Investment Literacy Happy Hour for Butte Fire Victims on July 25th

Investment Literacy Happy Hour for Butte Fire Victims on July 25th

Mountain Ranch, CA…Complimentary Beer, Wine, Soft Drinks and Appetizers served while we learn about financial planning and investments. For victims of the Butte Fire, PG&E settlements are a tremendous opportunity to rebuild their lives. But they also come with great responsibility if they’re to truly change victims’ lives permanently. Come find out how to invest […]

Beth Childs/Genna Hurst Scholarship Awarded by Calaveras Community Foundation (CCF)

Beth Childs/Genna Hurst Scholarship Awarded by Calaveras Community Foundation (CCF)

Angels Camp, CA…The Beth E. Childs/ Genna Hurst Renewable Scholarship administered by the Calaveras Community Foundation was presented during the awards night at Calaveras High School in late May. The 2017 scholarship committee selected Jillian Salvetti-Baker as the recipient. The Childs/Hurst scholarship is a 4-year $4,000 renewable scholarship awarded annually to a graduating student residing […]

Dalton Family Donates $825,000 to Mark Twain Medical Center Foundation for New Angels Camp Medical Clinic

Dalton Family Donates $825,000 to Mark Twain Medical Center Foundation for New Angels Camp Medical Clinic

San Andreas, CA – Mark Twain Medical Center Foundation (MTMCF) is excited to announce this principal gift of $825,000 from the Dalton Family. This extraordinary donation, which is the largest gift to the Capital Campaign, supports the much needed new medical office structure in Angels Camp expanding access to healthcare for the City’s residents and […]

Edward Jones Financial Advisor Tim Oskey Wins Spirit of Partnership Award

Edward Jones Financial Advisor Tim Oskey Wins Spirit of Partnership Award

Angels Camp, CA…Tim Oskey of the financial services firm Edward Jones in Angels Camp, CA recently won the firm’s exclusive Spirit of Partnership Award for outstanding performance during 2016. Jim Weddle, the firm’s managing partner, calls Oskey a leader in the firm and an example of what a dedicated Edward Jones financial advisor can achieve. […]

Sonora Area Foundation Announces Record Scholarship Awards

Sonora Area Foundation Announces Record Scholarship Awards

Sonora, CA…Sonora Area Foundation announces that the 2017 scholarship season has been completed and record totals recorded. According to program manager, Lin Freer, “2017 Scholarships awarded total $371,000 with 170 awards going to 125 Tuolumne County students. This eclipses last year’s then record of $266,000 granted in 2016.” The bulk of the increase was attributed […]

Sonora Foundation Announces The Jim and Barb Gianelli Community Fund

Sonora Foundation Announces The Jim and Barb Gianelli Community Fund

Sonora, CA…Sonora Area Foundation announces that long time Sonora attorney Jim Gianelli and his wife Barb have opened a second fund at the Foundation to facilitate charitable giving for their business Gianelli & Polley, Inc. The couple has held a personal fund at the Foundation since 1999. Mr. Gianelli was a long time member and […]

Tuolumne Sheriff’s Office Looking For Woman Who Passed Counterfeit Bill

Tuolumne Sheriff’s Office Looking For Woman Who Passed Counterfeit Bill

Sonora, CA…On Saturday, the Sheriff’s Office received information about counterfeit bills being passed at local businesses. The suspect shown below in a surveillance photo is described as a woman in her late 40’s to early 50’s, approximately 5’4″ tall, with brownish blond hair. This woman passed a counterfeit $100 bill at Starbucks and attempted to […]

What Can a Million Dollars Buy You? BluePrint Investment & Tax Planning Can Help!

What Can a Million Dollars Buy You?  BluePrint Investment & Tax Planning Can Help!

Valley Springs, CA…What can a million dollars buy you? It wouldn’t be enough to build a steam liner, but it would buy a luxury sailboat. You couldn’t get a mansion in Chicago, but you could get a condo on Lake Michigan. On the other hand, a million dollars in a diversified portfolio could help finance […]

Federal Reserve Moves Forward With Rate Increase

Federal Reserve Moves Forward With Rate Increase

Washington, DC…Information received since the Federal Open Market Committee met in May indicates that the labor market has continued to strengthen and that economic activity has been rising moderately so far this year. Job gains have moderated but have been solid, on average, since the beginning of the year, and the unemployment rate has declined. […]

Butte Fire Claims May Expire Soon!

Butte Fire Claims May Expire Soon!

San Andreas, CA…Airola Butte Fire Attorneys in San Andreas is ready to help. We are a team of lawyers fighting for the rights of property owners in Amador and Calaveras Counties. The Airola family has been serving the legal needs of the Motherlode for 99 years. Now, in the aftermath of the Butte fire, the […]

Six Local Students Awarded Career & Technical Training (C&TT) Scholarships for 2017

Six Local Students Awarded Career & Technical Training (C&TT) Scholarships for 2017

Angels Camp, CA…Calaveras Community Foundation (CCF) awarded Career and Technical Training scholarships to a total of six high school students during recent award night events. Four Calaveras High School students, one Bret Harte High student and one student from Mountain Oaks will each receive $1,500. Calaveras High School student Jayda Hufana, of Valley Springs, is […]

RCRC Hosts Inaugural Trade Services Workshop in Tuolumne County

RCRC Hosts Inaugural Trade Services Workshop in Tuolumne County

Tuolumne, CA…On Wednesday, RCRC and the Northern California Center for International Trade Development (CITD) hosted the first in a series of Regional Trade Workshops scheduled throughout the state. RCRC and CITD partnered with the Tuolumne County Economic Development Authority, and the U.S. Department of Commerce Sacramento U.S. Export Assistance Center to bring this free export […]

Sickness Unto Death Part IV: Dollars and Sense – In Sickness and Health ~ By John MacWillie, Ph.D.

Sickness Unto Death Part IV: Dollars and Sense – In Sickness and Health ~ By John MacWillie, Ph.D.

Murphys, CA…We pay more for our health care — in some cases, twice as much as countries like France. Is it worth it? There can be no argument, however you want to analyze health care delivery and the value of outcomes, the American health care system is significantly more expensive than any other comparable system […]

Nurses Association Applauds Senate Vote For Single Payer Healthcare

Nurses Association Applauds Senate Vote For Single Payer Healthcare

Sacramento, CA…With a critical vote from the California State Senate today, the universal healthcare train is moving forward in California. On a 23 to 14 vote, the California Senate put their stamp of approval on SB 562, a Medicare for all-type/single payer bill that would bring the dream of guaranteeing health care to all Californians […]

Study Finds Calaveras County Among Best Places in California for Living on Social Security

Study Finds Calaveras County Among Best Places in California for Living on Social Security

Arnold, CA…Planning where you’ll spend your retirement can be difficult, especially for folks who will be relying heavily on Social Security as a main source of income. There are, however, places where Social Security goes further than others and in a new study, SmartAsset has delved in the numbers to find out where. In its […]

Supervisors Move To Order Temporary Bridge For White Pines Park On A 5-0 Vote

Supervisors Move To Order Temporary Bridge For White Pines Park On A 5-0 Vote

San Andreas, CA….The Calaveras County Board of Supervisors just voted 5-0 to move funds around enough for the county to order the temporary bridge to get White Pines Park the Moose Lodge and fully operational again. This should allow for full use for the bulk of the summer season. The final resolution varries slightly from […]

Sickness Unto Death: An American Dilemma. Part One ~ By John MacWillie, Ph.D.

Sickness Unto Death:  An American Dilemma.  Part One  ~ By John MacWillie, Ph.D.

Murphys, CA…Introduction: The United States is alone among industrialized nations in using wealth as a gatekeeper for access to health care. The wealthier you are, the more and better health care you get. The national debate that is now taking place focuses on whether every individual, irrespective of their income, should have access to great […]

Tourism Spending Adds $230 Million To Tuolumne County’s Economy In 2016

Tourism Spending Adds $230 Million To Tuolumne County’s Economy In 2016

Sonora, CA…Tuolumne County benefited from California’s robust and dynamic tourism industry in 2016, welcoming visitors who injected $230 million into the local economy. Visit California released a report produced by Dean Runyan Associates showing visitor spending in the county supported 2340 jobs and generated $17.5 million in state and local tax revenue to propel the […]

Six Counties Including Calaveras Added to California Major Disaster Declaration

Six Counties Including Calaveras Added to California Major Disaster Declaration

Sacramento, CA…Six California counties impacted by severe winter storms in January 2017, which were not part of the original Disaster Declaration, can now apply for federal disaster assistance, the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) announced today. At the request of the State, FEMA has amended the Major Disaster Declaration signed by President Trump on March […]

The Fed Holds Rates Steady On Transitory Growth Models

The Fed Holds Rates Steady On Transitory Growth Models

Washington, DC…Information received since the Federal Open Market Committee met in March indicates that the labor market has continued to strengthen even as growth in economic activity slowed. Job gains were solid, on average, in recent months, and the unemployment rate declined. Household spending rose only modestly, but the fundamentals underpinning the continued growth of […]

Don’t Miss The Senior Family Forum On May 3rd

Don’t Miss The Senior Family Forum On May 3rd

Sonora, CA…The Sonora Area Foundation invites the community to the inaugural Senior Family Forum on Wednesday, May 3rd from 8:45 AM to 12:00 PM. This is a free community event featuring a morning of fast paced presentations by local experts on issues of significance to seniors and their families. Topics include: Elder Abuse / Scams, […]

National Income and Product Accounts Gross Domestic Product: Less Than One Percent First Quarter 2017

National Income and Product Accounts Gross Domestic Product: Less Than One Percent First Quarter 2017

Washington, DC…Real gross domestic product (GDP) increased at an annual rate of 0.7 percent in the first quarter of 2017 (table 1), according to the “advance” estimate released by the Bureau of Economic Analysis. In the fourth quarter of 2016, real GDP increased 2.1 percent. The Bureau emphasized that the first-quarter advance estimate released today […]

45% of Americans Chose Smartphones, Cars or Vacations Over Financial Security (Vacation Destinations Thank You!)

45% of Americans Chose Smartphones, Cars or Vacations Over Financial Security (Vacation Destinations Thank You!)

Windsor, CT…A new consumer survey by Voya Financial’s Annuities and Individual Life businesses revealed that many Americans might be willing to risk their financial security to keep some of their most-valued items. In fact, nearly half (45%) of Americans surveyed were willing to give up their financial security if it meant keeping either their smartphones, […]

Ebbetts Pass Fire District’s ISO Rating May Reduce Your Insurance Rates

Ebbetts Pass Fire District’s ISO Rating May Reduce Your Insurance Rates

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 […]

Calaveras Business Resource Center Is Ready To Help The Business Community Grow & Thrive

Calaveras Business Resource Center Is Ready To Help The Business Community Grow & Thrive

San Andreas, CA…The Calaveras County Chamber of Commerce, California Association for Local Economic Development (CALED) and Central Sierra Economic Development District (CSEDD) celebrated the Grand Opening of the Calaveras Business Resource Center on April 13. The CBRC is a project that was developed by the 2015 Leadership Calaveras Program and as a result of the […]

Market Watch From BluePrint Investments & Tax Planning

Market Watch From BluePrint Investments & Tax Planning

Valley Springs, CA…The world’s oldest annual marathon was run on April 17 as amateur athletes from around the world descended on Boston, Massachusetts for the 121st running of the Boston Marathon. While elite athletes grab the headlines, over 25,000 entrants finished the marathon. Training for and running a marathon takes fortitude and patience, and many […]

Edward Jones Partners With SixThirty To Support Financial Technology Startups

Edward Jones Partners With SixThirty To Support Financial Technology Startups

St. Louis, MO….Financial services firm Edward Jones today announced a multi-year partnership with SixThirty, a St. Louis-based venture fund that invests in financial technology (FinTech) startup companies. Backed by the St. Louis Regional Chamber, SixThirty was founded in 2013 and to date has funded more than 25 startups across the globe. Edward Jones Chief Information […]

Private Sector Employment Increased by 263,000 Jobs in March According To ADP

Private Sector Employment Increased by 263,000 Jobs in March According To ADP

Roseland, NJ…Private sector employment increased by 263,000 jobs from February to March according to the March ADP National Employment Report®. Broadly distributed to the public each month, free of charge, the ADP National Employment Report is produced by the ADP Research Institute® in collaboration with Moody’s Analytics. The report, which is derived from ADP’s actual […]