Stanislaus National Forest Hosts Virtual Open House Aug. 5 to Discuss SERAL Project

Stanislaus National Forest Hosts Virtual Open House Aug. 5 to Discuss SERAL Project

Sonora, CA…The Stanislaus National Forest will host a virtual open house to discuss the Social and Ecological Resiliency Across the Landscape, or SERAL project, which is currently in the initial public scoping period through Aug. 15, 2020. Forest Supervisor Jason Kuiken and members of the SERAL team will present a 20-minute overview of the SERAL […]

75 Year Old Groveland Man Lost His Life in Fatal Traffic Collision Yesterday

75 Year Old Groveland Man Lost His Life in Fatal Traffic Collision Yesterday

Groveland, CA…On July 29, 2020, at approximately 2:50pm, a 75-year-old male resident of Groveland was driving his 2009 Toyota Pickup westbound on Ferretti Road, west of Otter Court at approximately 35-40 miles per hour. For unknown reasons, the vehicle traveled off the north shoulder and collided into a tree. The driver was extricated from the […]

Gross Domestic Product, 2nd Quarter 2020 Drops 32.9%, U.S. Economy Shrinks By Almost a Third

Gross Domestic Product, 2nd Quarter 2020 Drops 32.9%, U.S. Economy Shrinks By Almost a Third

Washington, DC…Gross Domestic Product, 2nd Quarter 2020 (Advance Estimate) and Annual Update. Real gross domestic product (GDP) decreased at an annual rate of 32.9 percent in the second quarter of 2020 (table 1), according to the “advance” estimate released by the Bureau of Economic Analysis. In the first quarter, real GDP decreased 5.0 percent. The […]

Justice Ginsburg Back in New York Hospital for Treatment

Justice Ginsburg Back in New York Hospital for Treatment

New York, NY…Justice Ginsburg underwent a minimally invasive non-surgical procedure today at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in New York City to revise a bile duct stent that was originally placed at Sloan Kettering in August 2019. According to her doctors, stent revisions are common occurrences and the procedure, performed using endoscopy and medical imaging […]

Sender’s Market’s Weekly Ad & Grocery Specials Through August 4th

Sender’s Market’s Weekly Ad & Grocery Specials Through August 4th

Mountain Ranch, CA…In 1950, we started out as a family operation with Erich’s father and mother, August and Freida Sender, in a century-old adobe building. The upstairs was home to the Sender family, and the first floor included groceries, a meat market, a bar, and a small eating place called Opa’s Smokehouse. On Christmas morning […]

Calaveras Ag Dept Says…Do Not Open, Plant or Dispose of Seed Packets from China. Drop them off in San Andreas

Calaveras Ag Dept Says…Do Not Open, Plant or Dispose of Seed Packets from China. Drop them off in San Andreas

San Andreas, CA…Unsolicited seed packets from China and other parts of Asia have begun to arrive in Calaveras County. The Environmental Management Agency started receiving phone calls this afternoon. The California Department of Food and Agriculture recently became aware of the reports that seed packets are being shipped to home owners throughout the United States […]

Life in the Pits: Scientists Identify the Key Enzyme Behind BO

Life in the Pits: Scientists Identify the Key Enzyme Behind BO

Heslington, York, UK…Scientists have discovered a unique enzyme responsible for the pungent characteristic smell we call body odour or BO. Researchers from the University of York have previously shown that only a few bacteria in your armpit are the real culprits behind BO. Now the same team, in collaboration with Unilever scientists, has gone a […]

Traffic Update….Possible Injury Vehicle vs Motorcycle Collision Near Irishtown Rd / Clinton Rd

Traffic Update….Possible Injury Vehicle vs Motorcycle Collision Near Irishtown Rd / Clinton Rd

Pine Grove, CA…(Update as of 3:45pm…Good news as this one will be only a minor injury collision.) Traffic Update….Possible Injury Vehicle vs Motorcycle Collision Near Irishtown Rd / Clinton Rd Incident: 00240 Type: Trfc Collision-Minor Inj Location: Irishtown Rd / Clinton Rd Loc Desc: Lat/Lon: 38.388743 -120.674146 Detail Information 3:40 PM 3 [9] [Notification] [CHP]-Problem […]

Traffic Update….Collision in Groveland Area Turns Fatal Near Ferretti Rd / Cottonwood St

Traffic Update….Collision in Groveland Area Turns Fatal Near Ferretti Rd / Cottonwood St

Groveland, CA…Traffic Update….Collision in Groveland Area Turns Fatal Near Ferretti Rd / Cottonwood St. Please use caution in the area and prayers to those involved and affected…. Incident: 00244 Type: Fatality Location: Ferretti Rd / Cottonwood St Loc Desc: Lat/Lon: 37.862995 -120.212147 Detail Information 3:58 PM 5 [23] 61-S2 1185 VEH IS 30 FT DOWN […]

Traffic Update….Possible Injury Collision Near Ferretti Rd / Cottonwood S

Traffic Update….Possible Injury Collision Near Ferretti Rd / Cottonwood S

Groveland, CA…Traffic Update….Possible Injury Collision Near Ferretti Rd / Cottonwood S. Please use caution in the area… Incident: 00244 Type: Trfc Collision-1141 Enrt Location: Ferretti Rd / Cottonwood St Loc Desc: Lat/Lon: 37.862995 -120.212147 Detail Information 2:42 PM 2 [9] 1039 TUOL AMB / UPDATES 2:40 PM 1 [7] 1039 FIRE UPDATES Unit Information 2:43 […]

California Puts Money Back Into the Pockets of Millions of Working Californians Amid COVID-19 Recession

California Puts Money Back Into the Pockets of Millions of Working Californians Amid COVID-19 Recession

Sacramento, CA…Governor Gavin Newsom announced that over $1 billion has gone back into the pockets of more than 3.6 million working Californians and their families through the California Earned Income Tax Credit (CalEITC) and Young Child Tax Credit (YCTC). He also announced that Californians will get the raise they deserve, by declining to use his […]

Big Trees Market Weekly Ad & Grocery Specials Through August 4th

Big Trees Market Weekly Ad & Grocery Specials Through August 4th

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. […]

Governor Newsom Releases Final Water Resilience Portfolio

Governor Newsom Releases Final Water Resilience Portfolio

Sacramento, CA…Governor Gavin Newsom released a final version of the Water Resilience Portfolio, the Administration’s blueprint for equipping California to cope with more extreme droughts and floods, rising temperatures, declining fish populations, over-reliance on groundwater and other challenges.  The portfolio outlines 142 state actions to help build a climate-resilient water system in the face of climate […]

Traffic Update….Big Rig Dump Trailer Overturned Near Sr49 / Big Bar Rd

Traffic Update….Big Rig Dump Trailer Overturned Near Sr49 / Big Bar Rd

Mokelumne Hill, CA…Traffic Update….Big Rig Dump Trailer Overturned Near Sr49 / Big Bar Rd. Please use caution in the area…. Incident: 00123 Type: Trfc Collision-No Inj Location: Sr49 / Big Bar Rd Loc Desc: Lat/Lon: 38.311600 -120.720295 Detail Information 10:20 AM 11 [18] [Rotation Request Comment] *** 1039 SAM BERRI 728-3931 *** 10:19 AM 10 […]

Traffic Update….Major Injury Rollover Collision Near J59 / Redhill Rd

Traffic Update….Major Injury Rollover Collision Near J59 / Redhill Rd

Jamestown, CA…Traffic Update….Major Injury Rollover Collision Near J59 / Redhill Rd. Please use caution in the area… Incident: 00059 Type: Trfc Collision-Major Inj Location: J59 / Redhill Rd Loc Desc: NEAR DIETSEL TURKEY RANCH Lat/Lon: 37.834736 -120.501854 Detail Information 7:51 AM 9 [16] [Notification] [CHP]-Problem changed from 1179-Trfc Collision-1141 Enrt to 1180-Trfc Collision-Major Inj by […]

Teachers Union Says Legislative Funding Proposal Takes a Pass on Opportunity to Right Decades of Wrongs, Ongoing Racial, Health and Economic Injustice

Teachers Union Says Legislative Funding Proposal Takes a Pass on Opportunity to Right Decades of Wrongs, Ongoing Racial, Health and Economic Injustice

Sacramento, CA…The California Teachers Association reinforces its call for much-needed increased funding for schools and communities by eliminating corporate tax credits and adopting tax hikes on California’s wealthiest billionaires and millionaires. The COVID-19 pandemic crisis is deepening the impact of racial, health and economic injustices in every corner of the state. CTA calls on lawmakers […]

Traffic Update….Injury Collision Blocking Lane Near Sr108 / Tulloch Dam Rd

Traffic Update….Injury Collision Blocking Lane Near Sr108 / Tulloch Dam Rd

Jamestown, CA…Traffic Update….Injury Collision Blocking Lane Near Sr108 / Tulloch Dam Rd. Please use caution in the area… Incident: 00429 Type: Trfc Collision-1141 Enrt Location: Sr108 / Tulloch Dam Rd Loc Desc: WB 108 JWO TULLOCH DAM RD Lat/Lon: 37.839200 -120.626055 Detail Information 8:12 PM 12 [26] B61-002 #1 8:12 PM 11 [25] B61-002 #1 […]

USDA Urges Citizens Not to Plant & Investigating Unsolicited Seed Packages from China

USDA Urges Citizens Not to Plant & Investigating Unsolicited Seed Packages from China

Washington, DC…USDA is aware that people across the country have received suspicious, unsolicited packages of seed that appear to be coming from China. USDA’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) is working closely with the Department of Homeland Security’s Customs and Border Protection, other federal agencies, and State departments of agriculture to investigate the […]

COVID-19 Cases Explode by 18 in Amador County Since Friday

COVID-19 Cases Explode by 18 in Amador County Since Friday

Amador County, CA – Amador County continues to see increasing numbers of COVID-19 cases. Since Friday’s COVID-19 update, Amador County Public Health confirms eighteen additional cases in Amador County. The recent cases are due to 3 primary reasons: (1) Household or co-worker transmission (2) Travel outside of Amador County (3) Community transmission. Amador County is […]

Traffic Update….Vehicles Parked, Parties Littering & Causing Traffic Issues Near Obyrnes Ferry Rd / Duchess Dr

Traffic Update….Vehicles Parked, Parties Littering & Causing Traffic Issues Near Obyrnes Ferry Rd / Duchess Dr

Copperopolis, CA…Traffic Update….Vehicles Parked, Parties Littering & Causing Traffic Issues Near Obyrnes Ferry Rd / Duchess Dr. Incident: 00242 Type: Traffic Hazard Location: Obyrnes Ferry Rd / Duchess Dr Loc Desc: Lat/Lon: 37.904210 -120.582201 Detail Information 3:02 PM 4 [5] 1039 49-20 CPYS VIA LL 2:57 PM 3 [3] LITERING AND CAUSING A TRAFFIC ISSUE […]