Get Ready For The 21st Annual Kindness Week February 8-13, 2016

Get Ready For The 21st Annual Kindness Week February 8-13, 2016

Angels Camp, CA…Once again, a small group of local residents are working together to encourage and promote random acts of kindness throughout Calaveras County. In 1995, the Angels Camp City Council passed a proclamation that Angels Camp is a Kindness Zone. The Calaveras County Board of Supervisors has passed a county-wide Kindness Zone proclamation again. […]

President Obama’s Weekly Address: Giving Every Student an Opportunity to Learn Through Computer Science For All

President Obama’s Weekly Address: Giving Every Student an Opportunity to Learn Through Computer Science For All

Washington, DC…Hi everybody. As I said in my State of the Union address, we live in a time of extraordinary change – change that’s affecting the way we live and the way we work. New technology replaces any job where work can be automated. Workers need more skills to get ahead. These changes aren’t new, […]

Bret Harte High School Campus Locked Down After Threat

Bret Harte High School Campus Locked Down After Threat

Angels Camp, CA…On January 29, 2016 at approximately 09:20 AM, the Angels Camp Police Department received information from Bret Harte High School staff regarding a possible threat to shoot students on campus. The threat was received through third-party information. No specific students or faculty members were named in the threat. The campus was immediately placed […]

Update On The Precautionary (Now Lifted) Lockdown At Bret Harte High School

Update On The Precautionary (Now Lifted) Lockdown At Bret Harte High School

Angels Camp, CA…We would like to thank Bret Harte Unified School District Superintendent Michael Chimente for some additional details on this mornings incident.  “We did have a threat and the campus was placed on precautionary lockdown while ACPD, TCSO and other agencies did a sweep of the campus.  The lockdown was lifted at 10:40am this […]

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Traffic Update…Solo Vehicle Overturned On Obyrnes Ferry Road & Hwy 108

Traffic Update…Solo Vehicle Overturned On Obyrnes Ferry Road & Hwy 108

Copperopolis, CA…CHP is reporting an overturned vehicle, non-injury incident on Obyrnes Ferry on the Tuolumne Side of the bridge. Please use caution and expect delays in the area… Incident: 00248 Type: Trfc Collision-No Inj Location: Obyrnes Ferry Rd / Sr108 Loc Desc: JNO THE BRIDGE Lat/Lon: 37.885417 -120.499140 Close Detail Information 10:10 AM 7 [12] […]

Bret Harte High School On Lockdown

Angels Camp, CA…There is activity at Bret Harte High School at this time. There had been some traffic that the one party had been detained and the situation dealt with. More details to follow

Cal Waste Recycles With Goats

Cal Waste Recycles With Goats

Arnold, CA…Cal-Waste is on the cutting edge of recycling technology. Sometimes the best way to go forward in recycling is decidedly old school. They rented the 350 + goats to eat the Christmas trees that were collected throughout the areas they service. There were probably 300-400 trees at the ranch. IT’s just another way to […]

Flash Flood Watch In Effect From Friday Afternoon Through Saturday Morning For Butte Fire Burn Area

Flash Flood Watch In Effect From Friday Afternoon Through Saturday Morning For Butte Fire Burn Area

San Andreas, CA…Flash Flood Watch for anyone living or traveling on roads in the Butte Fire Burn Area along Jesus Maria Creek and the Calaveras River especially from Whiskey Slide to Highway 26 should be alert for probable road problems due to flooding, rock and debris, Mountain Ranch Rd and the connecting smaller roads within […]

Calaveras Fire Safe Council To Meet Feb 18 In San Andreas

Calaveras Fire Safe Council To Meet Feb 18 In San Andreas

Murphys, CA…The Calaveras Fire Safe Council is a non-profit who writes and administers grants for fuels reduction/fuel break projects in Calaveras County. The Mission of the Calaveras Foothills Fire Safe Council is to maintain the quality of life for residents (human as well as local animal and vegetation species) as we coexist within each Wildland-Urban […]

Introduction To FlyFishing Class

Introduction To  FlyFishing Class

Jackson, CA…Amador FlyFishers (AFF) is partnering with the Amador County Recreation Agency (ACRA) to present an introductory class on flyfishing. The class will be held April 16 & 17, 2016 9am – 4pm at The HUB, 206B Main Street, Jackson, CA. Cost is $40. To register or get information please call (209) 223-6349, or email […]

Virginia Ann Correia 1948 – 2016

Valley Springs, CA…Virginia Ann Correia Born October 10, 1948 in Oakland, California. Age at time of death Age 67. A longtime resident of Valley Springs, California. Died January 25th 2016 in Valley Springs, California. Died of natural causes. A graduate of Bishop O’Dowd High School in Oakland, California. Retired catering business owner and home maker. […]

“The Little Mermaid” Swims Into The Bret Harte Theatre Feb. 12-14

“The Little Mermaid” Swims Into The Bret Harte Theatre Feb. 12-14

Angels Camp, CA…Go “Under the Sea” and let Calaveras Sings! Theatre Arts Repertory for Kids be “Part of Your World” as 70 talented youth performers between the ages of 5-18 stage “The Little Mermaid,” February 12-14 at the Bret Harte High School Center for the Performing Arts in Angels Camp.   Based on the iconic 1989 […]

This Week at the Angels Camp CHS Thrift Store Adoption Center – BEBE!

This Week at the Angels Camp CHS Thrift Store Adoption Center – BEBE!

Angels Camp, CA…Stop by the Calaveras Humane Society’s Thrift Store/Cat Adoption Center in Angels Camp, located in Angels Town Center at 240 S. Main St./Hwy 49, open Thurs/Fri, 10am–5pm, and Saturday, 11am–5pm. Bebe and several other irresistible kitties will be there to meet you. Our Arnold Adoption Center will be CLOSED this week, so if […]

14th Annual Love The Forest Valentine Concert Rocks On Valentines Day

14th Annual Love The Forest Valentine Concert Rocks On Valentines Day

Murphys, CA…Mark your calendars for the 14th annual Love the Forest Concert at Black Bart Playhouse in Murphys, Saturday, February 13, beginning at 7pm. A host of local musicians including Cantamos with Michela Macfarlane, plus The Bill Welles Band. The evening will also include special guest singers from the San Francisco Women’s Choir Musae joining […]

The Blue Mountain Players Present Cookin’ with Gus, opening February 12th in West Point.

The Blue Mountain Players Present Cookin’ with Gus, opening February 12th in West Point.

West Point, CA…This laugh-out loud comedy, by Jim Brochu, follows chef and cookbook author Gussie Richardson as she tries to secure her own television cooking show. Unfortunately, Gus’s stage fright gets in the way of her dream. No one escapes the mess that ensues as her friends try to help her overcome her fears. Cookin’ […]

Road Charging Is Potential Long-Term Transportation Funding Solution ~ Op-Ed By Jim Madaffer, Chair of the Road Charge Technical Advisory Committee and California Transportation

Road Charging Is Potential Long-Term Transportation Funding Solution ~ Op-Ed By Jim Madaffer, Chair of the Road Charge Technical Advisory Committee and California Transportation

Sacramento, CA…California drivers are bearing the burden of the state’s transportation funding crisis, with the average driver spending more than $500 a year to repair the wear and tear on their vehicle caused by bad roads. Gas tax revenues currently fund most of the state’s road maintenance and repairs, but gas tax revenues are declining […]

After Ironstone “AnimalScapes” Art Exhibit Opens Next in Sutter Creek

After Ironstone “AnimalScapes” Art Exhibit  Opens Next in Sutter Creek

Sutter Creek, CA…From February 17 to March 13 the “AnimalScapes of the Sierra Foothills” Art Event will be installed in the banquet room, next to the restaurant, of The Hotel Sutter in Sutter Creek. The public is invited come by and see the 54 original pieces of juried art and poetry created by artists in […]

Calaveras Community Foundation Contributes $40,000 To Support CCAR Charities Butte Fire Relief Efforts

Calaveras Community Foundation Contributes $40,000 To Support CCAR Charities Butte Fire Relief Efforts

Angels Camp, CA…CCAR Charities is pleased to announce that the Calaveras Community Foundation has granted them a second grant this week, in the amount of $40,000, to assist those who suffered damages in the Butte Fire. CCAR Charities is very thankful and grateful for that organization’s on-going support and its faith in the things being […]

Friends of Rail Road Flat School Many Thanks to Supporters of our Efforts in The Butte Fire Recovery

Friends of Rail Road Flat School Many Thanks to Supporters of our Efforts in The Butte Fire Recovery

Rail Road Flat, CA…Now four months after the fire The Friends of Rail Road Flat School which is a local grass roots non-profit group under the auspices of Blue Mountain Community Renewal Council is still hard at work meeting the needs of Fire Survivors. Currently we are stocking and distributing goods from our Butte Fire […]

Greenhorn Creek Golf Resort Men’s Club Results for Wednesday January 27, 2016

Greenhorn Creek Golf Resort Men’s Club Results for Wednesday January 27, 2016

Angels Camp, CA…The Game: One Net Better Ball of Two from Combo Tees plus One Net Better Ball of Two from White Tees. Four Person Team Score is the combination of the two better balls. 1st Place: Bert Sobon, Bob Heise, Doug Haslouer, Fred Russell 2nd Place: Mitch McDaniel, Charlie Creighton, Keith Jolly, Dave Brown […]

Murphys to Markleeville – “The Schedule” – January 29 to February 6

Murphys to Markleeville – “The Schedule” – January 29 to February 6

Arnold, CA…“The Schedule” is published every Thursday by the Bear’s Lair and includes everything happening from Murphys to Markleeville.  For more detailed info visit The Schedule.  Please come by and pick one up or contact Bear’s Lair at info@epvc.org to have your event included in “The Schedule.”       The Schedule Murphys to Markleeville January 29 – February […]

Calaveras County Sheriff’s Logs For January 26th

Calaveras County Sheriff’s Logs For January 26th

San Andreas, CA….The latest Calaveras County Sheriff’s logs for January 26th are enclosed… MEDIA BULLETIN Tuesday, January 26, 2016 01/27/2016 00:02 911 Hang Up 1601260001 Occurred on Hwy 49, Angels Camp.. Disposition: No Report Taken. 00:46 Suspicious or Parked Vehicle 1601260004 Officer initiated activity at Treat Av, San Andreas. Two arrested, out of county warrants, […]

Tuolumne County Sheriff’s Logs For January 26th

Tuolumne County Sheriff’s Logs For January 26th

Sonora, CA….The Tuolumne County Sheriff’s Logs for January 26th are enclosed. TUOLUMNE COUNTY SHERIFF MEDIA BULLETIN Tuesday, January 26, 2016 Page 1 01/27/2016 00:09 ANIMAL CONTROL CALLS 1601260001 Occurred on Cabezut Ct, Sonora. MISSING 3YOA MALE CHOCOLATE LAB RETRIEVER,NAME HUCK,BLUE COLLAR WITH A LIGHT AND TAGS, MICROCHIP. . Disposition: Animal Control (Dispatched by TCSO). 00:20 […]

Mark Twain Medical Center and Soroptimists KICK OFF American Heart Month by offering FREE CHOLESTEROL TESTS DURING FEBRUARY

Mark Twain Medical Center and Soroptimists KICK OFF American Heart Month by offering FREE CHOLESTEROL TESTS DURING FEBRUARY

San Andreas, CA…As part of a continuing partnership with Soroptimist International of Calaveras County, Mark Twain Medical Center (MTMC) will be offering FREE cholesterol tests for women in Calaveras County during American Heart Month in February. “Many people who are at risk for a heart attack and stroke don’t know it,” stated MTMC Cardiologist Courtney […]