WHERE HAVE ALL THE SALMON GONE?

Fewer Chinook salmon returning from the ocean to spawn in the rivers means that fishing will be closed for two successive years. What happened, and what role might Tuolumne and Calaveras counties play in restoring the salmon fishery?

 
photo by Rich Miller 
 
There can be no other American playwright better known for comedy than Neil Simon. From The Odd Couple, Sweet Charity and Barefoot in the Park, Simon brings the foibles and human shortcomings and achievements to life for us to re-discover through his plays. Stage 3, under the talented direction of Maryann Curmi, […]

Ironstone Vineyard’s 2009 Summer Concert Series will commence in just a few weeks. But for several months now, the Calaveras music has been getting hotter by the week! All along the Highway 4 corridor, from Copperopolis and Angels Camp, to Murphys and Bear Valley, you can hear the sounds of Classic Rock, Pop, Blues, Country, […]

 
It’s a beautiful spring morning on the Columbia College campus. The Mountain Women’s Resource Center is distributing brochures and information about Sexual Assault Awareness Month. Several students, men and women, have stopped by to pick up a brochure, chat for a minute, and ask questions. One young woman hovers around the table and seems to […]

Stop the Presses!  
Speak Up, Speak Out Mountain Women’s Resource Center is Listening By Bonnie Bryson

State of Play (Rated: PG-13) 118 minutes
As newspapers across the nation struggle to stay alive, the question starting to surface is “who now will keep the powers-that-be responsible by the constant threat of exposure?” Of course, the answer to that question […]