Billy Graham, Evangelist to the World, Passes Away at 99

Billy Graham, Evangelist to the World, Passes Away at 99

Charlotte, NC…Evangelist Billy Graham died today at 7:46 a.m. at his home in Montreat. He was 99. Throughout his life, Billy Graham preached the gospel of Jesus Christ to some 215 million people who attended one of his more than 400 Crusades, simulcasts and evangelistic rallies in more than 185 countries and territories. He reached […]

Traffic Update….Minor Injury Collision Near Hwys 49 & 26

Traffic Update….Minor Injury Collision Near Hwys 49 & 26

Mokelumne Hill, CA…CHP is reporting a minor injury collision near Hwys 49 & 26. Please use caution in the area… Incident: 00291 Type: Trfc Collision-Minor Inj Location: Sr49 / Sr26 Loc Desc: SB JNO Lat/Lon: 38.297792 -120.704669 Detail Information 5:50 PM 6 [6] C49-200 REQ 1185 FOR SUBA W/RE DAMAGE 5:45 PM 5 [5] [Rotation […]

Merita Callaway For Supervisor District Three

Merita Callaway For Supervisor District Three

Murphys, CA…Born in Hawaii, raised in a military family, and lived throughout the United States, Merita is committed to Calaveras County as home. She has lived in District 3 for 30 years, and is a member of local organizations from White Pines Park to Murphys Community Club. She graduated with a Bachelor of Science and […]

Winter Temps are Here This Week Along The Western Slope

Winter Temps are Here This Week Along The Western Slope

Arnold, CA…Winter is here along the West Slope Northern Sierra Nevada. Today Mostly sunny. Not as cold. Highs 19 to 34 higher elevations…34 to 42 lower elevations. Prevailing east winds up to 10 mph shifting to the southwest in the afternoon. Tonight Partly cloudy in the evening then becoming mostly cloudy. Lows 3 to 18 […]

President Abraham Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address in Honor of President’s Day

President Abraham Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address in Honor of President’s Day

Gettysburg, PA…While it was delivered 5 years before our country officially started celebrated Decoration Day which became Memorial Day. The Gettysburg Address remains one of the most eloquent of tributes to those who gave their all that we might be free. The “Bliss Copy” of his address “Four score and seven years ago our fathers […]

What’s Happening in Murphys this Week – February 19 Through 26, 2018

What’s Happening in Murphys this Week – February 19 Through 26, 2018

Murphys, CA…Try out the Saturday Hopper bus service running between Valley Springs and Arnold with stops in Murphys. Enjoy a day in Murphys and leave the driving to Calaveras Transit! Saturdays in Murphys – Walking Tours of Historic Downtown Murphys are available at no charge (donations gratefully accepted) on Saturday mornings at 10am leaving from […]

Healthcare Workers Union to Protest at Dignity Health’s Mark Twain Medical Center

Healthcare Workers Union to Protest at Dignity Health’s Mark Twain Medical Center

San Andreas, CA…Dozens of healthcare workers are expected to protest from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., Thursday, Feb. 22 at Mark Twain Medical Center, 768 Mountain Ranch Rd. in San Andreas, over concerns that the interests of patients and the community will be ignored after the hospital’s owner – Dignity Health – merges into a […]

Washington on Speech

Washington on Speech

“If the freedom of speech is taken away then dumb and silent we may be led, like sheep to the slaughter.” George Washington

Transitional Kindergarten and Kindergarten Enrollment Packets Available at CUSD Elementary Schools February 21

Transitional Kindergarten and Kindergarten Enrollment Packets Available at CUSD Elementary Schools February 21

San Andreas, CA…Transitional Kindergarten (TK) is the first year of a two-year kindergarten program. (The first year being Transitional Kindergarten and the second year a more traditional Kindergarten program.) Students may enroll in a Transitional Kindergarten program if they are five years old on September 2 through December 2. Children must be five years old […]

David Emory Longmire 1950 – 2018

David Emory Longmire 1950 – 2018

San Andreas, CA…David Emory Longmire May 7th 1950, Age 67 years old of San Andreas California passed away on January 25, 2018 in San Andreas California. Completed his high school years in Lodi Ca at Tokay High class of 1967. He served in the United States Army. After the military he attend college classes. Then […]

Traffic Update….Cow in Roadway Near Sr4 / Hodson Rd

Traffic Update….Cow in Roadway Near Sr4 / Hodson Rd

Copperopolis, CA…Traffic Update….Cow in Roadway Near Sr4 / Hodson Rd. Incident: 00066 Type: Traffic Hazard Location: Sr4 / Hodson Rd Loc Desc: NEAR VISTA POINT Lat/Lon: 37.974189 -120.653769 Close Detail Information 7:45 AM 2 [4] D WUNDER 785-2734 POSS OWNER / NOT HER COW 7:26 AM 1 [1] COW IN RDWY Unit Information 7:29 AM […]

Traffic Update….Injury Collision Near Sr132 / Bonds Flat

Traffic Update….Injury Collision Near Sr132 / Bonds Flat

La Grange, CA…CHP is reporting an injury collision with possible party pinned in a vehicle near Hwy 132 & Bonds Flat Road. Incident: 00064 Type: Trfc Collision-1141 Enrt Location: Sr132 / Bonds Flat Loc Desc: SR132 / BONDS FLAT Lat/Lon: 37.679158 -120.361795 Close Detail Information 7:57 AM 11 [14] 1039 MILLERS TOW 7:57 AM 10 […]

Traffic Update…BMW SUV vs Porsche SUV Near Rolling Hills & Fuentes Drive

Traffic Update…BMW SUV vs Porsche SUV Near Rolling Hills & Fuentes Drive

Pioneer, CA…CHP is reporting a non-injury collision near Rolling Hills & Fuentes Drive. Not sure if the drivers were vying for Teutonic supremacy or not but please use caution in the area… Incident: 00305 Type: Trfc Collision-No Inj Location: Rolling Hills Rd / Fuentes Dr Loc Desc: Lat/Lon: 38.506131 -120.493712 Detail Information 9:32 PM 10 […]

The Calaveras County Board of Supervisors Are Back in Action Tomorrow

The Calaveras County Board of Supervisors Are Back in Action Tomorrow

San Andreas, CA….The Calaveras County Board of Supervisors (AKA the Fab Five) are back in Action Tomorrow. The agenda is below… Board of Supervisors Regular Meeting 2/20/2018 8:30 AM Board of Supervisors Chambers 891 Mountain Ranch Road   San Andreas, CA 95249 Downloads:  Agenda  Agenda Packet Call to Order Roll Call CLOSED SESSION AGENDA 1. Conference with legal […]

Tuolumne County Sheriff’s Dept. Activity Logs Through February 14th

Tuolumne County Sheriff’s Dept. Activity Logs Through February 14th

Sonora, CA…The latest Tuolumne County Sheriff’s Deputies Activity Logs are enclosed… Sheriff’s Daily Report 02-14-2018 Sheriff’s Daily Report 02-13-2018 Sheriff’s Daily Report 02-12-2018 Sheriff’s Daily Report 02-11-2018 Sheriff’s Daily Report 02-10-2018 Sheriff’s Daily Report 02-09-2018 Sheriff’s Daily Report 02-08-2018

Governor Brown Signed Legislation In October Prohibiting Teachers or Others Designated by Local Districts From Being Armed Near Schools

Governor Brown Signed Legislation In October Prohibiting Teachers or Others Designated by Local Districts From Being Armed Near Schools

Sacramento, CA…(Updated)On October 14th, 2017 Governor Brown signed legislation that overrides local jurisdictional right to allow teachers or others designated by the district to be armed near a school. From AB 424, McCarty. Possession of a firearm in a school zone…”Existing law makes it a crime to possess a firearm in a place that the […]

Calaveras County Sheriff’s Logs Through February 18th

Calaveras County Sheriff’s Logs Through February 18th

San Andreas, CA…The latest activity logs for the Calaveras County Sheriff’s Deputies are below Daily_Log_02-18-2018 Daily_Log_02-17-2018 Daily_Log_02-16-2018a Daily_Log_02-15-2018 Daily_Log_02-14-2018 Daily_Log_02-13-2018 Daily_Log_02-12-2018 Daily_Log_02-11-2018 Daily_Log_02-10-2018 Daily_Log_02-09-2018 Daily_Log_02-08-2018 Daily_Log_02-07-2018 Daily_Log_02-06-2018 Daily_Log_02-05-2018

Traffic Update….Collision Near Tiger Creek Rd & Salt Springs Rd

Traffic Update….Collision Near Tiger Creek Rd & Salt Springs Rd

Jackson, CA…CHP is reporting a white male adult walking down roadway near Tiger Creek Rd / Salt Springs Rd where a vehicle went down an embankment. Incident: 00178 Type: Trfc Collision-Unkn Inj Location: Tiger Creek Rd / Salt Springs Rd Loc Desc: Lat/Lon: 38.473635 -120.454268 Detail Information 2:52 PM 4 [12] ** AMADOR 97 / […]

Traffic Update….Collision Near Hwy 108 & Leisure Drive

Traffic Update….Collision Near Hwy 108 & Leisure Drive

Twain Harte, CA…CHP is reporting a non-injury collision near Hwy 108 & Leisure Drive. Please use caution in the area… Incident: 00197 Type: Trfc Collision-No Inj Location: SR108 / Leisure Dr Loc Desc: Lat/Lon: 38.053125 -120.202418 Detail Information 1:54 PM 3 [3] [Rotation Request Comment] 1039 AHEARNS 209-533-9149 1:53 PM 2 [2] 61-S2 1185 SIL […]

Mind Matters Named Best Non-Profit By Chamber of Commerce

Mind Matters Named Best Non-Profit By Chamber of Commerce

Murphys, CA…Mind Matters, the Murphys based nonprofit clinic that helps individuals and families cope with the consequences of autism spectrum disorders, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), and learning disabilities, has been named 2017 Nonprofit of the Year by the Calaveras County Chamber of Commerce. This is the second time that the clinic has received this […]

Traffic Update…Collision Near Hwy 108 & Herring Creek Lane.

Traffic Update…Collision Near Hwy 108 & Herring Creek Lane.

Strawberry, CA…CHP is reporting a collision blocking lanes near Hwy 108 & Herring Creek. Please use caution in the area… Incident: 00153 Type: Trfc Collision-Unkn Inj Location: Sr108 / Herring Creek Ln Loc Desc: EB Lat/Lon: 38.199787 -120.003753 Detail Information 11:53 AM 7 [9] A61-003 INQ IF 1185 NEEDED 11:49 AM 6 [8] 1039 CALFIRE […]

Traffic Update….Second Collision on Hwy 4 Near Cottage Springs

Traffic Update….Second Collision on Hwy 4 Near Cottage Springs

Arnold, CA…CHP is reporting the second collision near Cottage Springs on Hwy 4 this morning. So evidence would suggest to use caution in that area on your way up the hill. Incident: 00082 Type: Trfc Collision-Unkn Inj Location: 0 Sr4 Loc Desc: WB 4 JEO COTTAGE SPRINGS Lat/Lon: 38.461655 -120.039584 Close Detail Information 9:19 AM […]

Traffic Update….Vehicle Off Roadway East of Cottage Springs

Traffic Update….Vehicle Off Roadway East of Cottage Springs

Arnold, CA…CHP is reporting what appears to be a non-injury, vehicle off roadway collision just east of Cottage Springs. Please use caution in the area… Incident: 00070 Type: Trfc Collision-Unkn Inj Location: 17248-17623 Sr4 Loc Desc: HWY 4 JEO COTTAGE SPRINGS Lat/Lon: 38.433924 -120.078269 Close Detail Information 8:48 AM 5 [13] 1039 WILKINSON 8:42 AM […]

Traffic Update….Collision Near Mark Twain Medical Center

Traffic Update….Collision Near Mark Twain Medical Center

San Andreas, CA…CHP is reporting a collision at Mark Twain Medical Center. No details and at times incidents are reported at the hospital where the patient has been brought from a different location. Incident: 00300 Type: Trfc Collision-1141 Enrt Location: 768 Mountain Ranch Rd Loc Desc: MARK TWAIN ST JOSEPH’S HOSPITAL Lat/Lon: 38.190225 -120.671158 Close […]