure you our gardens have the possibility of becoming like a beautiful Fairytrail this year. Some of you no doubt think I just misspelled fairy ...
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‘Can’t be quiet’: Recently fired Forest Service workers among hundreds who rally Monday in Sonora
Probationary seasonal workers for the Stanislaus National Forest who were fired over the weekend joined hundreds of other people who came to Courthouse Square in downtown Sonora to demonstrate ...
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Summerville basketball squads split postseason openers
On a busy Tuesday night of athletics for Summerville High School, the boys and girls varsity basketball programs simultaneously started the Division V CIF Sac-Joaquin Section Playoffs, 115 miles ...
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Jamestown man gets 10 years in state prison for selling fentanyl with prior strike
A Jamestown man who pleaded guilty in January to possessing fentanyl for sale was sentenced Tuesday to 10 years in state prison, the Tuolumne County District Attorney’s Office said in a news ...