Tuolumne, CA…On May 1, 2017 at approximately 8:05 pm, 47 year old Tuolumne resident, Kelley Deann Herzer, was unsafely backing a 2001 Dodge Durango in the private driveway of 19544 Cherokee Road, while under the influence of alcohol. Due to her high level of alcohol intoxication, Herzer failed to observe 23 year old Tuolumne resident, […]
Tuttletown, CA…CHP is reporting a vehicle into a pole and overturned on Hwy 49 near Tuttletown. Lanes are blocked and the pole is sheared. Please use caution in the area… Incident: 00129 Type: Trfc Collision-1141 Enrt Location: Sr49 / Tuttletown Rd Loc Desc: Lat/Lon: 37.990487 -120.461935 Close Detail Information 8:46 AM 12 [18] [Rotation Request […]
San Andreas, CA…BOARD OF SUPERVISORS NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING. Lead Agency: Calaveras County Planning Department, 891 Mountain Ranch Rd., San Andreas, CA 95249. 2016-979 APPEAL of Denial of Commercial Cannabis Cultivation Registration Application for APN 016-003-109 Miguel Gutierrez is appealing the Planning Commission denial of his appeal 2016-979 of the denial of application 2016-979 for […]
Sonora, CA…CHP is reporting a vehicle vs pedestrian on Cherokee Road. Please use caution in the area… Incident: 00483 Type: Trfc Collision-1141 Enrt Location: 19544 Cherokee Rd Loc Desc: Lat/Lon: 37.976553 -120.249304 Close Detail Information 8:12 PM 1 [1] VEH VS PED Unit Information 8:14 PM 7 Unit Assigned 8:14 PM 6 Unit Enroute 8:24 […]
Angels Camp, CA…On April 30, 2017 at 1615 hours, officers from the San Andreas Area CHP were dispatched to a traffic collision on SR-49, south of Red Hill Road. The traffic collision involved a single motorcycle, and resulted in a fatality. The motorcyclist was passing other traffic while traveling southbound in the northbound lane at […]
Angels Camp, CA…CHP is reporting a motorcycle down on Hwy 49 near Red Hill Road. It has since been reported that this incident has turned tragic and become a fatality. Please use caution in the area… Incident: 00265 Type: Trfc Collision-1141 Enrt Location: Sr49 / Redhill Rd Loc Desc: SB JNO BRIDGE Lat/Lon: 38.036762 -120.509763 […]
La Grange, CA…CHP is reporting a fire near Azucena Ct / Marshes Flat Rd. Please use caution in the area… Incident: 00338 Type: Report of Fire Location: Azucena Ct / Marshes Flat Rd Loc Desc: MARSHES FLAT Lat/Lon: 37.726969 -120.327346 Close Detail Information 3:16 PM 1 [1] FIRE IS TRYING TO MAKE ACCESS RIGHT NOW […]
Vallecito, CA…CHP is reporting a possible injury collision on Camp Nine Road. Please use caution in the area… Incident: 00198 Type: Trfc Collision-1141 Enrt Location: 0 Camp Nine Rd Loc Desc: CAMP NINE ROAD Lat/Lon: 38.124716 -120.385630 Close Detail Information 1:22 PM 1 [3] 1039 CASO Unit Information 1:25 PM 6 Unit Assigned 1:25 PM […]
Sacramento, CA…Moving to fill potholes, smooth thousands of miles of pavement, repair bridges and strengthen public transportation, Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. today signed a package of legislation to improve transportation and create jobs in communities across California. “Safe and smooth roads make California a better place to live and strengthen our economy,” said Governor […]
San Andreas, CA…Monday, May 1, 2017, at 8:00 AM the Tuolumne-Calaveras Unit of the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (CAL FIRE) will require burning permits within State Responsibility Areas of Tuolumne County, Calaveras County, Eastern Stanislaus County and Eastern San Joaquin County. Burn hours will not be restricted; however, a transition to night […]
San Andreas, CA…CHP is reporting a vehicle into a tree near Hwys 49 & 12. The tree has been removed from the roadway. Please use caution in the area… Incident: 00161 Type: Trfc Collision-1141 Enrt Location: Sr49 / Sr12 Loc Desc: SR49 JNO SR12 Lat/Lon: 38.204798 -120.697423 Close Detail Information 1:24 PM 8 [11] 49-S3 […]
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 […]
San Andreas, CA…On April 22nd, the Calaveras County Volunteer Search and Rescue Team conducted their annual swift water rescue training. The training consisted of locating lost persons along the river, accessing them and transporting them safely to shore. This was a refresher course designed to sharpen skills prior to what is expected as a high […]
Sonora, CA…Roads on Stanislaus National Forest suffered extensive damage from winter storms and many will remain closed until at least 2018, including four popular roads. Forest officials warn all the damage has yet to be assessed. Cottonwood Road (1N04) on Groveland and Mi-Wok districts, Beardsley Day Use Road (4N29) and Hell’s Half Acre (5N95) on […]
Valley Springs, CA…The sad notifications to his family have been made and it can now be released that it was Steven E. Sapp, 69 From Ripon that passed away in an early morning collision on Hwy 12 yesterday. He was driving his Ford Explorer westbound on State Route 12, east of Evans Road at an […]
Pinecrest, CA…**Update Wed. April 26 at 10:45 PM** Several search and rescue teams have been scouring the area near Eagle Meadow Road in Pinecrest for the last three days, after receiving a report of an overdue snowmobiler. It is with heavy hearts that we report Charles Duston was found deceased early this evening by a […]
Pinecrest, CA…Missing person Charles Duston was to snowmobile to his vacation cabin located in the Haypress/Eagle Meadows area on Sunday 4/16/17. The cabin is approx. 6 to 7 seven miles from Hwy 108 where his truck was later located. His wife reported Charles overdue to our office on Monday, 4/24/17 at approx. 1530 hours. TCSO […]
Valley Springs, CA…CHP is reporting a collision on Hwy 12 near the health club. Please use caution in the area…. Incident: 00157 Type: Trfc Collision-Unkn Inj Location: Sr26 / Sr12 Loc Desc: IFO VLY SPRGS GYM 26 Lat/Lon: 38.191538 -120.829016 Close Detail Information 12:22 PM 2 [3] [Rotation Request Comment] *** 1039 SAM BERRI 728-3931 […]
Frogtown, USA..(AKA Angels Camp)…Vandals struck again last night in Angels Camp with a kickoff for the fair by painting the Frog on Main Street. The painting was completed sometime around 11 o’clock. The vandal group consisted of people who begin painting the Frog 39 years ago, along with some young ladies, who are continuing the […]
Valley Springs, CA…Before 6am this morning a 69 year old man from Ripon was driving his 1994 Ford Explorer westbound on State Route 12, east of Evans Road at an unknown speed. For unknown reasons He allowed his vehicle to leave the roadway, traveling off the right shoulder. Consequently, the front end of the Ford […]
Yosemite, CA…Big Oak Flat road will reopen to all vehicular traffic at 5:00 am Monday, May 1, 2017. Yosemite National Park is pleased to announce that the Big Oak Flat road will reopen to all vehicular traffic at 5:00 am on Monday, May 1, 2017. Visitors entering the park via Highway 120 West will once […]
Arnold, CA…The local Ebbetts Pass Fire District has become one of the models for rural districts. The consistently rank higher than many urban districts even for things such as cardiac care. Another way they many be able to help those in their district is on their home insurance rates. The following quote from EPFD Chief […]
Kirkwood, CA…CHP is reporting a possible injury collision on Hwy 88 near Silver Lake. The reported vehicle is on its’ side and at least one lane is blocked. Incident: 00258 Type: Trfc Collision-1141 Enrt Location: Sr88 / Peddler Vista Loc Desc: WB – PEDDLER HILL VISTA POINT Lat/Lon: 38.597222 -120.222222 Close Detail Information 4:30 PM […]
Jamestown, CA…CHP is reporting a possible injury collision near Hwys 120 & 49. Please use caution in the area… Incident: 00276 Type: Trfc Collision-1141 Enrt Location: Sr120 / Sr120 W Sr49 N Con Loc Desc: IN MOCCASIN Lat/Lon: 37.874396 -120.434077 Close Detail Information NO DETAILS Unit Information 3:12 PM 3 Unit Assigned 3:12 PM 2 […]
Copperopolis, CA…Robert Hamilton, 63 from Murphys sustained major injuries when he was struck by a vehicle on Hwy 4. Hamilton was involved in a collision with a deer on SR-4, west of Hunt Road. He parked his vehicle on SR-4 in the westbound traffic lane. He exited his vehicle, and began to search for the […]
West Point, CA…In this News Flash, Caltrans takes us on location as emergency maintenance contractors perform a controlled explosion to remove potentially hazardous rocks and debris while repairing State Route 26 (SR-26) near the Amador/Calaveras County line. On February 10, 2017, a roadside slip-out occurred on SR-26, followed by a rockslide on February 11, 2017, […]
Drytown, CA…A 45 year old River Pines man was driving his 92 Honda westbound on SR-16. His vehicle was having mechanical problems. He decided to make a u-turn. He turned his vehicle onto the shoulder and then made an immediate u-turn, directly into the path of that was following his vehicle. He failed to observe […]
Sonora, CA…The Tuolumne County Sheriff’s Department released the following on an incident. “On Saturday night just before 11 PM, a traffic stop was initiated on Crystal Falls Drive in Sonora on a 1983 Honda motorcycle for inoperable tail lights. While following the motorcycle, the deputy could see the driver was very unsteady, tipping slightly from […]
Angels Camp, CA…CHP is reporting a collision near Hwy 49 and Gun Club Road. Please use caution in the area…. Incident: 00231 Type: Trfc Collision-1141 Enrt Location: Sr49 / Gun Club Rd Loc Desc: Lat/Lon: 38.051115 -120.531451 Close Detail Information 1:47 PM 5 [10] ADVS RP TO MOVE TO RHS // NEG 1125 1:45 PM […]
Pine Grove, CA…CHP is reporting a vehicle off the roaday with possble injuries in the Pine Grove area on Hwy 88. Please use caution in the area… Incident: 00190 Type: Trfc Collision-1141 Enrt Location: Sr88 / Aqueduct Rd Loc Desc: Lat/Lon: 38.402510 -120.637596 Close Detail Information 12:28 PM 1 [1] UNKN VEH OFF RDWY Unit […]
