Cal OES Director Secures Federal Assistance to Assist Response Agencies Battling Woolsey Fire in Ventura and Los Angeles Counties

Cal OES Director Secures Federal Assistance to Assist Response Agencies Battling Woolsey Fire in Ventura and Los Angeles Counties

Sacramento, CA…California Governor’s Office of Emergency Services Director Mark Ghilarducci early Friday morning secured a Fire Management Assistance Grant (FMAG) from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to help ensure the availability of vital resources to suppress the Woolsey Fire burning in Ventura and Los Angeles Counties. The FMAG also enables local, state and tribal […]

Calaveras Deputies Assisting in Butte County Evacuations and Resues

Calaveras Deputies Assisting in Butte County Evacuations and Resues

San Andreas, CA…From the Calaveras Sheriff’s Dept…”Our thoughts are with Butte County. A few Calaveras County Sheriff’s Office Deputies deployed there immediately yesterday when we received the law enforcement mutual aid request to assist with evacuation and rescues. A couple more of our deputies are up there this morning. Our community knows the devastation of […]

Camp Fire Roars Past 20,000 Acres & Burns Through Paradise

Camp Fire Roars Past 20,000 Acres & Burns Through Paradise

Paradise, CA…The Camp Fire has devastated the town of Paradise and has Chico in its sights. Much of the town has been effected including older sections of the Adventist Health Hospital in the area. We also found out that a family member lost a home and vehicles in the fire… CAMP FIRE Camp Fire Incident […]

Camp Fire Swells to 8,000 Acres Forcing Widespread Evacuations in Paradise

Camp Fire Swells to 8,000 Acres Forcing Widespread Evacuations in Paradise

Paradise, CA…The Camp Fire continues to create late fire season havoc in Butte County. Much of the town of Paradise has been evacuated, traffic flow on Hwy 99 reversed and even the Adventist Health Hospital has been evacuated and patients relocated. Camp Fire Incident Information: Last Updated: November 08, 2018 12:49 pm. Date/Time Started: November […]

PG&E Continues to Closely Monitor Weather Conditions Ahead of Possible Public Safety Power Shutoff in Parts of Eight Counties

PG&E Continues to Closely Monitor Weather Conditions Ahead of Possible Public Safety Power Shutoff in Parts of Eight Counties

San Francisco, CA…PG&E continues to closely monitor weather conditions in its service area ahead of a possible Public Safety Power Shutoff (PSPS). Although no final decision has been made as of 10 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 7, PG&E may need to turn off power for safety reasons to approximately 63,000 customers in the early morning of […]

Red Flag Fire Warning in Effect for Much of Northern California

Red Flag Fire Warning in Effect for Much of Northern California

Sacramento, CA…A Red Flag Warning is in effect for much of NorCal. Strong winds & dry conditions will create extreme fire weather conditions. Please be cautious & practice fire safety!Red Flag Warning URGENT – FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE. National Weather Service Sacramento CA. 533 AM PST Thu Nov 8 2018…Critical Fire Weather Conditions through Friday Morning […]

Traffic Update….Possible Injury Collision Near Sr108 / Draper Mine Rd

Traffic Update….Possible Injury Collision Near Sr108 / Draper Mine Rd

Sonora, CA…Traffic Update….Possible Injury Collision Near Sr108 / Draper Mine Rd. Incident: 00370 Type: Trfc Collision-1141 Enrt Location: Sr108 / Draper Mine Rd Loc Desc: Lat/Lon: 37.986724 -120.286263 Detail Information 6:05 PM 6 [15] [Notification] [CHP]-VICS TOW FOR BOTH [Shared] 6:04 PM 5 [14] VICS TOW / 3A CALL 40074 6:03 PM 4 [13] VICS […]

Traffic Update….Fatality in Pickup vs Tree Collision on Valley Springs Parkway

Traffic Update….Fatality in Pickup vs Tree Collision on Valley Springs Parkway

Oakhurst, CA…Traffic Update….Fatality in Pickup vs Tree Collision on Valley Springs Parkway Incident: 00326 Type: Fatality Location: 31453 Yosemite Springs Pkwy Loc Desc: Lat/Lon: 37.205359 -119.776417 Detail Information 6:29 PM 13 [29] [Rotation Request Comment] 1039 NORTHSTAR TOW 559-683-7676 6:28 PM 12 [28] 57-S3 1185 5:41 PM 11 [27] 1039 CHAPLAIN FARMER , HE WILL […]

Traffic Update….Collision Near Sr26 / Olive Orchard Rd

Traffic Update….Collision Near Sr26 / Olive Orchard Rd

Valley Springs, CA…Traffic Update….Collision Near Sr26 / Olive Orchard Rd Incident: 00207 Type: Trfc Collision-No Inj Location: Sr26 / Olive Orchard Rd Loc Desc: Lat/Lon: 38.130231 -120.874024 Detail Information 3:48 PM 4 [6] [Notification] [CHP]-Problem changed from 1183-Trfc Collision-Unkn Inj to 1182-Trfc Collision-No Inj 3:44 PM 3 [4] PER CAL FIRE / JUST 1097 3:24 […]

Traffic Update….SUV vs Motorcycle Near Sr108 / Jamestown Rd

Traffic Update….SUV vs Motorcycle Near Sr108 / Jamestown Rd

Jamestown, CA…Traffic Update….SUV vs Motorcycle Near Sr108 / Jamestown Rd. Incident: 00205 Type: Trfc Collision-1141 Enrt Location: Sr108 / Jamestown Rd Loc Desc: Lat/Lon: 37.956609 -120.421543 Detail Information 11:57 AM 2 [3] WHI SUV RHS 11:57 AM 1 [2] WHI SUV VS MC Unit Information 11:58 AM 6 Unit Assigned 11:58 AM 5 Unit Enroute […]

Traffic Update….Non-Injury School Bus vs Tree Near French Gulch Rd / Darby Ln

Traffic Update….Non-Injury School Bus vs Tree Near French Gulch Rd / Darby Ln

Murphys, CA…Traffic Update….Non-Injury School Bus vs Tree Near French Gulch Rd / Darby Ln. Incident: 00087 Type: Trfc Collision-No Inj Location: French Gulch Rd / Darby Ln Loc Desc: Lat/Lon: 38.131121 -120.499231 Detail Information 7:54 AM 1 [1] SCHOOL BUS VS TREE Unit Information 8:01 AM 3 Unit Assigned 8:01 AM 2 Unit Enroute 8:10 […]

Governor Brown and Attorney General Becerra Honor Five Public Safety Officials with Medal of Valor Awards

Governor Brown and Attorney General Becerra Honor Five Public Safety Officials with Medal of Valor Awards

Sacramento, CA…Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. joined Attorney General Xavier Becerra on October 29th to present the Public Safety Officer Medal of Valor to five public safety leaders from the California Highway Patrol (CHP) and the Yuba County Sheriff’s Department who went above and beyond the call of duty. “American democracy is not going to […]

Major Injuries to Rancho Cordova Man in Burson Road Collision

Major Injuries to Rancho Cordova Man in Burson Road Collision

Valley Springs, CA…On November 3, 2018, at approximately 1850 hours, Chueyee Yang from Rancho Cordova was driving southbound on Burson Rd., south of Camanche Pkwy South. For an unknown reason, Yang attempted to turn around within the roadway to travel northbound on Burson Rd. At the same time Caywood was traveling southbound on Burson Rd., […]

Updated….Reginald L. Love, 48 from Lodi Lost His Life in Big Rig Rollover on Hwy 12

Updated….Reginald L. Love, 48 from Lodi Lost His Life in Big Rig Rollover on Hwy 12

Valley Springs, CA…(Updated…The sad notifications have been made and it can now be released that it was Reginald L. Love, 48 from Lodi who lost his life in this collision.) On November 2, 2018, at 2052 hours, A Lodi man was driving westbound on SR-12 east of Wards Avenue. For an unknown reason, he allowed […]

Felony DUI Collision and Arrest in Sonora Area

Felony DUI Collision and Arrest in Sonora Area

Sonora, CA…On Saturday, November 3, 2018, at approximately 8:10 pm, 31 year old San Leandro resident, Christian Vargas-Zermeno was driving a 2003 Ford Focus westbound on State Route 108, west of Mono Way. 32 year old Soulsbyville resident, Andrew Wilson, was driving a 2015 Toyota Tundra eastbound on State Route 108, east of Old Wards […]

Fatal Dump Truck Rollover Friday Evening on Hwy 12

Fatal Dump Truck Rollover Friday Evening on Hwy 12

Valley Springs, CA…From the Calaveras Consolidated Fire…”Friday night, Calaveras Consolidated Firefighters & Clements Fire District responded to a vehicle rollover that involved a fatality. A dump truck rolled over into a ditch on Highway 12 near Wallace. The driver was ejected from the vehicle. Calaveras Consolidated Firefighters would like to remind everyone to “buckle-up” when […]

Traffic Update…Power Pole Down after Dump Truck vs Power Pole on Pinto Rd.

Traffic Update…Power Pole Down after Dump Truck vs Power Pole on Pinto Rd.

Cedar Ridge, CA…Traffic Update…Power Pole Down after Dump Truck vs Power Pole on Pinto Rd. Incident: 00179 Type: Trfc Collision-No Inj Location: 16990 Pinto Rd Loc Desc: Lat/Lon: 38.065349 -120.269506 Detail Information 12:42 PM 9 [16] 1039 TUOL SO F/CO RDS 12:41 PM 8 [15] 61-S1 POLE AND LINES COMPLETELY BLOCKING ENTIRE RDWY 12:41 PM […]

Traffic Update….Collision Near Sr26 / Woodhouse Mine Rd

Traffic Update….Collision Near Sr26 / Woodhouse Mine Rd

West Point, CA…Traffic Update….Collision Near Sr26 / Woodhouse Mine Rd Incident: 00200 Type: Trfc Collision-1141 Enrt Location: Sr26 / Woodhouse Mine Rd Loc Desc: Lat/Lon: 38.376017 -120.559683 Detail Information 12:59 PM 5 [13] PER CAL FIRE – SINGLE VEH OFF RDWY / WB LANES BLKD / EMRG EQUIP [Shared] 12:50 PM 4 [10] 1039 SAM […]

Major Injuries to 17 Year Old Groveland Woman in Overturned Vehicle Collision

Major Injuries to 17 Year Old Groveland Woman in Overturned Vehicle Collision

Groveland, CA…On Thursday, November 1, 2018, at approximately 1:37 am, CHP Merced Communications Center received a call of a traffic collision on Ferretti Road west of Lumsden Road. The reporting party had located a solo vehicle overturned off the roadway. The driver, solo occupant, 17 year old Groveland Resident, was driving a 2012 Volkswagen Passat […]

Traffic Update….Subaru vs Sedan & Motorhome vs Truck Near Sr88 / Sr104

Traffic Update….Subaru vs Sedan & Motorhome vs Truck Near Sr88 / Sr104

Ione, CA…Traffic Update….Subaru vs Sedan & Motorhome vs Truck Near Sr88 / Sr104 Incident: 00123 Type: Trfc Collision-Unkn Inj Location: Sr88 / Sr104 Loc Desc: BTW SR49 SR104 ***2 SEP TC’S AT 10-20 Lat/Lon: 38.330046 -120.906954 Detail Information 10:25 AM 10 [20] [Rotation Request Comment] 1039 FINCHS WITH 2 TKS 274-2266 10:24 AM 9 [19] […]

Yosemite National Park Honors First Responders

Yosemite National Park Honors First Responders

Yosemite, CA….From the National Park Service…”Here in Yosemite National Park, employees provide law enforcement, EMS, search and rescue, and fire fighting efforts. We are so grateful to have an outstanding staff of dedicated first responders protecting this park! On Thursday, the US Postal Service honored first responders from Yosemite, CAL FIRE, and the U.S. Forest […]

Red Flag Warning in Effect from October 30, 11:00 PM until October 31, 11:00 AM

Red Flag Warning in Effect from October 30, 11:00 PM until October 31, 11:00 AM

Arnold, CA…Red Flag Warning URGENT – FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE. National Weather Service Sacramento…Critical Fire Weather Conditions Today through Wednesday Morning for Portions of Interior Northern California. High pressure building inland will bring gusty north to east wind over portions of Interior Northern California today through Wednesday morning. These winds will significantly lower humidity and fuel […]

Traffic Update…Overturned Truck, 50′ Down Embankment Near Mormon Emigrant Trl / SR88

Traffic Update…Overturned Truck, 50′ Down Embankment Near Mormon Emigrant Trl / SR88

Kirkwood, CA…Traffic Update…Overturned Truck, 50′ Down Embankment Near Mormon Emigrant Trl / SR88 Incident: 00063 Type: Trfc Collision-1141 Enrt Location: Mormon Emigrant Trl / SR88 Loc Desc: IRON MOUNTAIN SNOW PARK Lat/Lon: 38.628149 -120.208637 Detail Information 8:22 AM 17 [41] [Rotation Request Comment] 1039 EXTREME TOW 530-621-9986 8:15 AM 16 [38] A13-101 50′ DOWN STEEP […]

Pair Arrested and Crime Spree Stopped in its Tracks.

Pair Arrested and Crime Spree Stopped in its Tracks.

Jamestown, CA…From the Tuolumne Sheriff’s Office…..”Deputy Vince Lee was patrolling the Jamestown area just before 3 o’clock Sunday morning when he received information about a purse that had just been stolen from a parked car in East Sonora. The suspects were reportedly driving a silver Toyota truck and headed west toward him. The truck was […]

St. Matthew’s Donates $2,500 & Holding New Equipment Fundraiser for San Andreas Fire

St. Matthew’s Donates $2,500 & Holding New Equipment Fundraiser for San Andreas Fire

San Andreas, CA…St Matthew’s started off the fundraising by donating $2,500 to the San Andreas Fire Department. They will also be holding a fundraiser is Nov. 10th From noon to 7pm (They will stay longer if they have people still coming in) The location will be St. Matthew’s Episcopal Church 414 Oak Street San Andreas. […]

CAL FIRE Tuolumne-Calaveras Unit Law Enforcement Officers make an Arson Arrest

CAL FIRE Tuolumne-Calaveras Unit Law Enforcement Officers make an Arson Arrest

San Andreas, CA…On Saturday, October 27th, 2018 at approximately 5:23 AM CAL FIRE responded to a wildland fire located on Lake Road approximately 1.3 miles south of Highway 132 near the community of La Grange in Stanislaus County. The fire burned approximately three acres of grass and oak woodlands. The cause was determined to be […]

Caltrans Road Report Through November 3rd

Caltrans Road Report Through November 3rd

Angels Camp, CA…The latest schedule of road repairs and maintenance that will affect your travels in our area and as you travel. Locally crews will be working on many of our roadways. Below is Caltrans plans for repairs and maintenance on local roads. It shows the route, county, and location of the possible repairs. Weather […]