Make Plans To Play In The 2017 Sequoia Woods Mens Club Benefit Golf Tournament

Make Plans To Play In The 2017 Sequoia Woods Mens Club Benefit Golf Tournament

Arnold, CA…Save the Date! August 20th – Golf Tournament by Sequoia Woods Mens Club in Arnold to benefit Friends of the Calaveras Sheriffs Office, Sierra Nevada Logging Museum and Bret Harte High School Golf Programs. For more info or to donaste a raffle email Tom – tgosswiller@sbcglobal.net or Candace info@FriendsoftheCalaverasSheriffsOffice.org Sequoia Woods Country Club is […]

Angels Food & Sierra Hills Markets Weekly Specials Through June 6th

Angels Food & Sierra Hills Markets Weekly Specials Through June 6th

Angels Camp & Murphys, CA…For the best Deli Sandwiches in Calaveras County, come on in and treat yourself to the tastiest and freshest ‘made with love’ deli sandwiches around. Angels Food Deli, Text your order to 209.753.7331 Or You may call your order in to 209.736.4243 ext 14. Sierra Hills Market Deli, Text your order […]

Board of Supervisors Summary Publication

Board of Supervisors Summary Publication

San Andreas, CA…The Calaveras County Board of Supervisors adopted an ordinance to amend Section 15.06.032 and Section 15.06.041 of Chapter 15.06, Flood Damage Prevention of the Calaveras County Code. Section 15.06.032 is revised to include reference to the use of Base Flood Elevations from the Atkins Study as Best Available Data. Section 15.06.041 is revised […]

Notice Of Impending Power To Sell Tax-Defaulted Property

Notice Of Impending Power To Sell Tax-Defaulted Property

San Andreas, CA…NOTICE OF IMPENDING POWER TO SELL TAX–DEFAULTED PROPERTY (§3361, §3362) Pursuant to Revenue and Taxation Code §3691 and §3692.4, the following conditions will, by operation of law, subject real property to the tax collector’s power to sell. * All property for which property taxes and assessments have been in default for five or […]

Poor Grades Led To Threats Against Local Schools

Poor Grades Led To Threats Against Local Schools

Angels Camp, CA…On May 30, 2017 at approximately 9:45 PM, the Angels Camp Police Department received information of a possible threat to “shoot up” Mark Twain Elementary School, Calaveras River Academy, Calaveras High School, and the Angels Camp Police Station. The threat was made by students of Mark Twain Elementary School through social media and […]

Electrical Work on State Route 12 from Messing Road to Evans Road, West of Valley Springs

Electrical Work on State Route 12 from Messing Road to Evans Road, West of Valley Springs

Calaveras County – The California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) will perform one-way traffic control on eastbound and westbound State Route 12 from Messing Road to Evans Road, west of Valley Springs, for electrical work. Work will begin Tuesday, May 30, 2017, through Friday, June 2, 2017, from 7:00 a.m. until 3:30 p.m. Motorists should expect […]

Homeland Missile Defense System Successfully Intercepts ICBM Target

Homeland Missile Defense System Successfully Intercepts ICBM Target

Washington, DC…The U.S. Missile Defense Agency, in cooperation with the U.S. Air Force 30th Space Wing, the Joint Functional Component Command for Integrated Missile Defense and U.S. Northern Command, today successfully intercepted an intercontinental ballistic missile target during a test of the Ground-based Midcourse Defense (GMD) element of the nation’s ballistic missile defense system. This […]

Paving On State Route 88 from Ranch Drive in Jackson to Wagon Wheel Drive near Barton

Paving On State Route 88 from Ranch Drive in Jackson to Wagon Wheel Drive near Barton

Amador County – The California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) will be performing one-way traffic control on eastbound and westbound State Route 88 from Ranch Drive in Jackson to Wagon Wheel Drive near Barton for paving operations. Work will begin Wednesday, May 31, 2017, through Friday, June 2, 2017, from 7:00 p.m. until 6:00 a.m. Motorists […]

Tree Work Continues On State Route 108 From SR-49 to Lime Kiln Road

Tree Work Continues On State Route 108 From SR-49 to Lime Kiln Road

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 Lime Kiln Road for tree work. Crews will be working Tuesday, May 30, 2017, through Thursday, June 1, 2017, from 8:00 a.m. until 3:00 p.m. Motorists should expect 15 minute […]

State Route 108 Guardrail Work Continues From SR-49 to Old Wards Ferry Ward

State Route 108 Guardrail Work Continues From SR-49 to Old Wards Ferry Ward

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 Ward for guardrail work. (Due to Memorial Day holiday weekend, there is no scheduled construction Sunday, May 28, and Monday, May 29, 2017.) Crews will be working […]

Congratulations Graduates!! Be Sure That Your Life is a Journey Traveled Well!

Congratulations Graduates!!  Be Sure That Your Life is a Journey Traveled Well!

San Andreas, CA…Congratulations Graduates from Mark Twain Medical Center!! Be Sure That Your Life is a Journey Traveled Well! History Health care services were limited in Calaveras County, and residents traveled outside their communities for acute care, until Mark Twain Hospital opened in 1951. We Opened in 1951 The hospital opened on August 26, 1951, […]

Charles Marchand, 82 From Groveland Lost His Life Yesterday on Old Priest Grade

Charles Marchand, 82 From Groveland Lost His Life Yesterday on Old Priest Grade

Groveland, CA…On May 29, 2017 at approximately 4:30 pm, a 1998 Ford Ranger pickup, driven by 82 year old Charles Marchand, from Groveland, was traveling westbound, down Old Priest Grade.  A 2016 Hyundai Sonota driven by 22 year old Jacob Lanigan from Australia was traveling eastbound up Old Priest Grade.  For an unknown reason Marchand […]

Joseph Warren Barry, 24 From San Jose Lost His Life In Fiery Collision On Hwy 108 (Updated)

Joseph Warren Barry, 24 From San Jose Lost His Life In Fiery Collision On Hwy 108 (Updated)

Sonora, CA…On May 29, 2017 at approximately 11:55 pm, a 2004 Chevrolet Silverado, driven by Joseph Warren Barry, 24 From San Jose, eastbound on State Route 108, east of Argyle Road, at an unknown speed. For unknown reasons, the driver allowed the vehicle to drift onto the right shoulder. The Silverado struck a fiberglass reflective […]

Defense Department Conducts Successful Missile-Intercept Test

Defense Department Conducts Successful Missile-Intercept Test

Washington, DC….(Update…It has now been reported that the test was successful) The U.S. military is conducting a flight test today to exercise the ground-based mid-course defense element of the nation’s ballistic missile defense system, according to a Pentagon spokesman. The test will involve a threat representative intercontinental ballistic missile class target to be fired from […]

Fire Update…Fire Reported Near Pettinger Rd & Southworth Rd Areas

Fire Update…Fire Reported Near Pettinger Rd & Southworth Rd Areas

Valley Springs, CA…Fire Update…Fire Reported in Pettinger Rd & Southworth Rd Areas. Things are drying out…Let’s be careful out there… Incident: 00193 Type: Report of Fire Location: Pettinger Rd / Southworth Rd Loc Desc: Lat/Lon: 38.148570 -120.917903 Close Detail Information 1:14 PM 3 [4] TRANS CALFIRE 1:13 PM 2 [3] ANOTHER PTY STATING SMOKE CLOUD […]

Busy Weekend For San Andreas CHP! 1 Fatality, 4 Arrests, 28 Citations & 9 Accidents

Busy Weekend For San Andreas CHP!  1 Fatality, 4 Arrests, 28 Citations & 9 Accidents

San Andreas, CA…In Calaveras County, four (4) people were arrested by the CHP between 6:00 pm Friday and 11:59 pm Monday. Three (3) were arrested for DUI while one (1) was arrested for Evading Arrest. Twenty eight (28) citations were issued during this time period. Most were for speeding including several mechanical violations. There was […]

Overturning ATV Injures Richmond Man On USFS Road

Overturning ATV Injures Richmond Man On USFS Road

Camp Connell, CA…On May 27th, 2017, at approximately 0600 hours, CHP was notified of a solo ATV accident that happened in the Stanislaus National Forest above the Camp Connell area. The injured party had been transported, by friends, to the Murphys area, due to cell-phone coverage, and was being transported by ambulance to Sonora Regional […]

42 Year Old Christopher Tilton From Manteca Passed Away Motorcycle Collision In West Point Area

42 Year Old Christopher Tilton From Manteca Passed Away Motorcycle Collision In West Point Area

West Point, CA…On May 27th, 2017, at approximately 2330 hours, 42 Year Old Christopher Tilton was riding his 1999 Kawasaki KX250 southbound on Mitchell Mill Road south of Blue Mountain Road on private property at an unknown speed. He entered a right hand curve in the roadway. Due to the Kawasaki’s speed, he was unable […]

40 Acre Prescribed Burn Underway

40 Acre Prescribed Burn Underway

Mi Wuk Village, CA…The Mi-Wok District will be attempting to accomplish a 40-acre prescribed burn on Tuesday, May 30. This understory burn is a continuation of the South 108 Fuels Reduction project. Smoke may be visible from the surrounding communities of Mi Wuk Village, Sierra Village, Long Barn and Cold Springs, as well as from […]

Ebbetts Pass Youth Soccer League 2017 Fall Registration Now Open & Early Bird Rate Expires May 31

Ebbetts Pass Youth Soccer League 2017 Fall Registration Now Open & Early Bird Rate Expires May 31

Murphys, CA…2017 Fall Registration Now Open! Early Bird Rate Expires May 31. Register Now and Save $20. EPYSL’s fall recreational and competitive programs are the most popular component of the Leagues year-round programming, introducing and expanding the game of soccer to over 450 players each season. Increasingly, winter and now spring and summer programs are […]

Striping Operations On Many County Roads This Month

Striping Operations On Many County Roads This Month

San Andreas, CA…To ensure the safety of the traveling public in Calaveras County, Public Works will be conducting traffic striping on roads county-wide during the month of June. There will be no road closures or construction zones, as the operation is continuously mobile, but please expect brief delays when encountering the work. The following roads […]

Calaveras Board Of Supervisors Back In Action This Evening For Special Study Session On Cannabis & Other Business

Calaveras Board Of Supervisors Back In Action This Evening For Special Study Session On Cannabis & Other Business

San Andreas, CA…The Calaveras Board of Supervisors will be back at work tonight. The following issues are on the agenda. Adopt a Proclamation recognizing the Volunteer Hours of Hunter Reusche. Approve an agreement with Airbnb and authorize the Treasurer-Tax Collector to sign the agreement for the collection and remittance of Transient Occupancy Taxes (TOT) to […]

University of Texas Students to Bicycle 4000 miles to Support Cancer Care

University of Texas Students to Bicycle 4000 miles to Support Cancer Care

Murphys CA…Texas 4000 Riders to Meet Cancer Patients. The Mark Twain Cancer Center will welcome the Texas 4000 to beautiful downtown Murphys Park on the afternoon of Sunday, June 25th. This peloton of University of Texas student/athletes will pedal the brutal 4000 miles from Austin, Texas to Anchorage, Alaska to support cancer awareness and prevention. […]

Experience The Difference At Sonora Ford!

Experience The Difference At Sonora Ford!

Sonora, CA…We have a strong and committed sales staff with many years of experience satisfying our customers’ needs. Feel free to browse our inventory online, request more information about vehicles, set up a test drive or inquire about financing! If you don’t see what you are looking for, click on CarFinder, fill out the form, […]

Traffic Update…Collision Near Hwy 49 & Mountain Ranch Road

Traffic Update…Collision Near Hwy 49 & Mountain Ranch Road

San Andreas, CA…CHP is reporting a non-injury collision near Hwy 49 and Mountain Ranch Road. Please use caution in the area… Incident: 00201 Type: Trfc Collision-No Inj Location: Sr49 / Mountain Ranch Rd Loc Desc: SB Lat/Lon: 38.189123 -120.674532 Close Detail Information 2:26 PM 2 [3] NEG 1125 2:26 PM 1 [2] OTH VEH WHI […]