Columbia Engineers Translate Brain Signals Directly into Speech

Columbia Engineers Translate Brain Signals Directly into Speech

New York, NY…In a scientific first, Columbia neuroengineers have created a system that translates thought into intelligible, recognizable speech. By monitoring someone’s brain activity, the technology can reconstruct the words a person hears with unprecedented clarity. This breakthrough, which harnesses the power of speech synthesizers and artificial intelligence, could lead to new ways for computers […]

Let Laurie’s Home Organizing Get You Ready for 2019 209.728.4700

Let Laurie’s Home Organizing Get You Ready for 2019   209.728.4700

Murphys, CA…Laurie’s Home Organizing. Bring more order & new beauty to your surroundings. Existing furnishings skillfully & artfully put together to increase the charm and function of living spaces. As your professional organizer I find joy in helping manage the “stuff of life” –whatever it may be. Creative, neat, orderly, fast, easy to work with– […]

Steve Burg 1938 – 2019

Steve Burg 1938 – 2019

Murphys, CA…Steve Burg of Murphys, passed away at the age of 81 on January 25, 2019. He is survived by his wife of 59 years, Sue, daughter, Shari Hawkins, son and daughter-in-law, Scott and Cynthia Burg, 4-grandchildren, and 2-great-grandchildren. Steve was born and raised in New England, graduating from high school in 1955 and going […]

Plan B will be Rocking Murphys Irish Pub on Feb 2nd

Plan B will be Rocking Murphys Irish Pub on Feb 2nd

Murphys, CA…SATURDAY FEB 2nd…. At the Murphys Irish Pub….7p-10p…. pre-super bowl, come one come all, I will give you the winner. SATURDAY FEB 16nd…. At the Murphys Irish Pub….7p-10p…. presidents day weekend, come out and vote for ME for prezidente~ a chicken in every pot !! Hope to see you; hope all is well with […]

Jim Bailey Can Insure Your Home or “Building & Loan” & Help You With All Your Insurance Needs

Jim Bailey Can Insure Your Home or “Building & Loan” & Help You With All Your Insurance Needs

Angels Camp, CA…There’s a new insurance option in town – one with a face many in Calaveras County might find familiar. Jim Bailey, a resident of Murphys, California, has opened his new office at 465 S. Main St in Angels Camp. “When the previous company here made the decision to leave Angels Camp I decided […]

Traffic Update….Collision & Domestic Bliss Near Chicken Ranch Rd / Sr108

Traffic Update….Collision & Domestic Bliss Near Chicken Ranch Rd / Sr108

Jamestown, CA…Traffic Update….Collision & Domestic Bliss Near Chicken Ranch Rd / Sr108. Argument leads to vehicle running off roadway. Girlfriend says she is going to hit herself and say the boyfriend was hitting her. Incident: 00159 Type: Trfc Collision-No Inj Location: Chicken Ranch Rd / Sr108 Loc Desc: CLOSER TO THE CASINO Lat/Lon: 37.935047 -120.443128 […]

Tuolumne County Sheriff’s Dept. Activity Logs for January 28th

Tuolumne County Sheriff’s Dept. Activity Logs for January 28th

Sonora, CA…The latest Tuolumne County Sheriff’s Deputies Activity Logs are enclosed… Media Bulletin Monday, January 28, 2019 00:09 911 MISDIAL 1901280001 Occurred at Black Oak Casino on Tuolumne Rd N. , Tuolumne. Security was trying to help a patron with their phone. no emergency. Cellular E911 Call: Service Class: W911. . Disposition: Log Note. 00:15 […]

Calaveras County Sheriff’s Logs for January 29th

Calaveras County Sheriff’s Logs for January 29th

San Andreas, CA…The latest activity logs for the Calaveras County Sheriff’s Deputies are below CALAVERAS COUNTY SHERIFFS OFFICE Tuesday, January 29, 2019 03:10 Traffic Stop 1901290003 Officer initiated activity at W Saint Charles St/High School St, San Andreas. . Disposition: No Report Taken. 03:16 Traffic Stop 1901290004 Officer initiated activity at Little John Rd/Town Square […]

Traffic Update….Collision Near Sr26 / Silver Rapids

Traffic Update….Collision Near Sr26 / Silver Rapids

Valley Springs, CA…Traffic Update….Collision Near Sr26 / Silver Rapids Incident: 00393 Type: Trfc Collision-1141 Enrt Location: Sr26 / Silver Rapids Rd Loc Desc: Lat/Lon: 38.158984 -120.846278 Detail Information 11:32 PM 6 [11] [Notification] [CHP]-FIRE 97 / ALL INVS OO VEH // 2ND 1141 ENRT // 1181S ONLY [Shared] 11:12 PM 5 [6] 1039 CAL SO […]

We Can Help Save Your Life with FREE Cholesterol Tests in February!

We Can Help Save Your Life with FREE Cholesterol Tests in February!

San Andreas, CA…February is American Heart Month We are celebrating the American Heart Association’s “Go Red for Women” movement. For 16 years “Go Red” has raised awareness that heart disease is the No. 1 killer of women and has also promoted healthy lifestyle choices for everyone. Ve can help save your life! Heart disease is […]

What’s Happening in Muprhys from January 29 – February 8, 2019

What’s Happening in Muprhys from January 29 – February 8, 2019

Murphys, CA…Try out the Saturday Hopper bus service running between Valley Springs and Arnold with stops in Murphys from February to October. Service will be available during Presidents Wine Weekend! Saturdays in Murphys – Walking Tours of Historic Downtown Murphys are available at no charge (donations gratefully accepted) on Saturday mornings at 10am leaving from […]

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 […]

Deceased Identified as Matthew Dale Bryan of Sonora…Foul Play Not Suspected

Deceased Identified as Matthew Dale Bryan of Sonora…Foul Play Not Suspected

Sonora, CA…From TCSO…”The man found deceased has been identified as 45-year-old Matthew Dale Bryan of Sonora. Matthew was reported missing by his family on December 10, 2018. Cause of death is pending as an autopsy is being conducted but foul play is not suspected at this time. We send out sincerest condolences to Matthew’s family […]

PG&E Files for Reorganization Under Chapter 11

PG&E Files for Reorganization Under Chapter 11

San Francisco, CA…PG&E Corporation (NYSE: PCG) and its primary operating subsidiary, Pacific Gas and Electric Company (the “Utility”), today filed voluntary petitions under Chapter 11 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Northern District of California. Throughout the forthcoming process, PG&E remains committed to: Delivering safe and reliable electric […]

Murphys School of Music Receives Calaveras Community Foundation Grant…Open House Feb 2nd

Murphys School of Music Receives  Calaveras Community Foundation Grant…Open House Feb 2nd

Murphys, CA…Murphys School of Music is happy and very grateful to have received a substantial grant from Calaveras Community Foundation. This funding allows the young non-profit to improve programs and services. It will include the purchase of marching band instruments and uniforms, recital and performance equipment, sound proofing, a student outreach program and some low-income […]

CCWD Gives Cal Poly Students Water & Sewer Plants Tour

CCWD Gives Cal Poly Students Water & Sewer Plants Tour

Copperopolis, CA…The Calaveras County Water District provided a tour of its water and sewer plants in Copperopolis Monday January 21 to the Society of Environmental Engineers at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo. The club is comprised of environmental engineering students at Cal Poly, ranging from freshmen to seniors. Most club members have taken water and […]

CCWD to Conduct Sewer System Smoke Testing in Copperopolis

CCWD to Conduct Sewer System Smoke Testing in Copperopolis

Copperopolis, CA…The Calaveras County Water District will be conducting smoke testing on the portion of its sewer system along Moccasin Court in Copperopolis from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. Thursday January 31. CCWD uses smoke testing to inspect main sewer lines and laterals. Smoke testing consists of blowing smoke mixed with large volumes of air […]

Explosion at Quartz Mine Marijuana Grow, One Hospitalized and Marijuana Seized

Explosion at Quartz Mine Marijuana Grow, One Hospitalized and Marijuana Seized

Mountain Ranch, CA…On 1-26-19 at approx. 0805 hours CCSO Dispatch received multiple reports of an explosion in the area of the 6000 block of Quartz Mine Road in Mountain Ranch. Upon arrival to the area Deputies were directed to a property by neighbors who heard the loud noise and people yelling. An outbuilding was found […]

Arts-In-Corrections Art Show at Columbia College Through March 28, 2019

Arts-In-Corrections Art Show at Columbia College Through March 28, 2019

Jamestown, CA…Artworks by California inmates at Sierra Conservation Center (SCC) will be on display at Columbia College in Sonora through March 28, 2019. The show, “Artistic Realms,” features 100 acrylic paintings on display and for sale in the college’s Manzanita Building. The artworks were created by students in the William James Association’s Prison Arts Project […]

Calaveras Big Trees State Park is Offering UC California Naturalist Certification Course

Calaveras Big Trees State Park is Offering UC California Naturalist Certification Course

Arnold, CA…Calaveras Big Trees State Park UC California Naturalist Certification Course, May-June 2019. Do you enjoy: Exploring and learning about our local ecology? Engaging in citizen science? Sharing your knowledge with others? This is the program for you! Course Benefits: Participate in this 40 hour course that combines UC science curriculum with guest lecturers, field […]

Doris Anna Porovich 1924 – 2019

Doris Anna Porovich 1924 – 2019

Angels Camp, CA…Doris Anna Porovich, 94, of Angels Camp, passed away on January 23, 2019, in Sonora, California, after a short battle with cancer. She was born on December 14, 1924, to Thomas and Belle Ann Sleeman of Jamestown, California. Surviving are her children, Gary Porovich (Siri) of Eureka, Nevada, and David Porovich (Laura) of […]

Early Morning Collision in Copperopolis Leads to Closure of Reeds Turnpike

Early Morning Collision in Copperopolis Leads to Closure of Reeds Turnpike

Copperopolis, CA…Early Morning Collision in Copperopolis Leads to Closure of Reeds Turnpike. Details are below… BENARDO WAS TRAVELING EASTBOUND ON REEDS TURNPIKE AT ABOUT 30 MPH. AUBREY WAS TRAVELING EASTBOUND ON REEDS TURNPIKE ABOUT 50 YARDS BEHIND BENARDO. JUST EAST OF JACKSON STREET, BENARDO CAME TO A SLIGHT CURVE TO HIS RIGHT, BUT FAILED TO […]