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Members of the Calaveras County Planning Commission were discussing edits to the introduction of the General Plan late Thursday morning in the Board of Supervisors Chambers in San Andreas when Tom Infusino, of the Calaveras Planning Coalition, approached the podium.

A Sunnyvale woman accused of driving under the influence of a drug and killing a man in a two-vehicle crash in April pleaded not guilty last week in Tuolumne County Superior Court to charges including second-degree murder.

Bowlers hit the lanes Thursday evening at Black Oak Lanes in Tuolumne to beat the scorching heat that lasted throughout the day.

A big-rig truck tipped over on Highway 108 Thursday morning, spilling its load and closing one lane of the highway for about an hour.

Performances of William Shakespeare’s comedy “The Taming of the Shrew” begin Friday at Brice Station Vineyards east of Murphys.

Following Boston’s sold-out show last weekend at Ironstone Amphitheatre, the Steve Miller Band takes the stage this Saturday. Opening for the band will be blues legend Buddy Guy.

A vehicle overturned in a crash this evening in the area of Highway 108 and Sanguinetti Road in Sonora, according to the California Highway Patrol. The crash was reported at 7:23 p.m. Friday with a sedan on its roof in the road. Bystanders reportedly helped someone out of the overturned vehicle, according to the Highway Patrol. A CHP dispatcher in Merced confirmed the vehicle accident. Information about possible injuries was not immediately available.

The High Country Sports Arena will host a coed 7-on-7 indoor soccer tournament Sunday. The cost for one team is $35 but individual players are also accepted for $5 per competitor. Players of all ages are invited to participate. Registration begins at 11:45 a.m. with games starting at 12:30 p.m. The day will also include live DJ’s, a crossbar challenge, and tamales. For more information, call 768-0528.

Braden Hobbs made it to the Mecca of baseball — Cooperstown, New York. Hobbs, 13, of Sonora, and his Club All-Star 12-White team from Stockton, were invited to play in the Cooperstown Dreams Park Tournament, July 10-17.

Over 250 youth swimmers, including Tuolumne County Aquatics, competed July 24 at the Oakdale Invitational. Swimmers from the host city, Davis, Lodi, Turlock and Ellis from Tracy raced in the 25-yard course at Oakdale High School’s pool.

A Soulsbyville boy in a five-year fight with cancer will soon start a fourth round of chemotherapy, but Monday he’ll become a professional wrestler.

An “escaped debris fire” sparked the Big Creek Fire that raged out of control and threatened 25 homes earlier this week east of Groveland, and a woman who works in the area has been charged with a felony for allegedly recklessly causing the blaze, Cal Fire officials said Friday.

Tuolumne County is looking to pave the way for a potential sale of the former Jamestown Mine property.

The new Columbia Union School District Superintendent laid out a plan to transition into the role and got to know his new employers at a special meeting of the Board of Trustees Friday morning.

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