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A sweet dream rolls toward Mariposa
After years of imagining her own ice cream truck, Amy Paige prepares to bring Yammy’s Yummies to town. By Dan Tucker For 15 years, Amy carried around the kind of dream that can sound whimsical at first: owning an ice cream truck. Now, after years of joking about it, thinking about it and wondering whether…
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Yosemite Facelift calls volunteers to care for the park—and their own communities
For more than two decades, volunteers have gathered in Yosemite each September with trash bags, gloves and a shared sense of responsibility. This year, Yosemite Facelift will return Sept. 23–27, inviting participants to help clean and care for the park while encouraging supporters beyond Yosemite to bring the same stewardship ethic to trails, parks, crags…
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Yosemite visits rise after park drops reservation system
By Staff Report Yosemite National Park recorded 654,356 recreation visits in July 2026, up 6.1 percent from 616,551 visits in July 2025, when a peak-hours reservation system was in place, according to visitation figures released by the park. The increase comes in the first summer since the National Park Service ended Yosemite’s timed-entry reservation requirement…
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California Supreme Court says cities can’t add extra hurdles to tax refunds
BY ALEJANDRO LAZO (This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters) California cities can’t require taxpayers to navigate extra local procedures before seeking a tax refund in court, the California Supreme Court ruled Monday in a long-running lawsuit involving Marathon Petroleum, which operates the state’s largest refinery. The decision gives Marathon a procedural victory in its…
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Driver’s car insurance revoked over ‘Jesus loves you’ stickers
By Anugrah Kumar, Christian Post Contributor (Republished from the Christian Post – christianpost.com) Simeon Chandra, a 35-year-old driver, lost his car insurance after his insurer objected to two “Jesus loves you” phrases written in tape along the side of his vehicle. He warns that the decision pushes Christian expression to the margins of public life. British…
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Court blocks CHP from firing officer caught in LA overtime scandal
BY NIGEL DUARA (This story was originally published by CalMatters) On Sept. 17, 2017, California Highway Patrol officer Nathaniel Partridge checked in his patrol car almost four hours before his shift ended and drove 35 miles home. That day, and on at least two other occasions, he was paid overtime for the hours he didn’t work. Partridge…
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Study: 62% of California’s Medicaid expansion enrollees likely ineligible, costing taxpayers over $10 billion
Improper enrollees include individuals whose incomes exceed limits, those who fail citizenship, immigration, or residency requirements, and others ineligible for any Medicaid coverage (Republished from The California Globe – californiaglobe.com) By Megan Barth, August 3, 2026 A new analysis from the Paragon Health Institute finds that nearly half of Affordable Care Act Medicaid expansion enrollees in 2024—approximately 9.2 million people—were likely ineligible…
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Mariposa Grizzly football supporters can celebrate Logan Mankins’ Fresno State Ring of Honor Induction
By Dan Tucker Grizzly Football supporters are invited to join in celebrating former Fresno State standout Logan Mankins, who hails from Cathey’s Valley, as he is inducted into the Fresno State Football Ring of Honor during the Bulldogs’ homecoming game against arch-rival Boise State at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 10, at Valley Children’s Stadium in…
