Dave Bunnell captures the author looking into Moaning Cavern’s “Black Hole” beneath a wall of spectacular cave formations.
By Thomas Atkins
Photos by Dave Bunnell
Clicking into my harness I slowly worked my way down into the small passageway, letting the rope slide through my hands as my feet pushed off the slick limestone wall in front […]

Meet Dawn Sarto, a ten-year member of the Sonora Sunrise Rotary Club!
Story and photos by Greg Kristapovich
The aroma of catfish and the sounds of zydeco music filled the air, inside the John Muir Building at the Mother Lode Fairgrounds, October 18th, as the Sonora Sunrise Rotary Club staged “Cajun Fest 12!” The event, which […]

Isaac Wasik of San Andreas feels the positive vibrations!
Story and photos by Greg Kristapovich
Fast becoming a melting pot of musical styles, Murphys now hosts a monthly reggae dance event! The “Growler” Craft Brewery has now established a “Third Saturday Reggae Dancehall!” One of the visitors to the Dancehall, Isaac Wasik, (seen below), describes the experience. […]

Undercover Work

Leonardo DiCaprio ready to take aim in Body of Lies.
Body of Lies (Rated R) 128 mins.
The last time Leonardo DiCaprio and Russell Crowe teamed up in a film was 1995’s The Quick and the Dead. In case you do not remember, have no worries, you did not miss much. While Crowe and DiCaprio held […]

“What was your most frightening experience?” (asked in East Sonora)

“My most frightening experience – ever – was when I was in high school and I was a reporter for the school newspaper…and I was wearing heals on the field…(it was an Oakdale vs. Sonora game)…and my heals got caught in the grass…and I “face planted” […]