We left downtown Sonora about 9 a.m. Sunday and drove northeast to Lake Alpine reservoir on Highway 4 in the rocky, rugged Alpine County section of the Stanislaus National Forest.

The Utica bakery known for being the home of the original halfmoon cookie is celebrating 100 years of business. Hemstrought’s started as a small bakery on Utica’s Genesee Street in 1920, and quickly ...