Hospice Thrift Stores Now Open in Angels Camp & Jackson

Hospice Thrift Stores Now Open in Angels Camp & Jackson

Jackson, CA…🎇 EXCITING ANNOUNCEMENT! 🎆 HOSPICE THRIFT STORES ARE OPEN FOR BUSINESS! Both Stores have reopened.  Store hours will be Monday – Friday 9:30-5:30 and Saturday and Sunday 9:30-5:00. Donation hours will be 9:30-1:30 every day. Donations will not be taken after 1:30. Due to COVID-19 we are required to follow the restrictions of the […]

Jackson Rancheria Casino Resort Announces Reopening Plans for June 8

Jackson Rancheria Casino Resort Announces Reopening Plans for June 8

Jackson, CA…The Jackson Rancheria Band of Miwuk Indians today announced plans for the anticipated reopening of Jackson Rancheria Casino Resort (JRCR) on Monday, June 8 at noon. Over the course of the last several weeks, JRCR has been working around the clock to implement a strategic reopening plan that aims to protect guests and employees […]

New Guidance For Places of Worship, Hair and Barbershops to Reopen Safely

New Guidance For Places of Worship, Hair and Barbershops to Reopen Safely

San Andreas, CA…On Monday May 25, 2020, Governor Gavin Newsom issued guidance to places of worship and providers of religious services and cultural ceremonies on how they can safely reopen during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. While the guidance itself does not obligate places of worship to resume in-person services, it is strongly recommended that they […]

Erroneous Courtesy Notice – Illegal Debris in Dorrington Thursday, May 28th

Erroneous Courtesy Notice – Illegal Debris in Dorrington Thursday, May 28th

Dorrington, CA…The County of Calaveras Department of Public Works has received many calls from residents and business owners in recent months inquiring about leaving vegetation debris from private property in the County right of way for disposal. While Public Works empathizes with local residents attempting to clean up their private properties, removing vegetation debris from […]

U.S. Covid-19 Deaths Rise to 100,271 Infections Rise to 1,695,776

Baltimore, MD…The latest from the Coronavirus dashboard from Johns Hopkins University. As the infections soar in North American it tells the magnitude and spread of the problem. If you dig into it you can see when a country peaked and when they started the recovery phase. It is a great source for actual data including […]

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 […]