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• Events, news & notes 3/29

  Events, news & notes 3/29

  TRAIL MIX

• Trail Mix for Thursday, Feb. 16

  Trail Mix for Thursday, Feb. 16

  The 2012 Valley Runner of the Year Series kicks into high gear with this 11th annual race on the Old Clovis Trail. The 5-kilometer main event (8:45 a.m.) is worth 10 series points. Other races include a 2-mile run/walk at 8:15 and a kids' race at 8.

• Winter finally arrives in the Sierra, and excitement gives way to grueling workout

  Winter finally arrives in the Sierra, and excitement gives way to grueling workout

  SIERRA NATIONAL FOREST -- Don't care what it says on the calendar. Tuesday was the first real day of winter.

• Snow machines fill in for Mother Nature at China Peak

  Snow machines fill in for Mother Nature at China Peak

  China Peak's snowmaking crew is even busier than normal this winter because Mother Nature has been lagging in the snowfall department. Average snow depths in the Sierra Nevada currently stand at 1.4 inches, more than 95% below the average depths at this time last year. That's hardly enough to make a snowball, let alone carve turns.

• Trail Mix for Thursday, Jan. 25: Duck hunting season closes Sunday; junior hunt on tap

  Trail Mix for Thursday, Jan. 25: Duck hunting season closes Sunday; junior hunt on tap

  One of the stranger waterfowl hunting seasons in recent memory closes after this weekend for the majority of the state, including the San Joaquin Valley.