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drought, County Administrator Craig Pedro
The Union Democrat
said.
A dead giant sequoia in Sonora's Courthouse Square that was taken down by contractors Tuesday will be replaced sometime this winter, according to Tuolumne County ofiicials. County public works crews over the past year attempted tosave the tree, originally planted with 17 others at the 11,000-squarefoot park in 1936, but it ultimately succumbed to a lack of water because of the four-year
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"Everyone really regrets the loss of the sequoia, but it was already compromised," he saicl.
A Modesto-basedtree company, hired by the county through a public bidding process, chopped down the large sequoia in sections Tuesday. The wood will be processed at a sawmill beSee TREE /Back Page
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By TORI THOMAS The Union Democrat
Thefts from homes in Tuolumne County have risen dramatically in the past two months, according to a press release issued Tuesday by the Tuolumne County Sheriff's Office. In all, 86 burglaries have beenreported,compared with 48 reported during the same two months last year. This news comes as the county recorded a significant decreasein property crimes — from 771in2013 to 647 in 2014,according to the most recent FBI crime report.
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In the past tw o months,
several homes have been vanSee CRIME/Back Page
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proposal By ALEX MacLEAN The Union Democrat
A public hearing for a contentiousproposal to buil d a Dollar General store less than a mile &om the entrance of
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Columbia State Historic Park is scheduled for 6 p.m. Dec. 16 at the Columbia Presbyterian Church of the 49ers' Faith Hall. Tuolumne County planners are anticipating a large turnout because of the attention
Guy Mccarthy/Union Democrat
gon, (from left) Stopher Eldridge, Megan Erspa.ter Birney explore the base of Upper Yosemite
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