Thanksgiving Day & Weekend Weather! Winter Has Arrived Right on Schedule

Thanksgiving Day & Weekend Weather!  Winter Has Arrived Right on Schedule

Arnold, CA…Winter has arrived with a vengeance. Following are forecasts for the Western Slope and Mother Lode regions. The detailed forecast for West Slope Northern Sierra Nevada. Today Snow showers. Breezy. Highs 20 to 35 higher elevations… 32 to 40 lower elevations. Snow accumulation of 8 to 14 inches. Prevailing southwest winds 10 to 25 […]

Traffic Update….Fire Reported Near Sr12 / Sr49, Power Lines Reported Down

Traffic Update….Fire Reported Near Sr12 / Sr49, Power Lines Reported Down

San Andreas, CA…Traffic Update….Fire Reported Near Sr12 / Sr49, Power Lines Reported Down but PG&E is not yet reporting any outages in the area… Incident: 00386 Type: Report of Fire Location: Sr12 / Sr49 Loc Desc: Lat/Lon: 38.204798 -120.697423 Detail Information 6:43 PM 6 [16] [Notification] [CHP]-CAL FIRE REQ CHP FOR 1184 SR12 IFO HAMM […]

Let Abbott’s Snow Removal Keep You Moving This Winter… (209) 795-6710

Let Abbott’s Snow Removal Keep You Moving This Winter… (209) 795-6710

Camp Connell, CA…Let Abbott’s Snow Removal Keep You Moving This Winter… (209) 795-6710 It’s that time if year again!!! Contracts went out this weekend. Be prepared and get a contract. When the storms come in long or back to back contract customers have priority for service. We service Dorrington, Camp Connel, all the way to […]

Traffic Update…Collision Near Country Club Dr / Pine Dr

Traffic Update…Collision Near Country Club Dr / Pine Dr

Arnold, CA…Traffic Update…Collision Near Country Club Dr / Pine Dr. Incident: 00353 Type: Trfc Collision-Unkn Inj Location: Country Club Dr / Pine Dr Loc Desc: Lat/Lon: 38.242538 -120.362558 Detail Information 5:49 PM 3 [6] CAL FIRE REQ CHP RESP TO HANDLE VEH WHEN AVAIL 5:49 PM 2 [5] PER CAL FIRE SDSD // KEYS TO […]

Traffic Update….Ford Ranger vs Gate on Old Wards Ferry Rd

Traffic Update….Ford Ranger vs Gate on Old Wards Ferry Rd

Sonora, CA…Traffic Update….Ford Ranger vs Gate on Old Wards Ferry Rd. Incident: 00183 Type: Trfc Collision-1141 Enrt Location: 18534 Old Wards Ferry Rd Loc Desc: Lat/Lon: 37.952088 -120.349029 Detail Information 12:36 PM 6 [9] 1039 TUOL SO UPDATE 12:36 PM 5 [8] 1039 2 12:35 PM 4 [7] 1039 CDF SDS 12:35 PM 3 [5] […]

Calaveras County has Sand Bags and Sand Available for Residents at 4 Locations

Calaveras County has Sand Bags and Sand Available for  Residents at 4 Locations

San Andreas, CA…In preparation of the heavy rain and potential flooding predicted for this week the Calaveras County Office of Emergency Services and Public Works Department have stocked the following locations with sand bags and sand. Please limit the number of sand bags to 10 per resident and remember to bring your own shovel. Arnold […]

Traffic Update….Reeds Turnpike Closed Due to PG&E Repair Work

Traffic Update….Reeds Turnpike Closed Due to PG&E Repair Work

Copperopolis, CA…Traffic Update….Reeds Turnpike Closed Due to PG&E Repair Work Incident: 00049 Type: Traffic Hazard Location: Main St / Reeds Tpke Loc Desc: 522 MAIN ST Lat/Lon: 37.977383 -120.637554 Detail Information 6:16 AM 8 [14] 49-300 THEY ARE 1097 6:15 AM 7 [13] [Notification] [CHP]-PGE ETA 2 MINS 6:02 AM 6 [12] C49-300 FD IS […]

Celebration of Life Video for EPFD Board Director, Veteran & Retired Battalion Chief Thomas J. Sullivan

Celebration of Life Video for EPFD Board Director, Veteran & Retired Battalion Chief Thomas J. Sullivan

Arnold, CA…We had the honor to live stream the service for Ebbetts Pass Fire District Board of Directors Thomas J. Sullivan. Tom passed away on Saturday November 9, 2019 at his home in Arnold. The funeral service was held on Saturday, November 16 at 1:00 PM at Ebbetts Pass Fire District Station 1. We thought […]

Caltrans To Close Mountain Passes in Advance of Winter Storms

Caltrans To Close Mountain Passes in Advance of Winter Storms

Arnold, CA…Caltrans is scheduled to close Ebbetts Pass/Route 4, Monitor Pass/Route 89 and Sonora Pass/Route 108 in advance of the Thanksgiving holiday weekend due to a strong winter storm forecast for the Sierra Nevada. Planned closures are as follows (subject to change depending on conditions): • Ebbetts Pass/Route 4 (Alpine County) at 12 p.m. (noon) […]

Traffic Update…..Possible Injury Collision Blocking Hwy 4 Near Utica Powerhouse Road

Traffic Update…..Possible Injury Collision Blocking Hwy 4 Near Utica Powerhouse Road

Murphys, CA…Traffic Update…..Possible Injury Collision Blocking Hwy 4 Near Utica Powerhouse Road Incident: 00361 Type: Trfc Collision-1141 Enrt Location: SR4 / Utica Powerhouse Rd Loc Desc: Lat/Lon: 38.144668 -120.450072 Detail Information 6:19 PM 4 [7] TRANS TO CASO 6:18 PM 3 [6] TRAFFIC STOPPED BOTH DIRECTIONS 6:18 PM 2 [5] BOTH BLOCKING RDWY 6:18 PM […]

Let Abbott’s Snow Removal Keep You Moving This Winter… (209) 795-6710

Let Abbott’s Snow Removal Keep You Moving This Winter… (209) 795-6710

Camp Connell, CA…Let Abbott’s Snow Removal Keep You Moving This Winter… (209) 795-6710 It’s that time if year again!!! Contracts went out this weekend. Be prepared and get a contract. When the storms come in long or back to back contract customers have priority for service. We service Dorrington, Camp Connel, all the way to […]

Governor Newsom Issues Executive Order to Support Communities Recovering from October Fires

Governor Newsom Issues Executive Order to Support Communities Recovering from October Fires

Sacramento, CA…Governor Gavin Newsom issued an executive order to help streamline recovery efforts in communities across the state impacted by last month’s devastating fires. The executive order helps displaced residents with housing needs by facilitating manufactured homes and mobilehome parks, and waives fees to replace documents such as driver’s licenses and birth certificates for those […]

Ladies & Gents, Boys & Girls….Snow in Forecast for Thanksgiving Week.

Ladies & Gents, Boys & Girls….Snow in Forecast for Thanksgiving Week.

Sacramento, CA…From NWS Sacramento…”Here’s a look at your weather through Thanksgiving. All quiet with above normal temperatures through Sunday followed by a period of dry, breezy winds for Monday. Then a pattern change unfolds on Tuesday through the Thanksgiving holiday. Mountain snows at or below pass level may cause significant travel delays.”

The 2019 TuCARE “A Community Within Fuel Breaks” Fuel Break & Fuel Management Bus Tour

The 2019 TuCARE “A Community Within Fuel Breaks” Fuel Break & Fuel Management Bus Tour

Arnold, CA…On November 14th TuCARE or the Tuolumne County Alliance for Resources & Environment held a bus tour for local government & community members to get an update on the forest fuel break and fuel management projects along the Hwy 4 corridor. The tour was titled “A Community Within Fuel Breaks” At noon was lunch […]

Traffic Update….Rental Toyota “Returned” Near Sheep Ranch Rd / Armstrong Rd

Traffic Update….Rental Toyota “Returned” Near Sheep Ranch Rd / Armstrong Rd

Sheep Ranch, CA…Traffic Update….Rental Toyota “Returned” Near Sheep Ranch Rd / Armstrong Rd Incident: 00126 Type: Trfc Collision-Unkn Inj Location: Sheep Ranch Rd / Armstrong Rd Loc Desc: 12160 SHEEP RANCH Lat/Lon: 38.209501 -120.462288 Detail Information 12:04 PM 8 [21] A49-002 ADV FOLSOM LAKE TOYOTA, VEH IS BEING RECOVERED 11:41 AM 7 [17] [Rotation Request […]

Traffic Update….Overturned Injury Collision With Possible Ejection Near Campo Seco Rd / Golden Oaks Dr

Traffic Update….Overturned Injury Collision With Possible Ejection Near Campo Seco Rd / Golden Oaks Dr

Jamestown, CA…Traffic Update….Overturned Injury Collision With Possible Ejection Near Campo Seco Rd / Golden Oaks Dr. Incident: 00423 Type: Trfc Collision-Unkn Inj Location: Campo Seco Rd / Golden Oaks Dr Loc Desc: JEO Lat/Lon: 37.945503 -120.411959 Detail Information 10:07 PM 12 [23] 1039 CDF – WILL BE ENRT W/ THERMAL IMAGING 10:05 PM 11 [22] […]

Winter Pile Burning Beginning in Yosemite National Park

Winter Pile Burning Beginning in Yosemite National Park

Yosemite, CA…Yosemite National Park will begin winter pile burning once conditions are favorable, after a significant cooling trend and an increase in precipitation occurs over the area.  Pile burning is an efficient and effective tool for reducing excessive fuel build up on the landscape. These piles are remnants of mechanical thinning from forestry operations and […]

Traffic Update….Overturned SUV Near Sr4 / Pool Station Rd, Possible DUI Incident

Traffic Update….Overturned SUV Near Sr4 / Pool Station Rd, Possible DUI Incident

Angels Camp, CA…Traffic Update….Overturned SUV Near Sr4 / Pool Station Rd, Possible DUI Incident Incident: 00312 Type: Trfc Collision-1141 Enrt Location: Sr4 / Pool Station Rd Loc Desc: JEO Lat/Lon: 38.044559 -120.647002 Detail Information 7:59 PM 7 [13] B49-010 EB LN 1125 BY PERSONELL FIRE HAS 1 WAY TRFC CONTROL 7:54 PM 6 [10] PER […]

Traffic Update….Minor Injury Vehicle vs Tree Collision Near Nonies Rd / Cherokee Rd

Traffic Update….Minor Injury Vehicle vs Tree Collision Near Nonies Rd / Cherokee Rd

Sonora, CA…Traffic Update….Minor Injury Vehicle vs Tree Collision Near Nonies Rd / Cherokee Rd Incident: 00374 Type: Trfc Collision-Minor Inj Location: Nonies Rd / Cherokee Rd Loc Desc: Lat/Lon: 37.975030 -120.251769 Detail Information 7:42 PM 7 [20] [Notification] [CHP]-Problem changed from 1179-Trfc Collision-1141 Enrt to 1181-Trfc Collision-Minor Inj by CHP 7:32 PM 6 [19] B61-002B […]