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Oakhurst gearing up for its 27th Fall Festival

The 27th Annual Oakhurst Fall Festival, located at the south gate entrance to Yosemite National Park, presented by the Oakhurst Area Chamber of Commerce is excited to announce the entertainment line-up for the festival from Friday, Oct. 11 through Sunday, Oct. 13. Save the date for a full weekend of fun for the entire family! The Oakhurst…

Stop and appreciate those scrapper-bound cars

It's always fun to check out cars — muscle cars, classic cars, modern cars, flat cars. Flat cars? Yes, my enjoyment of all things automotive extends to flattened cars laying forlornly on a flatbed truck, on their way to a junkyard or scrapyard. I get a kick out of seeing cars and trucks even in a pretty much unrecognizable form.…

Prepare yourselves for ‘Stories in Stone’

Friends of Columbia State Historic Park is proud to host Stories in Stone Cemetery Tours at the historic Columbia Cemetery on Friday and Saturday evenings, Sept. 27 and 28 and Oct. 4 and 5. Costumed docents holding lanterns will light the way for this unique event. Guests will stop at specific gravesites where some very convincing characters…

Arts fans enjoy taste of the islands during Luau at the Lake

The Merced Arts Center drew hundreds of residents to the shores of Lake Yosemite on Friday night for one last Luau at the Lake fundraiser. With beautiful blue skies and cool air coming in from the nearby water, residents enjoyed the night of fun, friends, and food while supporting the local arts scene. Guests mingled and made bids on a…