UWPA Board Hires Joel Metzger as New General Manager

UWPA Board Hires Joel Metzger as New General Manager

Angels Camp, CA — The Utica Water and Power Authority (UWPA) Board of Directors is pleased to announce that Joel Metzger has been hired as the new general manager of the Authority. The Board unanimously approved the contract at a Board meeting Tuesday May 26, and his first day on the job will be July […]

Bret Harte High District Board Says Thank You To Community For Helping Celebrate Graduates!

Bret Harte High District Board Says Thank You To Community For Helping Celebrate Graduates!

Angels Camp, CA…The Bret Harte Union High School District Governing Board want to extend our appreciation to the caring community members and organizations for donations which allowed us to purchase yard signs for each of our graduating seniors. Deepest thanks go to the Grad Night Foundation of Calaveras County, Supervisor Merita Callaway, Joanne and Casey […]

AG Becerra Files Lawsuit Challenging Trump Administration’s Rollback of Clean Car Standards

AG Becerra Files Lawsuit Challenging Trump Administration’s Rollback of Clean Car Standards

Sacramento, CA…California Attorney General Xavier Becerra, leading a multistate coalition, today filed a lawsuit challenging the Trump Administration’s disastrous final rule rolling back the nation’s Clean Car Standards. The Clean Car Standards require appropriate and feasible improvements in fuel economy and reductions in greenhouse gas emissions from passenger cars and light trucks. Since their introduction in 2010, […]

COVID-19 Testing Coming to Frogtown for Calaveras & Tuolumne Counties

COVID-19 Testing Coming to Frogtown for Calaveras & Tuolumne Counties

Angels Camp, CA…The Calaveras County Fairgrounds is partnering with Calaveras and Tuolumne County. As part of efforts to expand COVID-19 testing throughout the State, a testing site serving people from Tuolumne and Calaveras Counties to be open effective Friday, May 29. The testing site will open at the Calaveras County Fairgrounds located just outside historic […]

CAL FIRE Suspends Burn Permits in Tuolumne, Calaveras, Eastern Stanislaus and Eastern San Joaquin Counties

CAL FIRE Suspends Burn Permits in Tuolumne, Calaveras, Eastern Stanislaus and Eastern San Joaquin Counties

San Andreas, CA…With 2020 starting out with February being the driest month since the 1850’s in California, warming temperatures and winds are quickly drying out the annual grass crop. The increasing fire danger posed by dead grass and hotter, drier conditions in the region is prompting CAL FIRE to suspend all burn permits for outdoor […]

Hospice of Amador & Calaveras Offering Weekly Grief Support

Hospice of Amador & Calaveras Offering Weekly Grief Support

Amador & Calaveras Counties…Please join us for our free, weekly* GRIEF SUPPORT GROUP held every Tuesday, from 10:00am-11:30am. You do not need to have a family member on Hospice service and it does not matter how long ago your Loved One died. If you are grieving, we are here for you. All are welcome. For […]

Adventist Health Sonora Resuming More Surgeries, Procedures & Outpatient Services

Adventist Health Sonora Resuming More Surgeries, Procedures & Outpatient Services

Sonora, CA….Adventist Health Sonora is resuming some surgeries and procedures as well as additional outpatient services, in response to the governor’s executive order, which allows hospitals and other care settings to resume essential procedures that require personal protective equipment, if criteria given by the California Department of Public Health are met. Everyone at Adventist Health […]

Traffic & Fire Update….Fire Reported Near Preston Ln / Seco St. Preston Lane Shutdown

Traffic & Fire Update….Fire Reported Near Preston Ln / Seco St.  Preston Lane Shutdown

Jamestown, CA….Traffic & Fire Update….Fire Reported Near Preston Ln / Seco St. Preston Lane Shutdown Incident: 00176 Type: Report of Fire Location: Preston Ln / Seco St Loc Desc: Lat/Lon: 37.949747 -120.419989 Detail Information 11:42 AM 3 [3] A61-002B PRESTON LANE SHUT DOWN 11:40 AM 2 [2] 1039 CAL FIRE – THEY ARE ENRT 11:40 […]

Temporary Lane Closure on O’Byrnes Ferry Bridge Friday, May 29, 2020

Temporary Lane Closure on O’Byrnes Ferry Bridge  Friday, May 29, 2020

Copperopolis, CA…The Calaveras County Public Works Department will be making repairs to the bridge railing of O’Byrnes Ferry Bridge at the Tuolumne County line. Construction crews will be working from 7am to 7pm on Friday, May 29th to repair nearly 150 feet of damaged bridge railing in the eastbound lane. Large construction equipment will be […]

Big Trees Market Weekly Ad & Grocery Specials Through June 2nd

Big Trees Market Weekly Ad & Grocery Specials Through June 2nd

Arnold, CA…Big Trees Market is working hard to keep the shelves stocked for you! They have also implemented enhanced safety, cleaning and social distancing procedures in the store. These include plastic shields between staff and public in the checkstands. Due to the supply chain disruptions their normal weekly ad took a bit of a hiatus. […]

Traffic Update….Vehicle vs Rock Near Hwy 88 & Kirkwood

Traffic Update….Vehicle vs Rock Near Hwy 88 & Kirkwood

Kirkwood, CA…Traffic Update….Vehicle vs Rock Near Hwy 88 & Kirkwood. Please use caution for rocks on the move in the area… Incident: 00164 Type: Trfc Collision-No Inj Location: Sr88 / Kirkwood Meadows Dr Loc Desc: EB JWO, 1/4 MILE Lat/Lon: 38.700729 -120.077373 Detail Information 10:04 AM 5 [6] PER RP 1185 DENIED // NOT ENOUGH […]

Traffic & Fire Update….Big Rig Fire Near Hwy 12 & Toyon Circle

Traffic & Fire Update….Big Rig Fire Near Hwy 12 & Toyon Circle

San Andreas, CA…Traffic & Fire Update….Big Rig Fire Near Hwy 12 & Toyon Circle. Please use caution in the area…. Incident: 00131 Type: Car Fire Location: Sr12 / Toyon Cir Loc Desc: Lat/Lon: 38.211851 -120.764399 Detail Information 8:13 AM 2 [3] BIG RIG / ON FIRE 8:12 AM 1 [1] RP ADVSD FIRE ENRT

Officer Involved Shooting Update…Domestic Violence Call ends with “Suicide by Cop”

Officer Involved Shooting Update…Domestic Violence Call ends with “Suicide by Cop”

Jamestown, CA…From the Tuolumne Sheriff’s Dept…**Officer-involved Shooting Update** Just after 1 o’clock this afternoon, deputies responded to a home on Preston Lane in Jamestown for a domestic violence call. The man refused to leave the home and threatened to engage in a shootout with deputies. Investigators learned there was also an emergency protective order against […]

Valley Springs Man is Fifteenth Case of COVID-19 Confirmed in Calaveras County

Valley Springs Man is Fifteenth Case of COVID-19 Confirmed in Calaveras County

Valley Springs, CA…On Tuesday May 26, 2020, Calaveras Public Health confirmed an additional case of COVID-19 in Calaveras County. This case is an older adult male from Valley Springs. The individual is currently hospitalized. “A person at any age can become seriously ill from COVID-19, that’s why it’s important to do everything you can to […]

Desperate & Smelly Attempt to Hide Drugs Unsuccessful.

Desperate & Smelly Attempt to Hide Drugs Unsuccessful.

Sonora, CA…On Friday evening, deputies observed a vehicle with an obstructed windshield pull into the parking lot of Auto Zone. When deputies approached the vehicle, the driver, 27-year-old Dillan Rivera of Sonora, was attempting to smoke a marijuana pipe. Dillan, who was on CDC Parole, and his passenger, 22-year-old Emily Kluth of Twain Harte, were […]

Traffic Update….Subjects Walking Across Roadway, Litter & Debris Near Natural Bridges Trailhead

Traffic Update….Subjects Walking Across Roadway, Litter & Debris Near Natural Bridges Trailhead

Vallecito, CA…Traffic Update….Subjects Walking Across Roadway, Litter & Debris Near Natural Bridges Trailhead Incident: 00309 Type: Traffic Hazard Location: Parrots Ferry Rd / Airolo Rd Loc Desc: NATURAL BRIDGES TRAIL HEAD Lat/Lon: 38.048100 -120.469739 Detail Information 3:58 PM 3 [4] 1039 CALSO 3:57 PM 2 [2] RP ALSO ADV’G THERE IS LITTER AND DEBRIS BEING […]

Mornings with the One Percent™ Was 9 till Noon Today…This Morning’s & Board of Supervisor Replay Below

Mornings with the One Percent™ Was 9 till Noon Today…This Morning’s & Board of Supervisor Replay 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 […]

Traffic Update….Pickup Overturned Near French Gulch Rd / Lone Dove Ln

Traffic Update….Pickup Overturned Near French Gulch Rd / Lone Dove Ln

Angels Camp, CA…Traffic Update….Pickup Overturned Near French Gulch Rd / Lone Dove Ln Incident: 00226 Type: Trfc Collision-Unkn Inj Location: French Gulch Rd / Lone Dove Ln Loc Desc: 255 LONE DOVE LN Lat/Lon: 38.107409 -120.520062 Detail Information 1:20 PM 4 [14] 1039 3A SO: 37698 PROVIDER: SAM BERRI 20 MIN 1:16 PM 3 [12] […]

Traffic Update…Collision Near Hwy 49 & Mountain Ranch Road

Traffic Update…Collision Near Hwy 49 & Mountain Ranch Road

San Andreas, CA…Traffic Update…Collision Near Hwy 49 & Mountain Ranch Road Incident: 00217 Type: Trfc Collision-No Inj Location: Sr49 / Mountain Ranch Rd Loc Desc: Lat/Lon: 38.189123 -120.674532 Detail Information 12:35 PM 1 [2] [Notification] [CHP]-Problem changed from 1183-Trfc Collision-Unkn Inj to 1182-Trfc Collision-No Inj by CHP Unit Information 12:35 PM 6 Unit Assigned 12:35 […]

New Principal Named for Hazel Fischer Elementary School

New Principal Named for Hazel Fischer Elementary School

Arnold, CA…Dr. Raymond Fausel was appointed by the Vallecito Union School District Governing Board as Principal for Hazel Fischer Elementary School in Arnold, California for the 2020/21 school year. Dr. Fausel brings a range of experience in diverse roles as Director of Teaching and Learning at Del Mar Pines Elementary School in San Diego, California. […]