Stanislaus National Forest Proposes Eliminating Free Day Use & Large 100% or More Fee Increases at Developed Locations

Stanislaus National Forest Proposes Eliminating Free Day Use & Large 100% or More Fee Increases at Developed Locations

Sonora, CA…The Stanislaus National Forest is proposing to charge new or increased fees at 31 developed recreation sites to conduct deferred maintenance and make improvements to enhance visitor enjoyment (Table 1.). Numerous day-use sites, overnight camping sites, and other recreation sites are managed without user fees on the forest. “We recognize how important these sites […]

Labor & Wagon Trail Property Negotiations Top Board Agenda Today

Labor & Wagon Trail Property Negotiations Top Board Agenda Today

San Andreas, CA…Labor & Wagon Trail Property Negotiations Top Board Agenda Today. The full agenda is below… Board of Supervisors Special Meeting 9/21/2021 8:00 AM Board of Supervisors Chambers 891 Mountain Ranch Road   San Andreas, CA 95249 Downloads:  Agenda  Agenda Packet  Video Call to Order Roll Call Closed Session Agenda 1. Pursuant to Govt. Code § 54957.6, […]

Biden Administration Mobilizes to Protect Workers and Communities from Extreme Heat

Biden Administration Mobilizes to Protect Workers and Communities from Extreme Heat

Washington, DC…President Biden is launching a coordinated, interagency effort to respond to extreme heat that threatens the lives and livelihoods of Americans, especially workers, children, and seniors. While climate-related disasters like hurricanes, wildfires, and floods produce dramatic images of devastation, extreme heat often takes place out of sight and out of the news. But heat […]

Felony DUI Charges for Soulsbyville Juvenile in Death of 19 Year Old Sonora Man

Felony DUI Charges for Soulsbyville Juvenile in Death of 19 Year Old Sonora Man

Mi Wuk Village, CA…On September 20, 2021, at approximately 8:34pm, a 17-year-old Juvenile male from Soulsbyville, Ca was driving a 2001 Toyota Tacoma along with his 19-year-old male passenger from Sonora, Ca westbound on State Route 108, near Koinonia Court in Mi Wuk Village. After the vehicle entered a left hand curve in the roadway, […]

Memorial Service for Firefighter Allen Johnson is September 26th

Memorial Service for Firefighter Allen Johnson is September 26th

Sonora, CA…The Stanislaus National Forest has lost a longtime Groveland resident and career wildland firefighter. Allen Wesley Johnson passed away on Aug. 31, 2021, at the age of 68. The memorial service is on Sunday, September 26, 2021, at the Mother Lode Fairgrounds, 220 Southgate Dr., Sonora, CA at 3:30 pm. Masks, social distancing, and […]

Traffic Update….Fatal Overturned Vehicle Collision Near Sr108 / Koinonia Ct

Traffic Update….Fatal Overturned Vehicle Collision Near Sr108 / Koinonia Ct

Mi Wuk Village, CA…Traffic Update….Fatal Overturned Vehicle Collision Near Sr108 / Koinonia Ct. Please use caution in the area… Incident: 00463 Type: Trfc Collision-1141 Enrt Location: Sr108 / Koinonia Ct Loc Desc: EB 108 JEO FOREST SERVICE Lat/Lon: 38.067393 -120.182026 Detail Information 9:11 PM 15 [34] 1039 SO LN 29 9:11 PM 14 [33] [Rotation […]

Governor Newsom Signs Executive Order Enabling Continued Remote Government Meetings

Governor Newsom Signs Executive Order Enabling Continued Remote Government Meetings

Sacramento, CA…Governor Gavin Newsom today signed an executive order waiving the application of AB 361 until October 1, 2021, when the provisions of a prior executive order that established certain requirements for public agencies to meet remotely during the COVID-19 emergency will expire. AB 361 extends the flexibilities provided in the Governor’s prior executive order to […]

Traffic Update…Minor Injury Vehicle vs Motorcycle Near Holtzel Rd / Millbrow Ln

Traffic Update…Minor Injury Vehicle vs Motorcycle Near Holtzel Rd / Millbrow Ln

Greeley Hill, CA…Traffic Update…Minor Injury Vehicle vs Motorcycle Near Holtzel Rd / Millbrow Ln. Fisticuffs between the involved parties almost erupted after collision. Incident: 00363 Type: Trfc Collision-Minor Inj Location: Holtzel Rd / Millbrow Ln Loc Desc: NEAR TRUE VALUE Lat/Lon: 37.739451 -120.129705 Detail Information 5:58 PM 9 [15] [Rotation Request Comment] 1039 MILLER BROS […]

The CDC’s Eviction Moratorium has Ended – What Exactly Does this Mean for Renters and Landlords?

The CDC’s Eviction Moratorium has Ended – What Exactly Does this Mean for Renters and Landlords?

Arlington, VA…When the Supreme Court ended the nationwide eviction moratorium, media outlets were filled with dire predictions. Millions of American families and their belongings would be tossed unceremoniously into the streets, they said. The newly homeless would overrun shelters and create new hotspots of COVID-19.  Alarmists seemed to imagine heartless landlords were constrained only by the CDC’s 11-month emergency measure, and as […]

Traffic Update….Hwy 108 Will Close During Blasting Work for Peaceful Oak Project

Traffic Update….Hwy 108 Will Close During Blasting Work for Peaceful Oak Project

Sonora, CA…The California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) will perform intermittent full closures of State Route 108 (SR-108) near Sonora as part of the Peaceful Oak Project. To ensure the safety of maintenance crews and the motoring public, Caltrans will require intermittent full closures of SR-108 as crews will be performing blasting work on Tuesday, September, […]

Breanna Lee (Grimes) Ribeira 1988 ~ 2021 Celebration of Life October 10th

Breanna Lee (Grimes) Ribeira 1988 ~ 2021  Celebration of Life October 10th

Arnold, CA…Breanna Lee (Grimes) Riberia was born May 23, 1988 and left this world to be in heaven on September 1, 2021. Breanna was raised a mountain girl in Arnold, California. After Bre graduated from Bret Harte, and meeting the love of her life, Justin Riberia, she continued with school at Sonoma State and graduated […]

Mornings with the One Percent™ Will Start at 9am Today..This Morning’s Replays Are Below!

Mornings with the One Percent™ Will Start at 9am Today..This Morning’s Replays Are Below!

Arnold, CA…Mornings with the One Percent™ is live weekday mornings from 7-10am. The premise for the show is that the USDA ranked all 3,142 counties or county equivalents in the USA on a livability or desirability scale based on factors such as climate, scenic beauty, bodies of water for recreation, humidity and much more. All […]

A Bit of Wisdom from Poor Richard

A Bit of Wisdom from Poor Richard

Who is wise? He that learns from every One. Who is powerful? He that governs his Passions. Who is rich? He that is content. Who is that? Nobody. Poor Richard’s Almanack 1755, Benjamin Franklin January 6 – April 17, 1790

Traffic Update….Possible Injury Collision Near Camanche Pkwy N / Buena Vista Rd

Traffic Update….Possible Injury Collision Near Camanche Pkwy N / Buena Vista Rd

Camp Pardee, CA….Traffic Update….Possible Injury Collision Near Camanche Pkwy N / Buena Vista Rd Incident: 00184 Type: Trfc Collision-1141 Enrt Location: Camanche Pkwy N / Buena Vista Rd Loc Desc: Lat/Lon: 38.253974 -120.879512 Detail Information 11:19 AM 8 [21] [Rotation Request Comment] 1039 FINCHS 209-274-2266 11:18 AM 7 [20] A94-001 60FT OFF RDWY W/MAJOR FRONT […]

Traffic Update….High Speed Chase Ends With Arrest on Hwy 4

Traffic Update….High Speed Chase Ends With Arrest on Hwy 4

Vallecito, CA…A moderate to high speed chase westbound on Hwy 4 just concluded with spike strips deployed near Six Mile Road, vehicle stopped a short distance later, a 34 year old male tazed and arrested. We picked up audio of the chase in Arnold. Law enforcement blocked side roads to prevent the subject from going […]

Human Remains Recovered Consistent with Gabrielle “Gabby” Petito

Human Remains Recovered Consistent with Gabrielle “Gabby” Petito

Jackson Hole, WY…”The FBI Denver Field Office and its Wyoming Resident Agencies, in coordination with the National Park Service, U.S. Forest Service, Teton County Sheriff’s Office, and Jackson Police Department have been conducting investigative activity in the vicinity of Spread Creek Dispersed Camping Area in the Bridger-Teton National Forest. Today, the search revealed human remains […]

Joint US-EU Statement on the Global Methane Pledge

Joint US-EU Statement on the Global Methane Pledge

Washington, DC…The United States and European Union announced today the Global Methane Pledge, an initiative to reduce global methane emissions to be launched at the UN Climate Change Conference (COP 26) in November in Glasgow. President Biden and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen urged countries at the U.S.-led Major Economies Forum on Energy […]

Blood Analysis Screenings Only $45! Call Mark Twain Medical Center Now!

Blood Analysis Screenings Only $45!  Call Mark Twain Medical Center Now!

San Andreas, CA….Blood Analysis Screenings Only $45! Call Now! Although we cannot gather for our annual Fall Health Fair, we will be offering Blood Analysis Screenings for $45. Please call 209.897.0267 to schedule your appointment. Our goal is to provide this important screening to you safely and conveniently. ### About Mark Twain Medical Center Founded […]

Traffic Update….Vehicle vs Power Pole with Arcing Into Trees Near Lakeside Dr / Sheep Ranch Rd

Traffic Update….Vehicle vs Power Pole with Arcing Into Trees Near Lakeside Dr / Sheep Ranch Rd

Mountain Ranch, CA…Traffic Update….Vehicle vs Power Pole with Arcing Into Trees Near Lakeside Dr / Sheep Ranch Rd Incident: 00308 Type: Trfc Collision-No Inj Location: Lakeside Dr / Sheep Ranch Rd Loc Desc: Lat/Lon: 38.243992 -120.512333 Detail Information 4:02 PM 6 [13] PGE ADVD 30 MIN ETA 3:57 PM 5 [11] 1039 PGE 3:55 PM […]

Traffic Update….Minor Injury Collision Near Sr49 / Del Orto Rd

Traffic Update….Minor Injury Collision Near Sr49 / Del Orto Rd

Mokelumne Hill, CA…Traffic Update….Minor Injury Collision Near Sr49 / Del Orto Rd Incident: 00303 Type: Trfc Collision-Minor Inj Location: Sr49 / Del Orto Rd Loc Desc: 13 CURVES // JNO Lat/Lon: 38.297347 -120.719457 Detail Information 3:59 PM 4 [9] [Notification] [CHP]-Problem changed from 1179-Trfc Collision-1141 Enrt to 1181-Trfc Collision-Minor Inj by CHP [Shared] 3:55 PM […]

Shop, Click & Deliver with Express Purchase from Sonora Ford

Shop, Click & Deliver with Express Purchase from Sonora Ford

Sonora, CA…Sonora Ford COVID-19 – Update…As our communities continue to feel the increased impact of Coronavirus, we feel it is important to share with you what we are doing to help keep people safe and healthy. Please be assured we have protocols in place, and are following CDC and local public health official’s recommendations. As […]

Shop Local at Middleton’s Furniture & Appliances! Serving Your Essential Shopping Needs Since 1955!

Shop Local at Middleton’s Furniture & Appliances! Serving Your Essential Shopping Needs Since 1955!

Angels Camp, CA…Middleton’s is Open Normal Hours During the COVID-19 Crisis for their Community. Browse Online, Call In Your Order & Get Fast, Free Delivery! When people buy from us, they don’t just get an appliance, piece of furniture or electronic; they become a member of our family, a family that is there for one […]