Guy McCarthy
Reporter at The Union Democrat
Reporter at The Union Democrat newspaper in Sonora, Tuolumne County CA : FAMU Grad [email protected]
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5 days ago |
uniondemocrat.com | Guy McCarthy
Bailey Stepp, a 16-year-old Oakdale High School sophomore, was crowned 2025 Mother Lode Roundup Queen during festivities Thursday evening at Black Oak Casino Resort, and the Roundup Rodeo Committee’s Calcutta auction raised $4,300 for the Tuolumne County Sheriff’s Posse Roundup Scholarships Fund.
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5 days ago |
uniondemocrat.com | Guy McCarthy
David Fraser IV, a sixth-generation cowboy who grew up ranching, riding, and rodeoing in Oakdale, Le Grand, and Sonora, has qualified for bareback and tie-down roping events next month at the prestigious College Rodeo National Finals in Casper, Wyoming, sanctioned by the National Intercollegiate Rodeo Association. His family were ranchers and members of the Saddle Club in Oakdale, and he started going to rodeos to watch the people, the animals, and the action at age 2 or 3.
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6 days ago |
uniondemocrat.com | Guy McCarthy
On Sunday I went to Calaveras Big Trees State Park to join a guided tour of the South Grove of Giant Sequoias to see if prescribed burning last October and November has reduced fire threats in this primeval, old growth section of the park that lies in Tuolumne County and is home to about 1,000 mature monarch sequoias. That prescribed burning in late 2024 was the first significant fire treatment in the South Grove in 15 years.
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6 days ago |
uniondemocrat.com | Guy McCarthy
The Black Oak Casino Resort Hotel has added 48 new suites and a new lobby that now connects the hotel directly to the casino, for a total 196 rooms, resort staff said Thursday in a news release announcing completion of a recent renovation and expansion. Completion of the new rooms and new lobby coincides with the 24th anniversary celebration of the casino’s opening, Black Oak Casino Resort Marketing Director Luis Torres said.
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1 week ago |
uniondemocrat.com | Guy McCarthy
The City of Sonora government is using voter-approved sales tax revenue to try to make downtown Sonora more vibrant and walkable seven days a week, and part of the plan will focus on making Saturday farmers market events more accessible for people on foot. A pilot program to try to improve pedestrian access for 2025 Sonora Certified Farmers Market events will close South Stewart Street from Lyons Street to Theall Street between 7 a.m. and noon each Saturday from May 17 to Oct.
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Rockslide ~ 10pm Monday has cut off Hwy 140 access to El Portal and Yosemite National Park in Mariposa County. Hwy 120 from Tuolumne County + Hwy 41 from Mariposa + Madera counties remain open to public to get to Yosemite National Park + El Portal https://t.co/Hu6nGT6dg4
A permanent seasonal worker for the Stanislaus National Forest was terminated Thursday and other federal workers who work for USFS + NPS in Tuolumne County are on edge as Trump’s second administration continues efforts to shrink the federal workforce https://t.co/7c17GLpkGk
Potential hate crime beating of gay man in Jamestown #TuolumneCounty California draws attention of U.S. Department of Justice Community Relations Service @TheJusticeDept | News | https://t.co/Aa3WLixEcD (Photos by Guy McCarthy / Union Democrat) https://t.co/C6p21r0z7A
