Calaveras County Woman Arrested After Fleeing Burglary On Big Hill Road

Calaveras County Woman Arrested After Fleeing Burglary On Big Hill Road

Sonora, CA…From the Tuolumne County Sheriff’s Dept….”This morning at 9:42 AM, the Sheriff’s Office received a report of a burglary in progress at a cabin in the 16000 block of Big Hill Road in Sonora. The property manager gave the dispatcher a license plate number and said a man and woman just left the scene […]

Collision On Avery Sheep Ranch Leads To DUI Arrest

Collision On Avery Sheep Ranch Leads To DUI Arrest

Avery, CA…A collision on Avery Sheep Ranch Leads To DUI Arrest. An 50 year old Avery woman was driving on Avery Sheep Ranch Road late Monday evening west of Skull Ranch at approximately 35 mph when she lost control of her 1995 Ford sedan. Her vehicle entered onto the south shoulder and impacted a tree. […]

Minor Injuries In Hwy 12 Collision

Minor Injuries In Hwy 12 Collision

Valley Springs, CA…On June 19, 2017, at approximately 2015 hours, Party #2 (Franz) was driving Vehicle #2 (Subaru), traveling westbound on SR-12, approaching Sonny Lane. Party #1 (Baca) was driving Vehicle #1 (Pontiac), at approximately 45 mph, following a short distance behind Vehicle #2. Party #3 (Holtz) was driving Vehicle #3 (Dodge), traveling eastbound on […]

Sonora Area Foundation Announces Record Scholarship Awards

Sonora Area Foundation Announces Record Scholarship Awards

Sonora, CA…Sonora Area Foundation announces that the 2017 scholarship season has been completed and record totals recorded. According to program manager, Lin Freer, “2017 Scholarships awarded total $371,000 with 170 awards going to 125 Tuolumne County students. This eclipses last year’s then record of $266,000 granted in 2016.” The bulk of the increase was attributed […]

Music in the Parks: Juni Fisher June 21, 6:30 p.m. to 8 p.m. Brice Station Vineyards

Music in the Parks: Juni Fisher June 21, 6:30 p.m. to 8 p.m. Brice Station Vineyards

Murphys, CA…Juni Fisher is an inveterate story teller and a singer of songs that will pull at your heart, tickle your funny bone, and introduce you to a cast of characters you’ll love.  Sodbusters, cowboys and cowgirls, sideshow attractions, horses, pigs, chickens, and cows all come to life with Juni’s recounting of heartbreak, foolishness, cunning, […]

City of Angels Camp Budget Discussions On June 22

City of Angels Camp Budget Discussions On June 22

Angels Camp, CA….The Angels Camp City Council will be back in action on June 22 for Budget Discussions. They will meet at 3pm at the Angels Fire House on Vallecito Road. CITY OF ANGELS CITY COUNCIL Thursday, June 22, 2017 _________________________________________________________________________________________ Mayor Scott Behiel ANGELS FIRE HOUSE Vice Mayor Amanda Folendorf 1404 Vallecito Road Council […]

Sonora Foundation Announces The Jim and Barb Gianelli Community Fund

Sonora Foundation Announces The Jim and Barb Gianelli Community Fund

Sonora, CA…Sonora Area Foundation announces that long time Sonora attorney Jim Gianelli and his wife Barb have opened a second fund at the Foundation to facilitate charitable giving for their business Gianelli & Polley, Inc. The couple has held a personal fund at the Foundation since 1999. Mr. Gianelli was a long time member and […]

Calaveras County Sheriff’s Office is Requesting Help in Locating Missing Teen.

Calaveras County Sheriff’s Office is Requesting Help in Locating Missing Teen.

Railroad Flat, CA…On 06/19/17 at about 8:25 PM, The Calaveras County Sheriff’s Office received a missing persons report on a 17-year-old female, Mikaila Dawn Hodges, out of Railroad Flat. Mikaila Hodges is allegedly in the company of 37-year-old Michael Allen Stewart out of Yuba County. They were last seen together in Railroad Flat area on […]

Medical Center’s Golf Tournament Raises $50,400 For Free Mobile Health Clinic

Medical Center’s Golf Tournament Raises $50,400 For Free Mobile Health Clinic

Sonora, June 21, 2017 – Thanks to the generous support of 56 event sponsors, 129 golfers, plus donors and volunteers, Sonora Regional Medical Center’s 17th Annual Golf Classic on June 14 at Saddle Creek Golf Resort raised $50,400 for Project HOPE, its free mobile health van. Staffed by a nurse practitioner, the heath van is […]

Assault with Deadly Weapon Charge For Burson Man

Assault with Deadly Weapon Charge For Burson Man

Burson, CA…On 06/20/17 at about 3:15 PM, The Calaveras County Sheriff’s Office responded to the 3300 block of Davis Road for a report of a 33-year-old victim allegedly being punched and kicked by 46-year-old suspect Dale William Wichman II of Burson. It was reported that Wichman became angry at the victim and repeatedly punched and […]

Signal Work Continues On Hwy 26

Signal Work Continues On Hwy 26

Calaveras County – The California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) will perform one-way traffic control on eastbound and westbound State Route 26 (SR-26) from Gee Lane to County View Drive for traffic signal work. Work will begin Sunday, June 18, 2017, through Friday, June 23, 2017, from 7:00 p.m. until 7:00 a.m. Motorists should expect 10-minute […]

Utility Work Continues Along Hwy 4 In Arnold Area

Utility Work Continues Along Hwy 4 In Arnold Area

Calaveras County – The California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) will perform one-way traffic control on eastbound and westbound State Route 4 from Willow Street to Moran Road in the town of Arnold for utility work. Work will begin Monday, June 19, 2017, through Friday, June 23, 2017, from 7:00 a.m. until 7:00 p.m. Motorists should […]

Construction Continues On Hwy 4 Near Big Trees

Construction Continues On Hwy 4 Near Big Trees

Calaveras County – The California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) will perform one-way traffic control on eastbound and westbound State Route 4 from upper Moran Road to Calaveras Big Trees State Park entrance for construction activities. Work will begin Monday, June 19, 2017, through Friday, June 23, 2017, from 6:00 a.m. until 6:00 p.m. Motorists should […]

Paving Work Continues On Hwy 88

Paving Work Continues On Hwy 88

Amador County – The California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) will be performing one-way traffic control on eastbound and westbound State Route 88 from Tragedy Springs Road to the Silver Lake Campground for paving. Work will begin Monday, June 19, 2017, through Friday, June 23, 2017, from 7:00 a.m. until 4:00 p.m. Motorists should expect 10 […]

Guardrail Work Continues On Hwy 108

Guardrail Work Continues On Hwy 108

Tuolumne County – The California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) will perform one-way traffic control on eastbound and westbound State Route 108 (SR-108) from SR-49 to Old Wards Ferry Road for guardrail work. Crews will be working Monday, June 19, 2017, through Friday, June 23, 2017, from 9:00 p.m. until 7:00 a.m. This is part of […]

Bridge Work Continues On James E. Roberts Bridge

Bridge Work Continues On James E. Roberts Bridge

Tuolumne County – The California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) will perform one-way traffic control on eastbound and westbound State Route 120 at the James E. Roberts Bridge in Tuolumne County for bridge work. The bridge will be under one-way traffic control through the project’s completion in November 2017. Motorists should expect 10 minute delays. This […]

Public Hearing Set to Discuss Elimination of Bus Service to Stockton

Public Hearing Set to Discuss Elimination of Bus Service to Stockton

San Andreas, CA…The possible elimination of the Delta Gold Line, the intercity bus to Stockton, will be the topic of a public hearing held by the Board of Supervisors on June 27. The prospect of losing this resource is driven by the high cost of operating the service. Ridership has been consistently low. The Delta […]

Notice to Bidders, County of Calaveras Dept. of Public Works Request for Bids: Installation of Temporary Bridge on Main Street (Blagen Road) In White Pines

Notice to Bidders, County of Calaveras Dept. of Public Works Request for Bids:  Installation of Temporary Bridge on Main Street (Blagen Road) In White Pines

San Andreas, CA…Notice is hereby given that the Calaveras County Department of Public Works will receive sealed bids for the work shown and described in the specifications and associated documents for the subject work. Work shall consist of assembling and installing a county-furnished temporary bridge on Main Street (Blagen Road) in White Pines. The payment […]

Robert Eugene Schmauder 1937 – 2017

Robert Eugene Schmauder 1937 – 2017

San Andreas, CA…On Wednesday, June 14, 2017, a great man left this life and moved on to greater adventures.  Robert Eugene Schmauder was born in 1937 on a chicken ranch in San Andreas, California.  His mother always told the story that Robert was born on the 6th of September, but the doctor signed his birth […]

Walk on Water with Hobie Mirage Eclipse!! Get your Standup Leg Powered SUP at SNAC!

Walk on Water with Hobie Mirage Eclipse!! Get your Standup Leg Powered SUP at SNAC!

Arnold, CA…We had the pleasure to get a Hobie Mirage Eclipse demonstration from SNAC Arnold’s Max McCormick! Enjoy your time on the water with this fast, fun, human powered watercraft. They are perfect for Fun & Fitness. They are in stock now are ready for the lake!! Stand tall on the water aboard the Mirage […]

Local women stage Handmaid’s Tale protest at Rep. Tom McClintock’s Town Hall meeting in Jackson

Local women stage Handmaid’s Tale protest at Rep. Tom McClintock’s Town Hall meeting in Jackson

Jackson, CA…On Monday, June 19, Sierra foothill residents staged a powerful silent protest at Rep. Tom McClintock’s Argonaut High School town hall meeting in Jackson, California. Dressed in the red robes and stark white bonnets featured in the 1985 Margaret Atwood novel, The Handmaid’s Tale, a dozen women, ages 12-70, walked into the center of […]

Taxpayer Alert Program Update

Taxpayer Alert Program Update

San Andreas, CA…This is an update on the Calaveras Taxpayers Public Access TV program.   “Taxpayer Alert”. This effort is a public service by volunteers and sponsored by the Calaveras County Taxpayers Association and the Calaveras County PATV Studio.  For those who do not have Calaveras cable TV, or are out of the area, previously aired programs […]

Hospice of Amador & Calaveras Awarded Grant from Sutter Medical Group Funds to benefit Griefbusters and We Honor Veterans Programs

Hospice of Amador & Calaveras Awarded Grant from Sutter Medical Group Funds to benefit Griefbusters and We Honor Veterans Programs

Jackson, CA…Sutter Medical Group, affiliated with Sutter Medical Foundation, awarded $3,000 to Hospice of Amador & Calaveras (HOAC) on June 15th as part of their most recent Philanthropy Program funding period. Hospice of Amador & Calaveras will use the grant to bolster two critical programs: Griefbusters and We Honor Veterans. The Griefbusters program supports school […]

Bret Harte Board Honors Parent & Community Volunteers

Bret Harte Board Honors Parent & Community Volunteers

Angels Camp, CA…On Monday, June 19, Bret Harte Union High School District Governing Board member Gail Bunge, presented the tenth annual Parent/Community Volunteer Awards at the district board meeting. This year’s winners were Shawn Westberg of Copperopolis and Joan and George Loomis of Angels Camp. Westberg was honored for his years of work with FFA […]

The 2016 – 2017 Calaveras Grand Jury Final Report

The 2016 – 2017 Calaveras Grand Jury Final Report

San Andreas, CA…The Calaveras Grand Jury has completed their final report for the 2016-2017 Session. We have included the report in full PDF and also .Doc formats. If you click on the image below it will load the PDF version. Links to the report follow…CompleteFinalGrandJuryReport2016-2017.doc Complete Final Grand Jury Report 2016-2017 (1)