The SCU Complex Fire Climbs to 25,000 acres

The SCU Complex Fire Climbs to 25,000 acres

The SCU Lightning Complex started on August 16, 2020 and is currently comprised of approximately 20 separate fires within the complex. The complex is broken into three zones; the Deer Zone, Calaveras Zone, and Canyon Zone. The fires continue to burn in steep inaccessible terrain influenced by low Relative Humidity and high day time temperatures. […]

The Excessive Heat Warning at Lower Elevations Continues Through Tomorrow

The Excessive Heat Warning at Lower Elevations Continues Through Tomorrow

Angels Camp, CA…The Excessive Heat Warning at Lower Elevations Continues Through Tomorrow. The full heat warning updated at 2:19pm this afternoon is below…. URGENT – WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Sacramento CA 219 PM PDT Tue Aug 18 2020 …Dangerous and Prolonged Heatwave Through Wednesday… .A long-duration and extreme heatwave will continue to impact the […]

Rotating Power Outages Likely to Occur Tuesday Afternoon and Evening

Rotating Power Outages Likely to Occur Tuesday Afternoon and Evening

San Francisco, CA…PG&E Encourages Customers to Conserve Electricity as California ISO Declares Flex Alert Tuesday. Conserve Power Between 3 p.m. and 10 p.m. Based on current energy supply forecasts, rotating power outages are likely to occur Tuesday. Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) urges customers to conserve electricity in response to the California Independent System […]

Calaveras County Sheriff’s Volunteer Search and Rescue Training

Calaveras County Sheriff’s Volunteer Search and Rescue Training

Arnold, CA…Once a month the Calaveras County Sheriff’s Office Volunteer Search and Rescue Team (SAR) conducts training on a variety of topics to ensure searchers are ready for any type of search mission. The August 2020 training was held on August 15th and involved a lost person scenario. During the simulation, experienced SAR members were […]

Traffic Update….Vehicle vs Rock Wall Near Sr49 / Portagee Ln

Traffic Update….Vehicle vs Rock Wall Near Sr49 / Portagee Ln

Sonora, CA…Traffic Update….Vehicle vs Rock Wall Near Sr49 / Portagee Ln. Incident: 00176 Type: Trfc Collision-Minor Inj Location: Sr49 / Portagee Ln Loc Desc: SB 9920 SR49 Lat/Lon: 37.999545 -120.430947 Detail Information 11:01 AM 8 [20] A61-002 RDWY OPEN 10:08 AM 7 [16] [Rotation Request Comment] 1039 AFFORDABLE TOW 209-984-2414 10:06 AM 6 [14] 1181 […]

Angels Camp City Council Will Hold Special COVID Meeting This Afternoon at 1:30pm

Angels Camp City Council Will Hold Special COVID Meeting This Afternoon at 1:30pm

Angels Camp, CA…Angels Camp City Council Will Hold Special COVID Meeting This Afternoon at 1:30pm. The full agenda is below… CITY OF ANGELS CITY COUNCIL SPECIAL MEETING AGENDA TUESDAY, August 18, 2020 THIS MEETING WILL BE HELD IN ACCORDANCE WITH EXECUTIVE ORDER N-29-20, ISSUED BY CALIFORNIA GOVERNOR GAVIN NEWSOM ON MARCH 17, 2020, THE RALPH […]

Calaveras Board of Supervisors to Hold Special COVID Meeting This Afternoon at 1:30pm

Calaveras Board of Supervisors to Hold Special COVID Meeting This Afternoon at 1:30pm

San Andreas, CA…Calaveras Board of Supervisors to Hold Special COVID Meeting This Afternoon at 1:30pm. The full agenda is below… Board of Supervisors Special Meeting 8/18/2020 1:30 PM Board of Supervisors Chambers 891 Mountain Ranch Road   San Andreas, CA 95249 Downloads:  Agenda  Agenda Packet Call to Order Roll Call To give public comment, call one of the […]

Calaveras County Board of Supervisors are Back in Action with Two Meetings Today

Calaveras County Board of Supervisors are Back in Action with Two Meetings Today

San Andreas, CA…Calaveras County Board of Supervisors are Back in Action with Two Meetings Today. The full agenda for the first one is below… LIVE Webcast Board of Supervisors Special Meeting 8/18/2020 9:00 AM Board of Supervisors Chambers 891 Mountain Ranch Road   San Andreas, CA 95249 Downloads:  Agenda  Agenda Packet  Video Call to Order Roll Call To […]

Calaveras Wine Country Has Lost Stephen Collum, One of the Greats!

Calaveras Wine Country Has Lost Stephen Collum, One of the Greats!

Murphys, CA…The Calaveras wine industry has lost a great mentor, innovator, vineyard manager and friend. Stephen Collum, 64, the founder of Murphys-based Vineyard Concepts consulting and management company, passed suddenly on August 11th at St. Joseph’s Hospital in Stockton.  Members of the Calaveras Wine Industry Remember Steve as a dear friend, mentor, innovator, educator and […]

Traffic Update….Vehicle vs Embankment Near Sr49 / Schilling Rd

Traffic Update….Vehicle vs Embankment Near Sr49 / Schilling Rd

Coulterville, CA…Traffic Update….Vehicle vs Embankment Near Sr49 / Schilling Rd. Incident: 00059 Type: Trfc Collision-Unkn Inj Location: Sr49 / Schilling Rd Loc Desc: BTWN BAGBY Lat/Lon: 37.694764 -120.182822 Detail Information 7:19 AM 5 [11] 1039 3A CALL# 30868 MILLER BROTHESR 7:16 AM 4 [10] A61-001 1185 3A 7:09 AM 3 [8] A61-001 POSS ANOTHER VEH […]

El Dorado County Resident Tests Positive for Plague

El Dorado County Resident Tests Positive for Plague

South Lake Tahoe, CA…El Dorado County health officials have been notified by the California Department of Public Health (CDPH) that a South Lake Tahoe resident has tested positive for plague. The individual is currently under the care of a medical professional and is recovering at home. It’s believed that the person, an avid walker, may […]

Calaveras County Continues Cooling Centers Through Thursday

Calaveras County Continues Cooling Centers Through Thursday

San Andreas, CA…The Calaveras County Health and Human Services Agency, Public Health Division has issued a heat advisory due to extreme heat for an extended period. Cooling centers will continue through Thursday, August 20, 2020, from 10AM to 6PM at the following locations where the heat will be most extreme. The location for the cooling […]

CCWD Asking for Customers to Conserve Water During this Heat Wave

CCWD Asking for Customers to Conserve Water During this Heat Wave

San Andreas, CA…Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) announced that power is likely to be shut off to much of Calaveras County between 3-10PM each day from August 17-20. CCWD is urging customers to conserve water and only use it for critical health and safety needs during this heat wave. While CCWD has backup generators […]

Rotating Power Outages Likely to Occur Monday Afternoon and Evening

Rotating Power Outages Likely to Occur Monday Afternoon and Evening

San Francisco, CA…Based on current energy supply forecasts, rotating power outages are likely to occur Monday. Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) urges customers to conserve electricity in response to the California Independent System Operator’s (ISO) statewide Flex Alert called for Monday from 3 p.m. to 10 p.m. CAISO is the organization that manages the […]

Traffic Update….Possible Injury Vehicle vs Embankment Collision Near Sr108 / Green Springs Rd

Traffic Update….Possible Injury Vehicle vs Embankment Collision Near Sr108 / Green Springs Rd

Jamestown, CA…Traffic Update….Possible Injury Vehicle vs Embankment Collision Near Sr108 / Green Springs Rd Incident: 00348 Type: Trfc Collision-1141 Enrt Location: Sr108 / Green Springs Rd Loc Desc: EB JWO Lat/Lon: 37.842303 -120.524728 Detail Information 4:02 PM 10 [15] B61-003 START 61-1 WHEN CLR FOR 1184 FOR THE 1185 TO GET VEH 3:42 PM 9 […]

Calaveras County Added to County COVID-19 Naughty List

Calaveras County Added to County COVID-19 Naughty List

San Andreas, CA…Today, the California Department of Public Health (CDPH) confirmed that Calaveras County will be added to the County Monitoring List. This means that starting Thursday August 20, 2020, at 1:00AM, the following industries or activities will be required to shut down unless they can be modified to operate outside or by pick-up.  […]

Calaveras Sheriff Brings Back Special Enforcement Team

Calaveras Sheriff Brings Back Special Enforcement Team

San Andreas, CA…The Calaveras County Sheriff’s Office would like to announce the reinstallation of the Special Enforcement Team (SET). SET is a unit within the Sheriff’s Office that was formed to heighten police presence, conduct extra enforcement, and utilize problem-oriented/community-oriented policing strategies. General patrol deputies are sometimes unable to conduct extra patrol or proactive enforcement […]

Calaveras County Awarded $2.5 Million Grant for Student Mental Health Program

Calaveras County Awarded $2.5 Million Grant for Student Mental Health Program

Angels Camp, CA…The Calaveras Health and Human Services Agency/Behavioral Health Services Division (CHHSA) and Calaveras County Office of Education (CCOE) have been awarded a competitive four-year, $2.5 million Mental Health Services Act grant to support student mental health in local elementary schools. “This project is the culmination of years of working together to build more […]

Tuolumne County Sheriff’s Dept. Activity Logs for August 11th

Tuolumne County Sheriff’s Dept. Activity Logs for August 11th

Sonora, CA…The latest Tuolumne County Sheriff’s Deputies Activity Logs are enclosed… Media Bulletin (Tuesday, August 11, 2020) 00:38 SUSPICIOUS CIRC 2008110002 Occurred at Mary Laveroni Park on Hwy 120/BACK St. , in Groveland. Rpts susc. . Disposition: Welfare Check. 00:39 911 HANG UP 2008110003 Occurred at Greenley Road Tower on Greenley Rd. , in Sonora. […]

Stevenot Winery Now Open for Wine Tastings, Reservations Recommended

Stevenot Winery Now Open for Wine Tastings, Reservations Recommended

Vallecito, CA…Stevenot Winery is now open for wine tastings with safety precautions in place. Reservations recommended with limited availability of walk-in tastings as well. Social distance, wear your face coverings, enjoy a beautiful winery setting and great wines today. On January 16, 2019 the Oliveto Family purchased the former location of Irish Vineyards in Vallecito, […]

Mornings with the One Percent™ Live Weekdays 7-10am, This Morning’s Replays are Below

Mornings with the One Percent™ Live Weekdays 7-10am, 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 […]

Tuolumne County Sheriff’s Dept. Activity Logs for August 10th

Tuolumne County Sheriff’s Dept. Activity Logs for August 10th

Sonora, CA…The latest Tuolumne County Sheriff’s Deputies Activity Logs are enclosed… Media Bulletin (Monday, August 10, 2020) 00:10 TRAFFIC HAZARD 2008100001 Occurred at Tuolumne Rd/Aarondale Rd, in Sonora. Debris in the roadway. . Disposition: Log Note. 00:17 ALARM ALL TYPES 2008100003 Occurred on Leka Rd, in Mi Wuk Village. Audible. interior zone motion. keyholder pending. […]

Tuolumne County Sheriff’s Dept. Activity Logs for August 8th

Tuolumne County Sheriff’s Dept. Activity Logs for August 8th

Sonora, CA…The latest Tuolumne County Sheriff’s Deputies Activity Logs are enclosed… Media Bulletin (Saturday, August 8, 2020) 00:35 TRAFFIC STOP 2008080002 Officer initiated activity at Eighth St/Sixth Av, Jamestown. . Disposition: Arrest Made. 01:00 PROPERTY FOUND 2008080003 Occurred at Bear Creek Station on Tuolumne Rd N. , in Tuolumne. . Disposition: Report Taken. 01:25 TRAFFIC […]

Tuolumne County Sheriff’s Dept. Activity Logs for August 7th

Tuolumne County Sheriff’s Dept. Activity Logs for August 7th

Sonora, CA…The latest Tuolumne County Sheriff’s Deputies Activity Logs are enclosed… Media Bulletin (Friday, August 7, 2020) 00:02 TRAFFIC STOP 2008070001 Officer initiated activity at Starbucks, Mono Wy, Sonora. . Disposition: Warning Given (Used for 11-95s). 00:29 TRAFFIC STOP 2008070002 Officer initiated activity at Sonora Ford, Mono Wy, Sonora. Traffic Stop. . Disposition: Log Note. […]

Tuolumne County Sheriff’s Dept. Activity Logs for August 6th

Tuolumne County Sheriff’s Dept. Activity Logs for August 6th

Sonora, CA…The latest Tuolumne County Sheriff’s Deputies Activity Logs are enclosed… Media Bulletin (Thursday, August 6, 2020) 00:00 911 HANG UP 2008060001 Occurred on Elizabeth Peak Rd, in Twain Harte. 911 hangup. // On call back, received voice mail and left a msg. Cellular E911 Call: Service Class: W911. . Disposition: Log Note. 00:36 SUSPICIOUS […]