Updated Drift Smoke visible from Parrotts Ferry Bridge (file photo)
A Red Flag Warning is now in effect until 6 PM Monday for the Southern Mother Lode (Tuolumne and Calaveras Counties below 3,000 feet) and the Northern San Joaquin Valley.
According to the National Weather Service, gusty north to east wind, low humidity and unseasonably dry fuels will result in critical fire weather conditions over portions of the Central Valley and surrounding foothills below 2,000 feet. The strongest winds are expected through favorably oriented gaps and canyons in the surrounding foothills. Lighter wind is expected Tuesday, but hot and dry weather conditions will continue.
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Aaron Rasmussen, the Tuolumne Lumber Jubilee Board President, was Thursday’s KVML “Newsmaker of the Day”.
The Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 4748 is in charge of the Tuolumne Lumber Jubilee. Rasmussen is the Chairman.
Last year, the Tuolumne Lumber Jubilee could not take place according to the Tuolumne County Health Department. Rasmussen was told that “mass gathering events” were not allowed in Tuolumne County due to COVID-19 restrictions. However, one of the exceptions to that rule was for organized protests. So the name of the event was changed to the ‘Tuolumne Lumber Protest’ and it was narrowed down to a one day event.
Covid-19 Regional Report Monday
Tuolumne County Tuolumne Public Health reports ten new community cases since Friday and they all appear to be isolating. There is one resident with COVID-19 who is currently hospitalized. Active community cases increased to 49. Seven individuals have been released from isolation. The new community cases are two boys under 17, a woman and a man age 18 to 29, 2 women and a man between age 30 and 39, a man age 40 to 49, a man age 70 to 79, and a woman age 80 to 89.
Tuolumne County has a total of 3,960 cases split between 2,546 community cases and 1,414 Sierra Conservation Center inmate cases. The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation reports the SCC has the most active cases among all other California prisons with 39 acti
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