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DHS Reports Nearly 200K Illegal Immigrants on California Voter Rolls
Over 250K total illegal immigrants on CA, NJ, NV, PA voter rolls By Katy Grimes, July 25, 2026 In a July 16, 2026 letter from DHS Secretary Markwayne Mullin to California Secretary of State Shirley Weber (and similar letters to officials in New Jersey, Nevada, and Pennsylvania), DHS stated that a review of publicly available voter…
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Prop 1: “The Con Job”
(Editor’s Note: This November, California’s electorate will decide on 14 new measures packaged as Propositions. Some are straightforward. Most are not. They come wrapped in carefully chosen titles, emotional appeals, and selective details that can make the real trade-offs hard to see. In order to give you better tools with which to understand and influence…
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Child Support Services Director Receives Statewide Award
Mariposa County Families Benefit from Regional Partnership Sarah Honeycutt, Director of the Regional Child Support Services program serving Mariposa County and Madera County, recently received the 2026 California Child Support Association Outstanding Individual Achievement Award for her leadership in improving child support operations throughout California. Honeycutt was recognized for developing and managing the statewide Case…
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This should give you a pause for thought
If only they knew. Would the founding fathers be rolling over in their graves if they saw America today?
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New drug targets Calif. disease that ‘does not spare the healthy’
Valley fever cases have risen dramatically since 2001 in California By Gillian Mohney, News Editor With Valley fever cases climbing in California, physicians have struggled to treat the increasing number of patients grappling with the deadliest version of the disease. When Valley fever, or coccidioidomycosis, spreads from the lungs, it can cause infected joints, scarred lungs and even deadly…
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They’re on our flag, but do long-gone grizzly bears belong in modern California?
Democrats are advancing a bill over objections from rural residents, ranchers and Republicans that would study whether California should bring back grizzly bears BY RYAN SABALOW The grizzly bear on California’s flag went extinct a century ago in the Golden State. Now, a group of tribes and environmentalists is urging the Legislature to study whether it’s…
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New coach, AAU push brings renewed promise to Mariposa boys’ basketball
By Dan Tucker With a seasoned and respected coach now guiding the program, a strengthened Amateur Athletic Union (AAU) support system taking shape, and an enthusiastic wave of community backing behind it, the Mariposa County High School boys’ basketball program appears poised to enter a bright, promising new chapter filled with renewed energy, purpose and…
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The State of the Church research shows that Gen Z and Millennial church attendance has nearly doubled since 2020
BOULDER, Colo. — New research by Barna Group and Gloo, as part of their State of the Church initiative, reveals a historic shift in church attendance. For the first time in decades, younger adults, specifically Gen Z and Millennials, are now the most regular churchgoers, surpassing older generations who have traditionally led in church attendance. The typical Gen Z churchgoer now attends 1.9…
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Highway 140 Ferguson Rock Shed Project moves from long delay to visible construction
By Dan Tucker Two decades after the Ferguson Rockslide forced traffic off a damaged stretch of State Route 140 near Yosemite National Park, Caltrans District 10 is advancing a permanent fix: a massive rock shed designed to reopen the highway’s original two-lane alignment and protect travelers from future rockfall. The project reached a visible milestone…
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Mariposa County eyes State Climate Grant
Mariposa County is preparing to seek state funding through California’s Transformative Climate Communities program, a competitive grant initiative that supports community-led climate, infrastructure and economic development projects in areas facing pollution, disinvestment and climate-related risks. The county’s prospective proposal could include funding for middle-income housing units at Missouri Gulch, along with projects tied to transit,…
