Sheriff’s Daily Dispatch Log



March 4: •A gas can was stolen on Fairgrounds Road. •Someone stole a go-cart on Colorado Road. •One person was arrested for burglary on Banderilla Drive. • There was a dispute on Hospital Road. March 5: •There was a dispute on Watt Road. •A car was burglarized on Mark Lee Road. •Someone reported a cold murder case at the Mariposa […]

MERCED RIVER PLAN

New lot remains a bone of contention in Yosemite


A spot opposite world climbing mecca El Capitan may be emerging as a flash point over how to alleviate traffic congestion in Yosemite Valley. For close to two decades, Yosemite National Park planners have discussed some kind of parking facility where a road connects Northside Drive to Southside Drive. The north-south roadway passes over the El Capitan Bridge near the […]

SAR rescues father and son



On Friday, March 8, at about 8 p.m. the Mariposa County Sheriff’s Office was notified of an overdue hiking party from the Tenaya Lodge in Fish Camp. A father and his 6-year-old son from Canoga Park became lost in the area and were unable to find their way back to the lodge. The area was experiencing winter weather including snow. […]

All’s ‘faire’ at prom event



HEALTHY RELATIONSHIPS

Project Respect assembly caps monthlong message


Mariposa high school students are about average in one troubling tendency, a local social worker explained recently. “When it comes to dating behavior, our students are normal,” Aaron Marcus of Mountain Crisis Services explained. “There is a need for education. About one in 10 of our students have experienced some form of abuse in a relationship.” Perhaps more alarming, about […]

Woman killed in crash




A March 7 car accident on Highway 49 near Ahwahnee killed a 76-yearold Coarsegold woman and injured her passenger. According to the California Highway Patrol, the unidentified woman crossed a double yellow line near Hilltop Drive and traveled into the path of a big rig, driven by 25- year-old Anthony Lopez of Mariposa. Lopez was unable to avoid a collision […]

Story book weekend



March is Women’s History Month



The Mariposa County Board of Supervisors proclaimed March 2013 as National Women’s History Month at the March 5 meeting. The theme this year is “Women Inspiring Innovation through Imagination: Celebrating Women in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics.” This year is also the 165th anniversary of the Women’s Rights Movement that served as the impetus to secure the right to vote […]

Beekeepers plan for rescue operation



Local volunteers at the Sierra Foothill Beekeeping Association are once again gearing up to save feral honeybees swarms throughout Mariposa County. Last year local club members banded together to collectively save over 15 swarms in Mariposa County alone. Those swarms are often given to new hobbyists to steward the bees towards a more-promising future. A feral swarm that isn’t rescued […]

RYLA delegates visit local Rotarians




Mariposa Rotarians welcomed a visit from the 2012 and 2013 Mariposa County High School participants in the Rotary Youth Leadership Awards (RYLA) program. Each year the club sends two to four boys and an equivalent number of girls to these weekend leadership camps. Initially, teachers identify junior class student leaders who can benefit from the camp experience. Following this first […]