This aerial view shows Twain Harte Lake when it was full and then Twain Harte Lake after it was drained.

Someone captured a great close-up of the rock at Twain Harte Lake cracking and popping!!!

The biggest earthquake to strike the Bay area in 25 years damaged wineries and historic buildings and knocked power out to many residents across the region. One spokesperson from the USGS shares scientific information on KRON 4 television in San Francisco.

The biggest earthquake to strike the Bay area in 25 years damaged wineries and historic buildings and knocked power out to many residents across the region. One financial expert shares his thoughts, opinions and money advice on KRON 4 television in San Francisco.

The biggest earthquake to strike the Bay area in 25 years sent over 100 people to hospitals in Napa Valley. It also damaged wineries and historic buildings and knocked power out to many residents across the region. These residents share their thoughts and stories.

Chris Jansing is NBC’s Senior White House Correspondent. Earlier this week on MSNBC, Jansing claimed that it is a fact that President Obama is from Kenya.

California Gubernatorial Candidate Neel Kashkari pretended to be homeless for one week, as part of his latest campaign pitch.

Kashkari chose to showcase the city of Fresno as a place where there is little opportunity.

Current Fresno Mayor Ashley Swearingen is a popular Republican running for State Controller. Of all of the places in California, supporters of Swearingen and US Congressman Jeff Denham (Republican) wonder why Kashkari chose to showcase Fresno as a place of run-down streets and poverty. They note that there are several great sections of Fresno and recovering economic success stories, none of which were displayed in the video.

In this video, Kashkari claims to only have $40 and walks into a couple of places (with a camera person) asking for work. Kashkari is not shown with any type of resume.

Kashkari’s campaign team told the Fresno Bee newspaper that they carried media release forms, so that people filmed could legally be shown.

The crew rolled tape as Kashkari supposedly tried to sleep on brick walls, park benches and in the middle of parking lots. In one part of the video, as the person with the high definition camera is standing just a few feet away from the “sleeping” Kashkari, a security guard drives up to say that it is a private property and they need to move on.

Kashkari is running as a Republican against current Democratic Governor Jerry Brown. In 2008, Kashkari voted for the Obama/Biden ticket over the McCain/Palin ticket claiming that Obama and Biden could better handle the economy than McCain and Palin.

Kashkari has been endorsed by Jeb Bush and Karl Rove.

Last Sunday, a loud boom was heard and the first crack appeared in the Twain Harte Lake Dam. Not knowing the immediate situation, the National Weather Service issued a Flood Warning for portions of Tuolumne County. It was cancelled a few hours later. The lake was completely drained. Here is the KCRA 3 report. Listen for the latest Twain Harte Lake updates on AM 1450 KVML.

The Tuolumne County Economic Development Authority (E.D.A.) promotes the County of Tuolumne as a dynamic business location and provides business leaders with local information that is needed, when locating or expanding business in the Mother Lode.

This thirty second video, “Where The Outdoors Meets Your Front Door”, is featured on the homepage of the E.D.A. website.

Due to a fire near El Portal, you will not be able to access Yosemite Valley if coming in on Highway 120.

Park officials report that the Big Oak Flat Road in the park is closed between Crane Flat and El Portal Road.

Follow the very latest news regarding this fire by listening to AM 1450 KVML and reading www.mymotherlode.com