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 […]

Traffic Update…Injury Collision Near Sr12 / Burson Rd

Traffic Update…Injury Collision Near Sr12 / Burson Rd

Valley Springs, CA…Traffic Update…Injury Collision Near Sr12 / Burson Rd Incident: 00394 Type: Trfc Collision-1141 Enrt Location: Sr12 / Burson Rd Loc Desc: Lat/Lon: 38.183543 -120.890366 Detail Information 9:52 PM 5 [18] 1039 SAM BERRI / BOT 9:51 PM 4 [17] B49-030 1022 1185 9:25 PM 3 [7] B49-030 1185 8:53 PM 2 [4] 1039 […]

PG&E’s PSPS Shut Off Scaled Back to Portions of 16 Counties & Amador Off the List!!

PG&E’s PSPS Shut Off Scaled Back to Portions of 16 Counties & Amador Off the List!!

San Francisco, CA…Customers in portions of 16 counties have been given a 24-hour notification by Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) about a potential Public Safety Power Shutoff (PSPS) starting Wednesday morning. Six counties won’t be impacted Customers in six other counties, originally notified that they would be part of the PSPS, have now been […]

Traffic Update….Female Left Injured After Motorcycle Collision Near Upper Quail Mine Rd / Lower Quail Mine Rd

Traffic Update….Female Left Injured After Motorcycle Collision Near Upper Quail Mine Rd / Lower Quail Mine Rd

Columbia, CA…Traffic Update….Female Left Injured After Motorcycle Collision Near Upper Quail Mine Rd / Lower Quail Mine Rd Incident: 00266 Type: Trfc Collision-1141 Enrt Location: Upper Quail Mine Rd / Lower Quail Mine Rd Loc Desc: Lat/Lon: 38.033327 -120.366663 Detail Information 1:51 PM 1 [6] XRAY WAS ON THE BACK OF THE MC AND THEY […]

303,000 Customers in Portions of 25 Counties Notified; Portions of Amador, Santa Cruz, Santa Clara and San Mateo Counties Added

303,000 Customers in Portions of 25 Counties Notified; Portions of Amador, Santa Cruz, Santa Clara and San Mateo Counties Added

San Francisco, CA…Customers in portions of 25 counties have been notified by Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) about a potential Public Safety Power Shutoff (PSPS) starting Wednesday morning. Worsening dry conditions and expected high wind gusts pose an increased risk for damage and sparks on the electric system that have the potential to ignite […]

Ebbetts, Sonora & Tioga Mountain Passes Closing Temporarily Ahead of Winter Storm

Ebbetts, Sonora & Tioga Mountain Passes Closing Temporarily Ahead of Winter Storm

Arnold, CA…Caltrans is scheduled to temporarily close Route 4 over Ebbetts Pass and Route 108 over Sonora Pass at 6:00 p.m. on Tuesday, November 19, 2019, due to incoming inclement weather forecast for the Sierra Nevada. The National Weather Service indicates that 4”-8” of snow is possible over mountain routes. Route 4 will close at […]

Major Injuries to Sonora Man in Pickup vs Pedestrian Collision on Hwy 49

Major Injuries to Sonora Man in Pickup vs Pedestrian Collision on Hwy 49

Sonora, CA…On November 15, 2019, at approximately 6:28pm, 63-year-old Leorra Coville of Sonora was driving her 2012 Dodge pick-up northbound on State Route 49 north of Pesce Way at approximately 35 miles per hour. At that same time, 39-year-old Nicholas Graham of Sonora was walking on the right shoulder of northbound State Route 49 north […]

Traffic Update…..Big Rig with Oversized Load Stuck on Parrotts Ferry Road Between Bridge and Columbia.

Traffic Update…..Big Rig with Oversized Load Stuck on Parrotts Ferry Road Between Bridge and Columbia.

Columbia, CA…Traffic Update…..Big Rig with Oversized Load Stuck on Parrotts Ferry Road Between Bridge and Columbia. Incident: 00062 Type: Traffic Hazard Location: Parrotts Ferry / New Melones Loc Desc: PARROTTS FERRY AT NEW MELONES Lat/Lon: 38.037330 -120.452670 Detail Information 8:09 AM 5 [6] A61-002B ETA FOR VICS 7:59 AM 4 [5] [Rotation Request Comment] 1039 […]

Make Your Home Ember Resistant & Get Your Wildfire Protection Tools At Bathroom Machineries In Murphys

Make Your Home Ember Resistant & Get Your Wildfire Protection Tools At Bathroom Machineries In Murphys

Murphys, CA…DEA Bathroom Machineries in addition to all the classic & historic plumbing supplies they also have perfect, common sense, easy to deploy Wildfire protection tools. Tom Scheller showed us several options including the W.A.S.P. Fire protection system. The W.A.S.P. Wildfire Protection Kit installs either on your ridge ends or clips directly onto your gutter. […]

Traffic Update….Vehicle vs Wall Near Sr26 / Dirt Rd

Traffic Update….Vehicle vs Wall Near Sr26 / Dirt Rd

Mokelumne Hill, CA…Traffic Update….Vehicle vs Wall Near Sr26 / Dirt Rd. Incident: 00287 Type: Trfc Collision-Unkn Inj Location: Sr26 / Dirt Rd Loc Desc: Lat/Lon: 38.312524 -120.659120 Detail Information 4:28 PM 3 [4] MALE OO VEH WALKING AROUND 4:28 PM 2 [3] WB LANE IS BLOCKED 4:27 PM 1 [2] SIL HOND VS HILL Unit […]

Traffic Update…Head on Fatal Collision Near SR108 / Lancaster Rd

Traffic Update…Head on Fatal Collision Near SR108 / Lancaster Rd

Knights Ferry, CA…Traffic Update…Head on Fatal Collision Near SR108 / Lancaster Rd. The Roadway is now clear but please use caution in the area… /.Incident: 00123 Type: Fatality Location: SR108 / Lancaster Rd Loc Desc: EB JEO Lat/Lon: 37.785842 -120.737153 Detail Information 11:50 AM 28 [57] A48-032 RDWY OPEN 11:33 AM 27 [54] 1039 AMR, […]

Traffic Update….Collision Near Sutter Creek Rd / Pine Gulch Rd

Traffic Update….Collision Near Sutter Creek Rd / Pine Gulch Rd

Sutter Creek, CA…Traffic Update….Collision Near Sutter Creek Rd / Pine Gulch Rd Incident: 00123 Type: Trfc Collision-Minor Inj Location: Sutter Creek Rd / Pine Gulch Rd Loc Desc: SUTTER CREEK VOLCANO 1 MILE JEO PINE GULCH Lat/Lon: 38.407325 -120.765963 Detail Information 10:16 AM 6 [22] [Notification] [CHP]-Problem changed from 1179-Trfc Collision-1141 Enrt to 1181-Trfc Collision-Minor […]

Sierra Repertory Theatre’s Production of Grease Runs Through December 15th

Sierra Repertory Theatre’s Production of Grease Runs Through December 15th

Columbia, CA…Now though December 15th the Sierra Repertory Theatre is performing the classic musical Grease. The Historic Fallon House theatre in Columbia the production venue. It is about Rydell High’s senior class of 1959: duck-tailed, hot-rodding “Burger Palace Boys” and their gum-snapping, hip-shaking “Pink Ladies” in bobby sox and pedal pushers, evoking the look and […]

Traffic Update….Jeep Cherokee vs Tree Collision With Injuries Near White Pines

Traffic Update….Jeep Cherokee vs Tree Collision With Injuries Near White Pines

Arnold, CA….Traffic Update….Jeep Cherokee vs Tree Collision With Injuries Near White Pines Incident: 00277 Type: Trfc Collision-1141 Enrt Location: 0 Mandel Rd Loc Desc: Lat/Lon: 38.269138 -120.345912 Detail Information 2:11 PM 4 [7] 1039 OFC 49-S1 CPS WILL SEND B49-040 2:10 PM 3 [5] OTHER OCCUPS STILL IN VEH W/ INJURIES 2:10 PM 2 [4] […]

Insurance Commissioner to Order Increased FAIR Plan Coverage Options

Insurance Commissioner to Order Increased FAIR Plan Coverage Options

Sacramento, CA…As wildfire risk drives more non-renewals of homeowner insurance across the state, Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara is taking action to help homeowners find adequate coverage to protect their homes by ordering the FAIR Plan to offer a comprehensive policy in addition to its current dwelling fire-only coverage by June 1, 2020, with traditional homeowner […]

Traffic Update…..Vehicle vs Pedestrian Near Hwy 49 & Pesce. Injured Party Mediflighted

Traffic Update…..Vehicle vs Pedestrian Near Hwy 49 & Pesce.  Injured Party Mediflighted

Sonora, CA…Traffic Update…..Vehicle vs Pedestrian Near Hwy 49 & Pesce. Injured Party Mediflighted Incident: 00406 Type: Trfc Collision-1141 Enrt Location: Sr49 / Pesce Loc Desc: SR49 AT PESCE Lat/Lon: 37.993712 -120.383452 Detail Information 7:08 PM 6 [27] 1039 TUOL EMS//PTY WILL BE MEDIFLIGHTED TO UNK LOCATION AT THIS TIME 7:02 PM 5 [19] [Notification] [CHP]-DEPUTY […]

Traffic Update….Collision Near Sr12 / Southworth Rd

Traffic Update….Collision Near Sr12 / Southworth Rd

Valley Springs, CA…Traffic Update….Collision Near Sr12 / Southworth Rd Incident: 00320 Type: Trfc Collision-No Inj Location: Sr12 / Southworth Rd Loc Desc: EB JEO Lat/Lon: 38.179818 -120.959580 Detail Information 5:35 PM 4 [5] BOTH ON RS 5:34 PM 3 [4] HIT A BLK GMC 5:34 PM 2 [3] RP HIT ANOTH VEH 5:33 PM 1 […]