The key to re-energizing downtown as a community hub isn’t repurposing an iconic building or even a dazzling arch.

Rebel and Wyatt are definitely more bicycle savvy than when I was at their age. They’re my two oldest great-grandkids.

Andrew Shaw made five 3s and finished with 22 points, as Ripon’s boys basketball team set a season-high in scoring with a 77-57 Trans Valley League victory at Orestimba on Tuesday.

Needing a win to improve their dwindling postseason hopes, the Timberwolves got a big one last Friday against rival East Union. And Veuve left his fingerprints all over it.

Sierra may come up short of the Valley Oak League championship, but it’s having a say in where it ends up. On Tuesday, the ...