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Alex MacLean

Reporter · US

Indexed articles, last 90 days
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Sep 30, 2026
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Jul 7, 2026

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  1. Article · Sep 30, 2026 · Alex MacLean

    Tuolumne County seeks public input on data center regulations (opens the original)

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    Tuolumne County residents will have an opportunity next week to weigh in on how data centers should be regulated locally, as county officials begin developing potential rules for the rapidly growing industry. The county Community Development Department will hold a public input meeting from 4 to 6 p.m. Oct. 7 in the Board of Supervisors chambers on the fourth floor of the County Administration Center at 2 S. Green St. in downtown Sonora. The meeting is the next step in a process that began earlie

  2. Article · Sep 29, 2026 · Alex MacLean

    Tuolumne County supervisor acknowledges late disclosure of campaign donations before contract vote (opens the original)

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    Tuolumne County Supervisor Jaron Brandon acknowledged last week that he should have disclosed campaign donations from his girlfriend, an employee of Yosemite Rivers Alliance, before voting earlier this month to extend the nonprofit’s contract with the county for forest-health work. Sarah Ashlock, a project manager for YRA, contributed $2,000 on Aug. 28 to Brandon’s campaign for state Senate, four days before the Board of Supervisors voted 3-2 on Sept. 1 to approve a no-bid contract extension

  3. Article · Sep 25, 2026 · Alex MacLean

    DA closes Brown Act investigation into 3 Tuolumne County supervisors (opens the original)

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    The Tuolumne County District Attorney’s Office has closed an investigation into whether three county supervisors violated California’s open-meeting law while appearing together at the local Republican Party’s annual Reagan Dinner earlier this month. In a statement released late Wednesday afternoon, the office said it determined that the Sept. 12 appearance by Supervisors Mike Holland, Steve Griefer and Anaiah Kirk fell under an exception in the Brown Act and found no basis for taking civil

  4. Article · Sep 24, 2026 · Alex MacLean

    Adventist Health Sonora agrees to $18.5M settlement in sexual abuse lawsuit (opens the original)

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    Adventist Health Sonora has agreed to pay $18.5 million to settle claims by women who said they were sexually abused by a former physical therapist at the hospital and that employees failed for years to adequately respond to complaints about his conduct. The settlement will be divided equally among the seven surviving plaintiffs at about $2.64 million each, the women’s attorney, Paul Llewellyn of the San Francisco law firm Lewis & Llewellyn LLP, told The Union Democrat on Wednesday. Eight wom

  5. Article · Sep 24, 2026 · Alex MacLean

    Summerville Elementary principal describes response to report of nearby gunshot (opens the original)

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    A 33-year-old Ceres man was identified Wednesday as a person of interest in the investigation of a reported gunshot heard Tuesday evening near Summerville Elementary School, where more than 100 students, parents, coaches and staff sheltered inside as the incident unfolded, though no injuries were reported. Mark James Hyder was driving a vehicle matching the description of one that fled the area after an altercation and reported gunshot heard shortly before 5:30 p.m. Tuesday, Sheriff’s Office s

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