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Traffic impacts — Norlin Street will be closed today between Yaney Avenue and Jackson Street in downtown Sonora for a water pipeline repair, Tuolumne Utilities District officials saId. The closure on Norlin is scheduled 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. March 20 and a detour will be in place, TUD spokesperson Lisa Westbrook said. Westbrook urged pedestrians and motorists to proceed with caution in the neighborhood during the closure on Norlin. For more information call Westbrook at 209532-5536, ext. 501.
By AUSTEN THIBAULT The Union Democrat
Preliminary results from this year's Mother Lode homeless survey show a slight increase in the number of homeless people, in-
cluding a rise in homeless families with children in Tuolumne County. The numbers, released this week, are from a "point in t ime" headcount conducted Jan. 28 by several volunteers covering Amador,
Calaveras and Tuolumne counties. In most of the na-
One of the main facts revealed was the higher numtion such counts are taken in ber of h omeless families a single day, but the Mother with children who lack shelLode survey took several ter, primarily in Tuolumne days because the geography County, which saw a higher is broad and sparsely popu- homeless count overall. lated. That number increased
from two in 2013 to five in 2015, using a definition of homelessness established by the federal Department of Housing and Urban Development, which counts only See HOMELESS / Back Page
Fishregulations ALL IN THE FAMILY
State OKs cutting H,O diversions ON PAGEA5: Gov. Jerry Brown and legislative leaders on Thursday unveiled details of a $1 billion drought plan.
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By GUY McCARTHY The Union Democrat
The State Water Resources Control Board on Tuesday re-adopted an emergency regulation to authorize cutting water diversions in three Sacr amento River w a t ersheds if
Spring beginsThe vernal equinox signals the time of year when day and night are about the same length, meaning longer days and shorter nights from now until Sept. 23the autumnal equinox, or first day of fall. Spring officially begins at 3:45 p.m.
BRIEFING
mini-
mum flows for threatened fish are not met.
According to George Kostyrko of the State Water Board, the Mokelumne, Stanislaus and Tuolumne rivers are not on a list of streams for fish regulations this year. The tributaries named in the fish flows emergency regulation are Antelope Creek, Mill Creek and Deer Creek, which drain Lassen National Forest lands to feed the Sacramento
Ave Carrillo, 7, of Sonora (left), and Joseph Long, 7, of Jamestown, try to break the connection between a magnet and a paper clipThursday during Family Science Night at Columbia Elementary.
Band trip — sonora High School'8 Golden Regiment marching band performed in a St. Patrick's Day Parade in San Diego.A2
Photos by Jesse Jones,The Union Democrat
Students and their families played scientists Thursday evening during Columbia Elementary School's Family Science Night.
Seen andHeard — Asked at Curtis Creek Elementary School: "What are you most looking forward to about spring?" See the answers.A3
OPlnlOn — Gover-
River north of Chico. Regulations were first adopted for Antelope, Mill and Deer creeks in 2014 to set minimum fish flows protecting salmon and steelhead populations as water levels decline and See FISH /Back Page
BodCowden
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nor needs to end early paroles.A4
By LACEY PETERSON The Union Democrat
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CORRECTION A photo caption with the "Coach for life" storyon PageA1 of Thursday's Union Democrat misspelled the last name Watson.
Jessica Ortiz, 8 (above left), Dulce Islas, and Samuel Islas, 3 months, all of Columbia, play at a science station. Natalie Frame, 9, of Columbia (right), lets cornstarch and water drip through her fingers.
Justus Roberts, 7, of Columbia, folds a paper airplane.
Well-known local developer and longtime Tuolumne County resident Robert E. Bob" Cowden, Jr. died Wednesday at his home in Sonora after a long battle with cancer. He was 85. Cowden developed more than 30 local properties, including large suMivisions like Cuesta Serena, Lambert Lake Estates, Eagle Meadows, Curtis Creek Ranch, and Springfield Estates. "He's done more for this county than people will ever realize," said longtime friend Jerry Keith, of Jamestown. "He's donated all kinds of things to the county and nevertold anybody. He didn'twant the limelight." Keith wife, Janice Keith, said her husband"wouldn't take anything in return." See COWDEN/Back Page
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