Hey Good People!! Winter Temps, Fresh Snow & Lots of “Pure Mtn Fun” at Bear Valley

Hey Good People!! Winter Temps, Fresh Snow & Lots of “Pure Mtn Fun” at Bear Valley

Bear Valley, CA…Hey Good People!. 5am and things are just about to get going as the storm slows a bit and will shed the bulk of its moisture during the day today. A high in the low 20’s will be in effect with increased winds up to 20-30mph today as the pressure gradient tightens. 3-5″ […]

NCPA Employee Found Coconut “Coco” & Beau “Diddly” on Tuolumne Side of Stanislaus River

NCPA Employee Found Coconut “Coco” & Beau “Diddly” on Tuolumne Side of Stanislaus River

Murphys, CA…In another very happy ending to a local lost dog story. The NCPS’s Sandy Rainey passed this along to us. “The Pine Tree News: FYI……………Yesterday, one of our employees, Steven Popish found the two dogs on the Tuolumne side of the river just south of McKays dam. We contacted the owners, who picked up […]

Why We Love Our Clients At Mind Matters

Why We Love Our Clients At Mind Matters

Murphys, CA…Here we are in February, the month of love. Sure, we all think of flowers and chocolates and other lovely treats, but, here at Mind Matters our clients are our treat. We love them because: They often show us another way to approach a problem or an experience. Especially those with ADD/ADHD can be […]

Traffic Update….Collision Near Hwy 108 & 5th Ave

Traffic Update….Collision Near Hwy 108 & 5th Ave

Jamestown, CA…CHP is reporting a collision near Hwy 108 & 5th. Please use caution in the area… Incident: 00225 Type: Trfc Collision-No Inj Location: Sr108 / 5th Ave Loc Desc: WB JWO Lat/Lon: 37.958328 -120.418228 Close Detail Information 5:20 PM 3 [5] NOW ADVG 2 VEHS ONLY 5:18 PM 2 [2] NEG 1125 5:18 PM […]

Nurse Practitioner Denise Mordue-Lain Specializes in Women’s Health Issues.

Nurse Practitioner Denise Mordue-Lain Specializes in Women’s Health Issues.

Valley Springs, CA…Nurse Practitioner Denise Mordue-Lain has specialized in women’s health throughout her 31-year career. Beyond her education and broad work history, her personal experience as a breast cancer survivor brings added perspective to her interaction with female patients at Valley Springs Family Medical Center. She says, “I learned so much on my own once […]

Traffic Update….Small Herd of Cows Out Near

Traffic Update….Small Herd of Cows Out Near

Copperopolis, CA…CHP is reporting a small herd of 15-20 cows out near Obyrnes Ferry Rd / Pheasant Run Dr. Please use caution in the area…. Incident: 00181 Type: Live or Dead Animal Location: Obyrnes Ferry Rd / Pheasant Run Dr Loc Desc: Lat/Lon: 37.935807 -120.604310 Close Detail Information 3:17 PM 4 [7] CURRENTLY WANDERING VERY […]

Traffic Update….Rollover Collision Near Hwy 88 & Dufrene Road

Traffic Update….Rollover Collision Near Hwy 88 & Dufrene Road

Kirkwood, CA….CHP is reporting an overturned vehicle near Hwy 88 & Dufrene. Please use caution in the area…. Incident: 00147 Type: Trfc Collision-Minor Inj Location: SR88 / Dufrene Rd Loc Desc: Lat/Lon: 38.585588 -120.238537 Close Detail Information 2:52 PM 17 [37] [Notification] [CHP]-Problem changed from 1179-Trfc Collision-1141 Enrt to 1181-Trfc Collision-Minor Inj [Shared] 2:50 PM […]

President Issues Memorandum on “Bump Fire” Stocks and Other Similar Devices

President Issues Memorandum  on “Bump Fire” Stocks and Other Similar Devices

Washington, DC…After the deadly mass murder in Las Vegas, Nevada, on October 1, 2017, I asked my Administration to fully review how the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives regulates bump fire stocks and similar devices. Although the Obama Administration repeatedly concluded that particular bump stock type devices were lawful to purchase and possess, […]

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 […]