Notice Of Intent To Adopt A Negative Declaration: Tentative Parcel Map For West Point Dollar General

Notice Of Intent To Adopt A Negative Declaration: Tentative Parcel Map For West Point Dollar General

West Point, CA…Lead Agency: Calaveras County Planning Department, 891 Mountain Ranch Rd., San Andreas, CA 95249 2016-002 Tentative Parcel Map for West Point Dollar General: The applicant is requesting approval of a Tentative Parcel Map to divide a 4.42-acre parcel into two (2) separate legal parcels. The vacant property has a General Plan land use […]

Trombonists Featured In Friends Of Music Concert April 9th

Trombonists Featured In Friends Of Music Concert April 9th

Pine Grove, CA…Two of the country’s leading trombonists are the featured artists in the next concert of the Mother Lode Friends of Music. The concert is Sunday, April 9 starting at 3 pm in the Pine Grove Community Church, 14045 Ponderosa Way, Pine Grove. Supported by its membership base, the Friends of Music offers this […]

Task Force Making Great Use Of Trees

Task Force Making Great Use Of Trees

Angels Camp, CA…The bark beetle has ravished our forests, wild lands and private ranches. Beloved trees have been killed by the pesky critter. However the Mortality Tree Task Force is milling these trees. The lumber is being donated to organizations like the Calaveras County Fairgrounds. We are grateful to Cal Fire and the Task Force […]

9th Annual Taste For Mentoring ~ Dessert Contest & Antique Auto Show

9th Annual Taste For Mentoring ~ Dessert Contest & Antique Auto Show

Sonora,CA…A Taste for Mentoring is a dessert contest showcasing creations from our county’s finest restaurants as a fund raiser for the Mentoring Works program. Mentoring Works matches caring adults in our community with at risk children under the guidance of the Amador Tuolumne Community Action Agency. A Taste for Mentoring Dessert Contest and Antique Auto […]

Senator Gaines Responds To Governor Circumventing Gann Limit

Senator Gaines Responds To Governor Circumventing Gann Limit

Sacramento, CA…Senator Ted Gaines (R-El Dorado) today issued the following statement regarding Governor Brown’s attempt to side-step the Gann Limit, which restricts California’s government spending to the 1978-79 level and only allows it to grow adjusted for inflation and population. Under the Gann Limit, state revenues above the voter-approved limit are required to be refunded […]

Deadline For Winter Storm Damage Requests For Public Assistance Is April 15th

Deadline For Winter Storm Damage Requests For Public Assistance Is April 15th

Sacramento, CA… State agencies, local and tribal governments, as well as certain private nonprofit organizations, which sustained damage during severe winter storms from Jan. 18 to Jan. 23, have until April 15, 2017, to submit Requests for Public Assistance (RPA). Submitting an RPA to the state is the first step in applying for funding under […]

Ida Frances Davis-Vietor 1936-2017

Ida Frances Davis-Vietor 1936-2017

San Andreas, CA…Ida Frances Davis-Vietor passed away on Monday, March 13, 2017 at the age of 80. To her family and friends she was best known as Mom, Grandma Vietor, GG, Auntie Fran, Fran. She is survived by her children: Alvin Knackstedt and wife Vickie, Kevin Vietor and fiancé Kelly, Rich Vietor and wife Tracy, […]

Dolores Tretheway Walk 1931-2017

Valley Springs,CA…Dolores went to her heavenly home on March 18th at the age of 86. She was born March 15, 1931 to Godfrey and Lula Nemec. She married John “Cap” Tretheway on July 2, 1950 and had two daughters, Dolly Tretheway Thornburg and Jeannie Tretheway Simpson. She is survived by 4 grandchildren, 14 great grandchildren, […]

Doing Business With Caltrans & Local Government Agencies Is Focus Of Public Works & Purchasing Showcase

Doing Business With Caltrans & Local Government Agencies Is Focus Of Public Works & Purchasing Showcase

Stockton, CA…Caltrans and the San Joaquin Regional Public Agency Consortium (SJPAC) are holding a Public Works and Purchasing Showcase on April 6, in the San Joaquin County Robert J. Cabral Agricultural Center, located at 2101 East Earhart Avenue in Stockton. This event runs from 9:00 a.m. until 12:00 p.m. and connects small businesses with Federal, […]

Supervisor Garamendi Talks To Taxpayers

Supervisor Garamendi Talks To Taxpayers

Calaveras County, CA…”Taxpayer Alert” is a public service effort by volunteers and sponsored by the Calaveras County Taxpayers Association and the Calaveras County PATV Studio. For those who do not have Calaveras cable TV, or are out of the area, previously aired programs are uploaded to YouTube and can be accessed on line at CalaverasTaxpayers.org. […]

How To file A Complaint Against Your Medicare Drug Or Health Plan: A Column By Greg Dill

How To file A Complaint Against Your Medicare Drug Or Health Plan: A Column By Greg Dill

San Francisco, CA…Having practiced pharmacy for many years, I often find myself talking to people about their Medicare prescription drug, or Part D, plans. People with Part D usually share their thoughts about a favorite pharmacy or pharmacist, or how their plan offers medicines at affordable prices. Sometimes they report problems with a Part D […]

Calaveras Democrats Hosting The Cannabis Community Forum

Calaveras Democrats Hosting The Cannabis Community Forum

San Andreas, CA…The Calaveras County Democratic Central Committee (CCDCC) is hosting a forum regarding Measure B, the voter initiated initiative-measure that seeks to prohibit the cultivation, manufacturing, processing, and delivery of marijuana for all purposes within all unincorporated parts of Calaveras County, including a ban on the operation of marijuana dispensaries. The forum will take […]

Chili Cooks Needed For 5th Annual Chili Cook Off in the Park

Chili Cooks Needed For 5th Annual Chili Cook Off in the Park

Mountain Ranch, CA…Join us for the 5th Annual Mountain Ranch 4-H Club Chili Cook Off in the park on Sunday, April 2nd! Chili, Music, Petting Zoo, Snack Bar, Silent Auction, Cash Prize, Family Fun! Proceeds Directly benefit the Mountain Ranch 4-H Club including the costs associated with the county fair in May. CHILI COOKS NEEDED! […]

Calaveras County Science Fair Students Tackle Local Issues

Calaveras County Science Fair Students Tackle Local Issues

Calaveras COunty, Ca…And the Grand Prize for the 2017 Calaveras County Science Fair goes to: sixth grader Joshua Brison from Mountain Oaks Charter School! Joshua’s project, “Terpines vs. Mold,” earned him a traveling trophy for his school and a place at the 2017 California State Science Fair. The Calaveras County Science Fair is made possible […]

Sequoia Woods Country Club Is Now Hiring!

Sequoia Woods Country Club Is Now Hiring!

Arnold, CA…Sequoia Woods Country Club is Now Hiring! We are looking for regular, part-time staff to help us in our dining room, bar & lounge, banquets and (summer) deli. There are openings for food servers, hosts, bus persons & bartender. We’d like to meet you if you’ve got some experience, are positive and upbeat. This […]

Sonora Area CHP Reports Over St. Patrick’s Day Weekend

Sonora Area CHP Reports Over St. Patrick’s Day Weekend

Jamestown, CA…On March 17, 2017 at approximately 8:50 pm, Michael Louis Oconnell was driving a black 2014 BMW X1crossover, eastbound on State Route 108, approaching Toban Way. Oconnell failed to negotiate a curve in the road and ran off of the roadway. Oconnell’s vehicle struck a tree with so much force that it pinned him […]

Mountain Ranch Spring Fling Fundraiser

Mountain Ranch Spring Fling Fundraiser

Mountain Ranch, CA…Spring Fling at the Mountain Ranch Community Hall, April 8, 2017. Doors open 5:00 PM Dinner 6:00 PM Entertainment 7-9:00 PM Everything is coming up daisies as we gear up for our first fundraiser of the year. This event will be entertaining and lots of fun. The Northern California Brothers (NCB) winners of […]

Welcoming New Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation Physician Specialist

Welcoming New Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation Physician Specialist

Sonora, CA… Sonora Regional Medical Center welcomes Brett Lockman, D.O., a board-certified Physiatrist (Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation physician) with additional certifications in Sports Medicine and Brain Injury Medicine. As an interventional physiatrist, Dr. Lockman provides minimally-invasive procedures for the treatment of acute and chronic conditions of the nerves, muscles and bones. His ultimate goal is […]

Welcoming New Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation Physician Specialist

Welcoming New Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation Physician Specialist

Sonora, CA…Sonora Regional Medical Center welcomes Rana Rand, D.O., a board-certified Physiatrist who uses non-surgical methods to treat patients with nerve, muscle and bone diseases or injuries. Dr. Rand is skilled in neuromusculoskeletal and sports medicine, osteopathic manipulation, and regenerative medicine approaches. She has a special interest in integrative medicine and is also board-certified in […]

Anderson Valley Pint Night At Alchemy

Anderson Valley Pint Night At Alchemy

Murphys, CA…Join us on Thursday, March 23, as we feature some new and exceptional draft beer from Anderson Valley Brewing Company. Featured on tap will be a sour called Featherleggy, a bourbon barrel aged stout called Huge Arker, and an IPA called Eetah. The brewery rep will be here, and your first one of the […]

Columbia College Free Financial Aid Workshop

Columbia College Free Financial Aid Workshop

Sonora, CA…The Columbia College Financial Aid Office invites the community to a free workshop to learn about Financial Aid for college on Saturday, April 8 between 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. at the Starbucks conference room located in the Sonora Junction shopping center at 13761 Mono Way, Sonora. The workshop is open to all and […]

Tuolumne County Sheriff’s Logs For March 20th

Tuolumne County Sheriff’s Logs For March 20th

Sonora, CA… Tuolumne County Sheriff’s Logs for March 20th are enclosed: TUOLUMNE COUNTY SHERIFF MEDIA BULLETIN Monday, March 20, 2017 00:22 INJURED DEER 1703200001 Occurred at Big Hill Rd/Oak Ridge Dr, Sonora. Injured deer on the side of the road. . Disposition: Animal Destroyed. 00:31 TRAFFIC STOP 1703200002 Officer initiated activity at Jamestown Rd/Countryside Ct, […]