Additional Charges Added After High Speed Chase Arrest

Additional Charges Added After High Speed Chase Arrest

West Point, CA…On Sunday the 9th the Calaveras County Sheriff Deparment received reports of a stolen dark blue Honda CRV from the West Point area junction of Lily Gap and Roden Drive. Yesterday a citizen observed the vehicle traveling directly behind her. She recognized the vehicle from a Nixel report and contacted 911. The male […]

Mariposa Grove Control Burn To Be Extended

Mariposa Grove Control Burn To Be Extended

Yosemite National Park, CA…Yosemite National Park fire managers are planning to continue ignitions of the Mariposa Grove prescribed fire on Wednesday October 11, 2016, resource availability, weather, and air quality permitting. Ignitions will take approximately three days with an additional 7 to 14 days of active burn down. The focus will be near the upper […]

Suspect Arrested In West Point Area Burglary & Vehicle Theft After High Speed Chase

Suspect Arrested In West Point Area Burglary & Vehicle Theft After High Speed Chase

San Andreas, CA….Gomez, was driving a stolen Honda SR-4 in Arnold when a citizen observed the vehicle traveling directly behind her. She recognized the vehicle from a Nixel report and contacted 911. A CHP unit was in the area of Hathaway Pines when he observed the vehicle pass his location. CHP initiated an enforcement stop […]

Traffic Update….Solo Vehicle Collision On Hwy 4

Traffic Update….Solo Vehicle Collision On Hwy 4

Angels Camp, CA…CHP is reporting a non-injury solo vehicle collision on Hwy 4 near Poole Station road. Please use caution in the area…. Incident: 00150 Type: Trfc Collision-No Inj Location: Pool Station Rd / Sr4 Loc Desc: EB JEO Lat/Lon: 38.044637 -120.647426 Close Detail Information 1:07 PM 2 [3] PTYS OO VEH 1:07 PM 1 […]

Traffic Update…Police Evasion Ends In Collision

Traffic Update…Police Evasion Ends In Collision

San Andreas, CA….At approximately 11:45 p.m. on Saturday October 8th, a Lodi man driving a Dodge Avenger was driving high speeds and evading police going westbound on Carol Kennedy Road from State ROute 49. The driver was unable to negotiate a curve in the roadway and traveled off the shoulder colliding into several fences. The […]

Traffic Update…Chevy VS Motorcycle This Morning On HWY 4

Traffic Update…Chevy VS Motorcycle This Morning On HWY 4

San Andreas, CA…Early this morning CHP received a report of a collision on SR-4 and Horseshoe Drive. A man was driving his Chevy northbound on Horseshoe Drive and was stopped at the intersection of SR-4 preparing to turn right. He proceeded to turn eastbound on SR-4 and failed to yield to an oncoming motorcyclist who […]

Traffic Update….SUV & Trailer Off Hwy 4 Near Darby Russell

Traffic Update….SUV & Trailer Off Hwy 4 Near Darby Russell

Murphys, CA….CHP is reporting a SUV & Pickup off roadway near Hwy 4 and Darby Russell. Details seem to be a bit in flux. Please use caution in the area… Incident: 00297 Type: Trfc Collision-1141 Enrt Location: Sr4 / Horseshoe Dr Loc Desc: BTWN HORSESHOE AND DARBY RUSSEL Lat/Lon: 38.186721 -120.371428 Close Detail Information 7:08 […]

Traffic Update…Collision On North Hess and Phoenix Lake Road In Sonora

Traffic Update…Collision On North Hess and Phoenix Lake Road In Sonora

Sonora, CA…CHP is reporting a collision at North Hess Ave and Phoenix Lake Road between a tan Toyota Highlander and a white Ford Ranger. No injuries have been reported at this time. CHP Traffic Incident Information Page Communication Centers OK Searches OK Resources OK Merced Communications Center Auto Refresh Off ListMap Number of Incidents: 7Updated […]

Names Released In Highway 26 Collision

Names Released In Highway 26 Collision

West Point, CA… On October 5th, 2016 at 2:11 p.m. CHP received reports of a two vehicle collision on SR-26, east of Higdon Road. Lynne Cowan of West Point was driving a 2006 Hyundai eastbound on SR-26 while Ronald Rankin of West Point was driving a 2006 Toyota westbound on SR-26. The driver of the […]

Traffic Update…Head On Collision On Hwy 26

Traffic Update…Head On Collision On Hwy 26

West Point, CA…CHP is reporting a head on collision on Hwy 26 near Higdon Road. Lanes are blocked by debris. Please use caution in the area…. Incident: 00190 Type: Trfc Collision-1141 Enrt Location: Sr26 / Higdon Rd Loc Desc: BETW MOKE RIVER BRIDGE Lat/Lon: 38.410013 -120.555563 Close Detail Information 2:13 PM 5 [4] FIRE ALSO […]

Traffic Update….Lanes Blocked Near Hwy 108 & N. Tuolumne

Traffic Update….Lanes Blocked Near Hwy 108 & N. Tuolumne

Twain Harte, CA…CHP is reporting a collision with a Jeep blocking the eastbound lane on Hwy 108. Please use caution in the area… Incident: 00316 Type: Trfc Collision-No Inj Location: Sr108 / N Tuolumne Rd Loc Desc: MONO / TUOLUMNE Lat/Lon: 38.039236 -120.217612 Close Detail Information 12:48 PM 3 [6] [Appended, 12:50:06] [3] NEG 1125 […]

Traffic Update…Minor Injury Collision On Hwy 4

Traffic Update…Minor Injury Collision On Hwy 4

Copperopolis, CA…CHP is reporting a minor injury collision on Hwy 4 near Hunt Road. Please use caution in the area… Incident: 00152 Type: Trfc Collision-Minor Inj Location: SR4 / Hunt Rd Loc Desc: WB JEO BONANZA MINE Lat/Lon: 38.035105 -120.649811 Close Detail Information 12:28 PM 4 [6] [Rotation Request Comment] 1039 SAM BERRI 209 7283931———— […]

Traffic Update….Head On Collision Near Hwy 49 & Ridge Road, Vehicle Off Mountain Ranch Road

Traffic Update….Head On Collision Near Hwy 49 & Ridge Road, Vehicle Off Mountain Ranch Road

Sutter Creek, CA….CHP is reporting a multi-vehicle head on collision on Hwy 49 and Ridge Road. There is also a vehicle off the roadway on Mountain Ranch Road. Please use caution in these areas.. Incident: 00307 Type: Trfc Collision-1141 Enrt Location: Sr49 / Ridge Rd Loc Desc: UPPER Lat/Lon: 38.378432 -120.802394 Close Detail Information 7:57 […]

Senator Gaines Disappointed In Signing Of Senate Bill 1146

Senator Gaines Disappointed In Signing Of Senate Bill 1146

Sacramento, CA…Senator Ted Gaines (R-El Dorado) today issued the following statement regarding Governor Brown’s signing of Senate Bill 1146 (Lara), a bill that discriminates against all religious-based universities and infringes their ability to ensure faith-based practices are upheld on campus, undermining the concrete right of religious freedom guaranteed in the First Amendment. “We are heading […]

CHP Sonora On Fatality On New Priest Grade

CHP Sonora On Fatality On New Priest Grade

Groveland, CA…On October 2, 2016, just after 10 AM, 59 year old Riverbank resident, Billy Trabucco was driving a 2004 Chevrolet pickup westbound on State Route 120 approaching Grizzly Road at an unknown rate of speed. Trabucco failed to negotiate a right curve in the roadway and drove across the eastbound lane of traffic and […]

Traffic Incident…Solo Vehicle Overturned On Hwy 4

Traffic Incident…Solo Vehicle Overturned On Hwy 4

Murphys, CA…CHP is reporting an overturned vehicle, off the roadway and into the brush near Hwy 4 and Darby Russel. It appears to be non-injury. Let’s be careful out there on the slick road conditions. Incident: 00049 Type: Trfc Collision-No Inj Location: Sr4 / Darby Russell Rd Loc Desc: Lat/Lon: 38.178372 -120.382989 Close Detail Information […]

Traffic Update….Fatality On New Priest Grade

Traffic Update….Fatality On New Priest Grade

Groveland, CA…CHP and the Tuolumne County Coroner’s office are working a sad incident this morning where a vehicle has gone over the side of Hwy 120 in the New Priest Grade section. The vehicle was about 400ft down an embankment with the victim still in the vehicle. From all of us at ThePineTree.net out thoughts […]

Mariposa Grove Prescribed Fire

Mariposa Grove Prescribed Fire

Yosemite National Park, CA…Yosemite National Park fire managers are planning a 148 acre Mariposa Grove prescribed fire possibly on Sunday October 2, 2016, weather and air quality permitting. Ignition will take approximately two days with an additional seven to 14 days of active burn down. Smoke will be present during the prescribed fire and in […]